{"id":24545,"date":"2019-02-01T08:58:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T13:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=24545"},"modified":"2019-01-31T20:59:44","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T01:59:44","slug":"jake-matheson-awarded-championships-announces-move-to-granite-state-pro-stock-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/2019\/02\/jake-matheson-awarded-championships-announces-move-to-granite-state-pro-stock-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Matheson Awarded Championships,  Announces Move to Granite State Pro Stock Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/graphic_GSPSS-e1452129731891.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21176\" width=\"212\" height=\"103\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><br><\/strong><strong>Hillsboro, NH<\/strong>&#8212; Jake Matheson was among the Drivers honored on January 12<sup>th<\/sup> at The Speedway Club at Charlotte Motor Speedway, where he accepted the award for the USLCI Young Lions Oval Championship. &nbsp;One week later, Seekonk Speedway held their Banquet for the 2018 season, where Jake was acknowledged as their Fast Fridays Legend Car Series Champion. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur team is grateful for the support and encouragement we\u2019ve had this season. Our achievements would not have been possible without our fans and partners,\u201d Matheson said. &nbsp;\u201cI have met so many great people and learned so much over the last five years racing in INEX events.  I will do my best to put that experience to use as I move into the next stage of my career.\u201d <br><br>2018 marks the end of Legend Car racing for Jake. &nbsp;He added, \u201cI will miss my fellow Legend Car competitors, especially those at my home track of Seekonk Speedway. I am looking forward to returning to Seekonk for Pro Stock racing in September 2019.\u201d<br><br>JMR has officially registered to compete in the Granite State Pro Stock Series for 2019. &nbsp;\u201cI am very excited to make the jump to Pro Stocks.  Last season, we tried to spend as much time as possible learning in the pits at GSPSS races. &nbsp;We are eager for the challenges ahead.  It will be an honor to be on the track with such skilled competition.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To follow Jake\u2019s Pro Stock rookie season, connect with JMR on social media or via the team website at www.JakeMathesonRacing.com. &nbsp;For info about GSPSS events and schedules, go to www.gspss.net.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hillsboro, NH&#8212; Jake Matheson was among the Drivers honored on January 12th at The Speedway Club at Charlotte Motor Speedway, where he accepted the award for the USLCI Young Lions Oval Championship. &nbsp;One week later, Seekonk Speedway held their Banquet for the 2018 season, where Jake was acknowledged as their Fast Fridays Legend Car Series [&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":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-granite-state-pro-stock","category-touring-series-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24545","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=24545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24546,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24545\/revisions\/24546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}