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Photos Howie & Mary Hodge

Epping, NH-        Thrillin’ Dillon Moltz of Waterford, CT. became the newest winner for the Granite State Pro Stock Series on Sunday, which has seen 9 different winners in 9 races in the 2014 season, picking up the win at Star Speedway in the NH Classic 100.  Moltz started on the pole in the 16 car field and led all 100 laps, en route to his win.

 

Moltz and Derek Griffith brought the field down and ran one-two until the first of three cautions came out on the second circuit, when Tom Carey Jr spun in the second turn.

 

Once back under way, point leader Matt Frahm moved underneath Griffith, and after battling for several laps, took over the second position. Griffith settled into third, with Larry Gelinas fourth. The top of the field ran nose to tail, until the second caution came out on lap 36, when Bobby Cabral slid up against the wall in turn two.

 

Frahm held onto second on the restart, with Griffith and Gelinas in tow, but the driver on the move was Brad Babb, who started thirteenth on the grid.  By the half-way point, Babb moved into the top five and settled in, about 6 car lengths behind Gelinas. Using lapped traffic to his advantage, Griffith moved past Frahm for second on lap 73.

 

The final caution of the event came out at the three-quarter mark, when Adam Norton went up in smoke, ending his day.

 

Frahm moved back into second on the restart and chased Moltz to the finish, but came up a car length short at the Sunoco checkers. Griffith, Babb and Gelinas rounded out the top five.  Heat wins went to Gelinas and Griffith.

 

The Granite State Pro Stock Series Tournament Challenge presented by Victory Lane Radio and 360 Design Lab continued at the NH Classic, with Larry Gelinas advancing past Barry Gray, and Matt Frahm besting Brad Babb.  Frahm and Gelinas will do battle at White Mountain Motorsports Park for their chance at $500, with second place receiving $200.  This is the second time Gelinas is in the finals for the Tournament Challenge.

 

The Granite State Pro Stock Series heads to White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, NH for the first time in the series’ history on Saturday, September 20th.  The ¼ mile, banked track hosts clean, hard racing, and boasts a beautiful facility located in the White Mountains.  For more information on White Mountain Motorsports Park visit www.whitemtnmotorsports.com.  For more information on the Granite State Pro Stock Series, visit www.gspss.net, e-mail Mike Parks at [email protected], like us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter @GSProStocks. 

 

POS (Start)          Driver                   Hometown

1 (1)       Dillon Moltz                       Waterford, CT

2 (4)       Matt Frahm                        Hampstead, NH

3 (2)       Derek Griffith                    Hudson, NH

4 (13)     Brad Babb                           Windham, ME

5 (3)       Larry Gelinas                      Buxton, ME

6 (6)       Mike Parks                          Walpole, NH

7 (5)       Bobby Cabral                     Kingston, NH

8 (7)       Tom O’Sullivan                 Wilbraham, MA

9 (9)       Joe Squeglia Jr.                 Derry, NH

10 (8)     Barry Gray                           Belchertown, MA

11 (10)  Cory Robert                        Canaan, NH

12 (16)  Dennis Maxfield              Fitchburg, MA

13 (14)  John Salemi                       Nashua, NH

14 (12)  Adam Norton                    Ludlow, MA

15 (11)  Tom Carey Jr                      New Salem, MA

16 (15)  Babe Branscombe           Nottingham, NH

 

Contingency Awards                                                      Winner

AR Bodies (Hard Luck)                                                   Adam Norton

Bond Auto Parts (Last car on lead lap)                    Barry Gray

Crazy Ed’s Powersports (Hard Charger)                  Brad Babb

Draco Springs Award (Most positions gained)    Brad Babb

Five Star Stock Car Bodies (5th place finisher)    Larry Gelinas

MacLellan Metal Finishing (Heat #1 Winner)       Larry Gelinas

MacLellan Metal Finishing (Heat #2 Winner)       Derek Griffith

Racer’s Depot (Random drawing)                             Larry Gelinas

RB Performance (4th place finisher)                       Brad Babb

RB Performance (7th place finisher)                       Bobby Cabral

Sherwood Wheels (10th place finisher)                                Barry Gray

Sunoco Race Fuels (Heat #1 Winner)                      Larry Gelinas

Sunoco Race Fuels (Heat #2 Winner)                      Derek Griffith