{"id":22265,"date":"2017-09-10T20:31:04","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T00:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=22265"},"modified":"2017-09-10T20:31:04","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T00:31:04","slug":"squeglia-wins-his-second-star-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/2017\/09\/squeglia-wins-his-second-star-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Squeglia Wins his Second Star Classic!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src='http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/hostedbadge.php?s=5' type='text\/javascript'><\/script><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhracingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/star.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nhracingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/star.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"117\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173\" \/><\/a><strong>Squeglia Wins his Second Star Classic!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Epping, NH-<br \/>\nLast years winner of the Star Classic Joe Squeglia of Derry, NH dominated at Star all weekend, taking the win for the second year in a row. Squeglia and 2016 winner Derek Griffith of Hudson, NH both had fast practice times and won their respective heats on Friday. <\/p>\n<p>John Peters of Westbrook, ME started on the pole with Griffith on the outside. Squeglia started third.  Points leader Mike O\u2019Sullivan of Springfield, MA started deep in the field in the 17th position. Nipping at O\u2019Sullivan\u2019s heals in the points chase, Scott MacMichael of New London, NH started fifth and Barry Gray of Belchertown, MA who is third in points started fourth in the field.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Griffith took an early lead and held until lap 19 when Squeglia passed him to keep it the remainder of the race. Peters kept Squeglia on his toes much of the race trying to capture the lead.  MacMichael ran a good race consistently running in the top five and made several bids for the top three. Gray also raced hard throughout the race, until he was involved in a caution on lap 87 pushing him out of the top ten.<\/p>\n<p>Newcomer, fourteen-year-old Jimmy Renfrew Jr. of Candia, NH also made a good show of his abilities starting 18th and finishing 10th earning himself the Hard Charger Award. Mike Mitchell of Cumberland, RI started 11th in a car leant to him by Jeremy Davis and finished fourth for the night. In the final twenty laps of the race Squeglia and Peters pulled away from the rest of the pack, racing hard for the win. Griffith finished third, Todd Stone of Middlebury, VT finished fourth. MacMichael finished fifth rounding out the top five, closing in on O\u2019Sullivan in the point standings.<\/p>\n<p>Friday, October 13, The Granite State Pro Stock Series will be racing 60 laps, at Thompson Speedway, in Thompson, CT. for their World Series event, which boasts 18 divisions running over the weekend. For more information, follow The Granite State Pro Stock Series on Facebook or at www.gspss.net <\/p>\n<p>Unofficial Finish<br \/>\n1          03 Joe Squeglia<br \/>\n2          51 John Peters<br \/>\n3          12 Derek Griffith<br \/>\n4          1X Todd Stone<br \/>\n5          72 Scott MacMichael<br \/>\n6          09 M Mike Mitchell<br \/>\n7          39 Nick Lascuola<br \/>\n8          00 Jimmy Renfrew Jr.<br \/>\n9          21 Josh King<br \/>\n10        7 Cory Casagrande<br \/>\n11       44 Rusty Poland<br \/>\n12        29 Barry Gray<br \/>\n13       08 Mike O&#8217;Sullivan<br \/>\n14       43 Devin O&#8217;Connell<br \/>\n15       46 Jake Venada<br \/>\n16       1 Jeff Jolly<br \/>\n17        18 Michael Scorzelli<br \/>\n18        32 Nick Jenkins<br \/>\n19        4 Tommy O&#8217;Sullivan<br \/>\n20        M32 Stephen Murphy<br \/>\n21        42 Brad Babb<\/p>\n<p>Contingency Winner<br \/>\nCar #<br \/>\nName<br \/>\nAR Bodies (Hard Luck)<br \/>\n4 Tommy O&#8217;Sullivan<br \/>\nO&#8217;Reilly Auto Parts (3rd Place)<br \/>\n12 Derek Griffith<br \/>\nO&#8217;Reilly Auto Parts (Last Car on the Lead Lap)<br \/>\n43 Devin O&#8217;Connell<br \/>\nFive Star Bodies 5th Place<br \/>\n72 Scott MacMichael<br \/>\nSunoco Heat Winner<br \/>\n 03 Joe Squeglia<br \/>\nSunoco Heat Winner<br \/>\n12 Derek Griffith<br \/>\nVDL Fuel 4th Place<br \/>\n1X Todd Stone<br \/>\nRace Parts NH Hard Charger<br \/>\n00 Jimmy Renfrew Jr. <\/p>\n<p>Track: Star Speedway.<br \/>\n.25 mile Epping, NH<br \/>\nRace- Star Classic<br \/>\nTime of Race- 48:01.4<br \/>\nBest Lap Time- 13.294<br \/>\nBest Lap By- 51 John Peters<br \/>\nCautions- (6) 15, 54, 57, 87, 88<br \/>\nMargin of Victory- 0.231<br \/>\nLap Leaders- (2) Derek Griffith 10, Joe Squeglia 81<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Squeglia Wins his Second Star Classic! Epping, NH- Last years winner of the Star Classic Joe Squeglia of Derry, NH dominated at Star all weekend, taking the win for the second year in a row. Squeglia and 2016 winner Derek Griffith of Hudson, NH both had fast practice times and won their respective heats on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,8,49,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-granite-state-pro-stock","category-new-hampshire","category-star-speedway","category-touring-series-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22266,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22265\/revisions\/22266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}