{"id":19398,"date":"2018-07-13T11:07:16","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T15:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maineracing.com\/wp\/?p=19398"},"modified":"2018-07-13T09:08:52","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T13:08:52","slug":"derek-griffith-returns-home-to-hudson-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2018\/07\/derek-griffith-returns-home-to-hudson-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Griffith Returns Home To Hudson Speedway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Derek Griffith Returns Home To Hudson Speedway<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After a three year hiatus the Granite State Pro Stock Series presented by Springfield Buick GMC will be returning this Sunday, July 15th to Hudson International Speedway in Hudson, NH. \u201cWe are thrilled to have Hudson back on the calendar this season\u201d series President Mike Parks said. \u201cThere has been quite a buzz about the Hudson high banks and we feel its going to put on a fantastic show for the fans.\u201d<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>2015 series champion Derek Griffith of Hudson, NH is anxious to get back to his home track.  \u201cEvery Sunday I have off this season, I make sure to spend it there.\u201d Griffith said. \u201cIt&#8217;s my home track, where I began racing years ago.\u201d \u201cThe new ownership has been huge and Ben Bosowski has done such a good job cleaning the place up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just a week ago and 400 miles north bound on I-95, Griffith and the LCM Motorsports team lead the final laps and won the PASS North Firecracker 200 at Spud Speedway in Caribou, ME. As the 12G crossed the line, the engine expired and many say it was surreal that it lasted that long. \u201cThe plan is still to make it to Hudson, we are working hard each night in the shop to get our car back together.\u201d Griffith said.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not just a homecoming for Griffith, it&#8217;s home for crew chief and engine builder Louie Mechalides as well as the entire team. When asked whom this event means more to, the team replied, \u201cIt&#8217;s important to all of us, this is where we all started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sunday July 15th, Gate City 100 Hudson International Speedway, Hudson, NH.<\/p>\n<p>Pit Gate:               1:30pm<\/p>\n<p>Tire Corral:          2:00pm<\/p>\n<p>Drivers Meeting:  3:30pm<\/p>\n<p>Practice:               4:00pm (30 minute session)<\/p>\n<p>Heats:                   5:30pm<\/p>\n<p>Drivers pre-entered: Mike O&#8217;Sullivan, Jacob Dore, Nick Lascuola, Mike Scorzelli, Barry Gray, Jimmy Renfrew Jr, Ray Christian III, Josh King, Scott MacMichael, Devin O&#8217;Connell, Cory Casagrande, Kyle Welch, Craig Weinstein, Todd Stone, Bobby Cabral, Bill Antonellis, Tommy O&#8217;Sullivan, Derek Griffith, Bryan Baker, Luke Hinkley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Derek Griffith Returns Home To Hudson Speedway After a three year hiatus the Granite State Pro Stock Series presented by Springfield Buick GMC will be returning this Sunday, July 15th to Hudson International Speedway in Hudson, NH. \u201cWe are thrilled to have Hudson back on the calendar this season\u201d series President Mike Parks said. \u201cThere [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[100,6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-granite-state-series","category-new-england-racing-news","category-latest-touring-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19399,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19398\/revisions\/19399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}