PHOTO CREDITS Troy Bregy
The Granite State Pro Stock Series inaugural race at Wiscasset Speedway started Saturday afternoon with two practice sessions and autographs in the evening. The practice sessions on Saturday saw series regulars Derek Griffith of Hudson, NH, and Mike O’Sullivan of Springfield, MA clocking laps at 15.1 seconds. However, on Sunday this changed with Maine drivers Andy Saunders of Elsworth, ME, Jacob Dore of Sanford ME, and Scott Chubbuck of Bowdoin, ME achieving those times. The mix of experienced versus inexperienced drivers made for some interesting racing.
The first two heats of the afternoon were relatively clean and had some good racing. Heat three however saw some action as Mike O’Sullivan, Brandon Sprague of Edgecomb, ME, and John Rideout of Washington, ME went three wide into turn one and Rideout made contact with the wall, bringing out the red flag. The ensuing laps saw a battle in the front between DJ Shaw of Center Conway, NH and Jeremy Davis of Tamworth, NH. On the last lap Davis was sideways and managed to save it to hold off Shaw for the heat win.
The feature saw Griffith and Saunders pace the 27 car field. Saunders pulled out to an early lead and held that lead for the first 16 laps of the race until Shaw took the lead for the first time in the feature. Lap 25 saw the first caution of the night when Travis Dunbar of Auburn, ME spun in turn two. The restart saw Shaw retake the lead from Saunders until the caution flag waved again on lap 27 for Dillon Moltz of Waterford, CT. After the restart Mike O’Sullivan fell off the pace and pulled into the pit on lap 33.
Shaw kept the lead until lap 50 when Griffith took the lead after chasing Shaw down amongst lap cars. Shaw took the lead again seven laps later and held it for the remainder of the race. Glenn Martel brought the final caution on lap 73 as he went into the turn four tire barrier. This left 25 laps for Tracy Gordon of Strong, ME to chase down Shaw to catch the win. Unfortunately for Gordon by the end of the race Shaw had a strong lead and lap cars protecting him as he crossed the finish line. Derek Griffith crossed the line third rounding out the top three.
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Unofficial Finish
1 60 DJ Shaw
2 41 Tracy Gordon
3 12 Derek Griffith
4 01 Andy Saunders
5 05D Jacob Dore
6 51 John Peters
7 15H Nick Hinkley
8 29 Barry Gray
9 09 Jeremy Davis
10 2 Nicholas Cusack
11 5 Dillon Moltz
12 4 Tommy O’Sullivan
13 35 Bobby Nadeau
14 34 Jeff Burgess
15 05J James Ormond
16 63 John Salemi
17 2R Chris Ryan
18 13 Nathan Tribett
19 12ME Thomas True
20 1 Cory Casagrande
21 23W Brandon Sprague
22 40 Mike Mitchell
23 15C Scott Chubbuck
24 66 Mike Parks
25 23 Glenn Martel
26 6 Travis Dunbar
27 08 Mike O’Sullivan
Contingency Winner Car # Name
AR Bodies (Hard Luck) 23 Glenn Martell
Bond Auto Parts (2nd Place) 41 Tracy Gordon
Bond Auto Parts (Last car on Lead Lap) 5 Dillon Moltz
Coilover (Feature winner) 60 DJ Shaw
Embroidery Expertee’s (3rd Place) 12 Derek Griffith
Five Star Bodies (5th Place) 05D Jacob Dore
MacLellan Metal Finishing (Heat Winner) 01 Andy Saunders
MacLellan Metal Finishing (Heat Winner) 12 Derek Griffith
MacLellan Metal Finishing (Heat Winner) 09 Jeremy Davis
Magnus Racing (2nd Place) 41 Tracy Gordon
Powertrain (4th Place) 01 Andy Saunders
RB Performance (3rd Place) 12 Derek Griffith
RB Performance (7th Place) 15H Nick Hinkley
Seymour Performance (Random Draw) 4 Tommy O’Sullivan
Sunoco (Heat Winner) 01 Andy Saunders
Sunoco (Heat Winner) 12 Derek Griffith
Sunoco (Heat Winner) 09 Jeremy Davis
VDL Fuel (5th Place) 05D Jacob Dore
Track—Wiscasset Speedway, 0.375 mile Wiscasset, ME.
Race—Wiscasset 100
Time of Race— 46:10
Cautions—(3 )—laps 25, 27, 73
Margin of Victory— 1.98
Lap Leaders—(3 ) Saunders 16, Shaw 76, Derek Griffith 8
