{"id":28067,"date":"2021-06-07T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T21:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=28067"},"modified":"2021-06-07T10:26:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T14:26:53","slug":"wyatt-alexander-looks-to-go-back-to-back-with-granite-state-pro-stock-series-at-beech-ridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/2021\/06\/wyatt-alexander-looks-to-go-back-to-back-with-granite-state-pro-stock-series-at-beech-ridge\/","title":{"rendered":"WYATT ALEXANDER LOOKS TO GO BACK-TO-BACK WITH GRANITE STATE PRO STOCK SERIES AT BEECH RIDGE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WYATT ALEXANDER LOOKS TO GO BACK-TO-BACK WITH GRANITE STATE PRO STOCK SERIES AT BEECH RIDGE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


<\/strong>By Souza Media\/Kyle Souza<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WALPOLE, N.H. — <\/strong>When the Granite State Pro Stock Series (GSPSS) rolls into Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on Saturday, June 12, track regulars are set to compete with GSPSS stars in what should be another classic battle in Maine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, more than 25 cars showed to the track — with track regular Wyatt Alexander stealing the show and scoring the victory with late drama — passing for the lead and the win in the final 20 laps. He may have made the finish look easy on track, but his first touring series win didn\u2019t come without some mid-week drama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexander\u2019s drivetrain broke in a Beech Ridge weekly Pro Stock race just seven days prior — and he wasn\u2019t even planning on running with Granite State until just a few days before race day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe hadn\u2019t really had a good year up to that point, I was a bit discouraged,\u201d Alexander said. \u201cThe week that the drivetrain blew out of it, it destroyed a lot of parts. That was the first night all year I thought the car was really good. Up until Wednesday or Thursday leading into the Granite State race, we weren\u2019t even going to run. We got some parts late in the week and my dad, my grandfather and I stayed up late to get it done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the exact moment where the car was back together that Alexander \u201cflipped a switch\u201d and became determined to get the checkered flag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSome switches flipped in my brain and I was determined\u2026. I drove the truck and trailer on Friday and I don\u2019t know why, but the mindset I had was that I had no reason to run the race other than to go out there and win,\u201d Alexander said. \u201cI didn\u2019t want second, third\u2026 nothing other than the win. I had never won a tour race. I didn\u2019t even have the credentials to have that kind of mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the race, Alexander ran consistently near the front, and passed Corey Bubar for the lead in the final 20 laps. A few days after flipping the switch, it was the exact moment of the pass — with still nearly 20 laps to go — where Alexander was convinced he had won the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ll never forget it,\u201d Alexander said. \u201cWe were on Corey, trying not to burn up our stuff, and I was thinking for a while that finishing second would be great. We got into lapped traffic\u2026 and I just knew I had to get his spotter to tell him I was outside him and it was over. I rolled with the momentum, got to his outside, and I knew right there I had won the race. It was a crazy realization at the time. When I rolled there and got side-by-side with him, it was like \u2018Wow, I got the lead\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexander is no stranger to Beech Ridge. Running full-time at the track the last few years, he\u2019s become comfortable with what is one of the region’s most difficult tracks. The home-field advantage should be on his side once again when Granite State teams roll back in. In five races to date at Beech Ridge this season, Alexander has top-10 finishes in all but one, and has finished second in the last two. The track will hold a special 100-lap race on June 5 — the perfect tune-up to prepare for the 150-lap race with Granite State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a unique track,\u201d Alexander said. \u201cIf any of the cars there pull into Victory Lane on any given Saturday night, you wouldn’t be surprised at all. There are more than 10 cars that can win. The home-field advantage is real — a lot of the guys that run there on a weekly basis, they run well. They are the best of the best. It makes racing there fun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexander is also a member of the 2021 Kulwicki Driver Development Program. Drivers inside the program honor the late NASCAR Hall of Fame member Alan Kulwicki, who won the 1992 NASCAR Cup Series championship. There are seven drivers in the program — and all seven are competing against each other for a prize over $50,000 and the championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really cool, I\u2019ve applied every year other than one and it\u2019s a goal I\u2019ve had for a long time,\u201d Alexander said. \u201cI wanted to bring our program to the point where the guys at Kulwicki felt like I deserved to be part of it. Not having been included for a few years, it was an eye-opening experience for me, to figure out how to make it. I feel like our race team does it Alan\u2019s way — it\u2019s mostly between just my dad, grandfather and I\u2026 It\u2019s been great to be involved. I\u2019m grateful just to be part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With help from R.F. Jordan and Sons Construction, One Step Homecare, Harry\u2019s Motorsports, Valvoline, K&B Automotive, NAPA Auto Care, E.L. Shea Builders and Engineers, Adams Landscaping, AR Bodies, DMD Racing Products, CRF, One On One Band and DAI, along with his family and supporters,  Alexander\u2019s attention will turn to the June 12 stop for the Granite State Pro Stock Series at Beech Ridge, in hopes of going back-to-back in victory lane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cExcited to be running with the Granite State Pro Stock Series again. My hope is that in the fall, after the points season ends at Beech Ridge, we can go touring a bit again and run some Granite State races,\u201d Alexander said. \u201cWith everything GSPSS has going on, it\u2019s been good. To win again is definitely the goal. We want to run strong. We\u2019ve had the speed where we should be able to contend, but the track changes, and you might not have what you had the week before. It\u2019s important to me to go out there and run well. I\u2019m trying to carry some momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional information about the Beech Ridge event, including a full schedule, anticipated entries, and more, will come next week. For more information on the Granite State Pro Stock Series, visit gspss.net<\/a> and follow the series on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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