{"id":20728,"date":"2016-06-21T08:11:56","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T12:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=20728"},"modified":"2016-06-21T08:11:56","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T12:11:56","slug":"davis-griffith-shaw-thrill-claremont-fans-in-a-classic-twin-state-100-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/davis-griffith-shaw-thrill-claremont-fans-in-a-classic-twin-state-100-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"Davis, Griffith & Shaw Thrill Claremont fans in a Classic Twin State 100 finish"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ClaremontDavis, Griffith & Shaw Thrill Claremont fans in a Classic Twin State 100 finish!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Twin State 100 saw some new drivers on the roster adding to the variety seen in all of the GSPSS races started this year. George Bessette of Danbury, CT., Tommy O\u2019Sullivan, of Wilbraham, MA., and local racer Jimmy Zullo of Claremont, NH all added their names to the list of already competitive list of drivers running.<\/p>\n

Last years winner Derek Griffith and newcomer to Claremont, DJ Shaw set the pace early in the day, both attaining 13.9 lap times in practice. Mike O\u2019Sullivan of Springfield, MA. and Bill Ahern of Bellerica, MA. started on the front row. Guy Caron of Lempster, NH took an early lead, showing his knowledge of the track. Griffith, Shaw, and Davis quickly made their way through the pack to the top five in the early laps of the race. Caron led for twenty-five laps until the first caution flew for Glenn Martel as he spun in turn two.
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On the restart, Shaw took advantage of his position near the front, and captured the lead which he would hold for a total of sixty-six laps of the race. On lap forty-seven, hometown racer Jimmy Zullo found himself in the pit for the first time in the feature after he hit the front stretch wall in practice. He continued to battle the car throughout the night. On lap fifty-five Cory Casagrande of Stafford Springs, CT and George Bessette of Danbury, CT made contact in turn four.<\/p>\n

Griffith took the lead on lap fifty-seven, but Shaw promptly stole it back, leading until lap ninety-four. Contact between Mike Parks of Walpole, NH and Tommy O\u2019Sullivan in turn four stet up a six-lap shootout between Shaw, Griffith, and Davis. The last four laps saw four different lead changes and heated restarts among the top three contenders for the win.<\/p>\n

On lap ninety-eight Griffith and Shaw made contact on the backstretch, which led to both drivers coming out of turn four sideways and Griffith triumphed as Shaw spun. In the final laps Griffith and Davis battled to the finish line, Davis crossing first, to become the fourth different driver to win on the series this season.<\/p>\n

The Granite State Pro Stock Series will be racing July 2, 2016 at Speedway 51 in Groveton, NH.<\/p>\n

Unofficial Finish
\n1 09 Jeremy Davis
\n2 12 Derek Griffith
\n3 08 Mike O\u2019Sullivan
\n4 63 John Salemi
\n5 42 Guy Caron
\n6 29 Barry Gray
\n7 66 Mike Parks
\n8 4 Tommy O\u2019Sullivan
\n9 15 George Bassette
\n10 51 Bill Ahern
\n11 1 Cory Casagrande
\n12 40 Mike Mitchell
\n13 23 Glenn Martel
\n14 18 Michael Scorzelli
\n15 68 Craig Wwinstein
\n16 60 DJ Shaw
\n17 10 Jimmy Zullo<\/p>\n

Contingency Winner
\nCar #
\nName<\/p>\n

AR Bodies (Hard Luck) $100.00 10 Jimmy Zullo<\/p>\n

Bond Auto Parts (2nd Place) $100.00 12 Derek Griffith<\/p>\n

Bond Auto Parts (Last car on Lead Lap) $100.00 1 Cory Casagrande<\/p>\n

Coilover (Feature winner) $300.00 09 Jeremy Davis<\/p>\n

Embroidery Expertee\u2019s (3rd Place) $50.00 08 Mike O\u2019Sullivan<\/p>\n

Five Star Bodies (5th Place) $50.00 42 Guy Caron<\/p>\n

MacLellan Metal Finishing (Heat Winner) $25.00 12 Derek Griffith<\/p>\n

MacLellan Metal Finishing (Heat Winner) $25.00 09 Jeremy Davis<\/p>\n

Magnus Racing (2nd Place) $100.00 12 Derek Griffith<\/p>\n

Powertrain (4th Place) $100.00 63 John Salemi<\/p>\n

RB Performance (3rd Place) $50.00 08 Mike O\u2019Sullivan<\/p>\n

RB Performance (7th Place) $50.00 66 Mike Parks<\/p>\n

Seymour Performance (Random Draw) $50.00 51 Bill Ahern<\/p>\n

Sherwood Wheels (Most Laps Lead) 60 DJ Shaw<\/p>\n

Sunoco (Heat Winner) 5 Gals Race Fuel 12 Derek Griffith<\/p>\n

Sunoco (Heat Winner) 5 gal Race Fuel 09 Jeremy Davis<\/p>\n

VDL Fuel (5th Place) $100.00 42 Guy Caron<\/p>\n

Track\u2014Claremont Speedway, 1\/3 mile Claremont NH.
\nRace\u2014Twin State 100
\nTime of Race\u201450:25.9
\nCautions\u2014(6)\u2014laps 26-56-60-94-97-98
\nMargin of Victory\u2014.024
\nBest Lap Time\u2014Derek Griffith
\nBest Lap By\u201413.955
\nLap Leaders\u2014(Lap 1, M. O\u2019Sullivan)-(2-26, Caron) (27-57, Shaw)(58-60, Griffith) (61-94, Shaw) (95-97, Griffith) (98, Shaw) (99, Griffith) (100, Davis)
\nPhoto Credits Chip Cormie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Davis, Griffith & Shaw Thrill Claremont fans in a Classic Twin State 100 finish!! The Twin State 100 saw some new drivers on the roster adding to the variety seen in all of the GSPSS races started this year. George Bessette of Danbury, CT., Tommy O\u2019Sullivan, of Wilbraham, MA., and local racer Jimmy Zullo of […]<\/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":[4721,1,112,14972,123],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-granite-state-pro-stock","category-uncategorized","category-new-hampshire","category-touring-series-news","category-twin-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}