by Jay | Sep 7, 2012 | Canaan, Granite State Pro Stock, New Hampshire, Touring Series News
Canaan Fair Speedway to Host Granite State Pro Stock Series Season Finale
Championship race moved from Lee USA Speedway; Championship to be decided Sept. 16
CANAAN, N.H. — Canaan Fair Speedway will host the Granite State Pro Stock Series season finale on Sunday, September 16. The previously scheduled championship event at Lee USA Speedway has been canceled.
“We made this decision based on the best interest of our competitors,” Granite State Pro Stock Series President Mike Parks said. “Lee USA Speedway wanted to make this an open competition event, as they have had in years past for Oktoberfest. We have canceled our sanction of the event to honor their wishes, but we definitely look forward to working with Lee USA Speedway in the future.”
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by Jay | Aug 27, 2012 | Granite State Pro Stock, Hudson, New Hampshire, Touring Series News
Baillargeon Rules in Granite State Pro Stock Series Hudson Hugger 100
Veteran racer scores first career Granite State Pro Stock Series win
HUDSON, NH — Bobby Baillargeon was virtually untouchable as the veteran stock car racer led all 100 laps and claimed his first career Granite State Pro Stock Series win at Hudson Speedway in Hudson, NH in the Hudson Hugger 100.
The Kingston, NH driver drew the pole position in the top-eight redraw and set up his winning effort. Baillargeon was able to pull out to sizeable leads, but a late race restart on lap 94 put Granite State Pro Stock Series point leader Bobby Cabral to his outside.
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by Jay | Aug 19, 2012 | Granite State Pro Stock, New Hampshire, Star Speedway, Touring Series News
Frahm Dominates Granite State Pro Stock Series Star 100
Part-time NASCAR racer leads all 100 laps in first series start
EPPING, NH — NASCAR Nationwide Series part-time competitor Matt Frahm dominated the Granite State Pro Stock Series 100-lap race at Star Speedway in Epping, NH to score his first series win in his first series start.
The 22-year-old Frahm, of New Salem, NH, used his pole position start to lead 99 of the 100 laps at the track where he began his racing career eight years ago. Three restarts put challengers to the outside of Frahm, but the young racer was able to retain his lead and pick up the win.
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by Jay | Aug 19, 2012 | Granite State Pro Stock, New Hampshire, Star Speedway, Touring Series News
Reid Lanpher Racing: Star Speedway
NELCAR/Granite State Pro Stock Series Report
EPPING, N.H. – Reid Lanpher of Manchester, Maine, picked up a pair of Top-5 finishes in Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour competition at Star Speedway in Epping, N.H., on Saturday, August 18, and followed those up with his second career Top-10 finish in as many starts in a Super Late Model. Lanpher, 14, finished second in the first 25-lap NELCAR feature event, and then after winning his heat race finished fourth in the second 25-lap event after starting 20th in the 23-car field. In the Granite State Pro Stock Series 100, Lanpher’s No. 59 EJP/Mission Trailers Chevrolet finished eighth in his second career start in the division.
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by Jay | Aug 17, 2012 | All-Star Speedway, Granite State Pro Stock, New Hampshire, Star Speedway, Touring Series News
Reid Lanpher: Granite State Pro Stock Series
Star Speedway Race Preview
Reid Lanpher of Manchester, Maine, will have a busy night ahead of him at Star Speedway in Epping, N.H., on Saturday, August 18, with a pair of 25-lap Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour feature races followed by a 100-lap Granite State Pro Stock Series event. The 14-year-old Lanpher will drive the No. 59 EJP/Mission Trailers Chevrolet in the third GSPSS event of the season, after finishing sixth last time out at Hudson Speedway for his best career series finish. Lanpher will also have double-duty on the NELCAR side of things, having already qualified for a feature event that was rained out on Aug. 4 in addition to a regularly scheduled event.
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by Jay | Aug 16, 2012 | Granite State Pro Stock, New England, Touring Series News
Granite State Pro Stock Series Prepare To Go Back-to-Back
Star Speedway hosts Pro Stocks August 18; GSPSS return to Hudson on August 26
The Granite State Pro Stock Series kick off their busiest stretch of stock car auto racing with back-to-back weekends in the southeastern part of New Hampshire. Star Speedway, located in Epping, NH, will welcome the Granite State Pro Stock Series on Saturday night, August 18. One week later, Hudson (NH) Speedway will host the Granite State Pro Stock Series for a second time in the 2012 season on Sunday evening, August 26, in the Hudson Hugger 100.
Current Granite State Pro Stock Series point leader Bobby Cabral leads the series into the back-to-back weekend events with a slim eight point lead over Walpole, NH veteran Mike Parks. Cabral, of East Kingston, NH, is a long time competitor at Star Speedway and claimed the Gate City Classic 100 win earlier in the season at Hudson Speedway. Parks finished second in the Gate City Classic 100.
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