The Granite State Pro stock Series officially brought its
season to a close on Saturday March 3 at the Thompson Motor Sports Park
clubhouse. The season ending banquet of champions was a chance for the teams of
the GSPSS to get together one last time as part of the 2017 season and honor
their champions.
Tom and Mike O’Sullivan were officially crowned owner and
driver champions making them the first multi-time champions in series history.
The duo also took down the 2012 series championship and have been competitors
with the series virtually since day one. They received a pair of championship trophies,
point fund money as well as a pair of championship jackets from American Racer
Tires.
In addition to crowning the champions, a number of specialty
awards were given out. Scott MacMicheal was crowned rookie of the year as he
and his Bob Labine owned team had a successful first season together. The pair
also finished the season second in the season ending point standings after a
spirited battle with eventual champion O’Sullivan.
Also given out was the annual “John Boy Hoyt memorial
dedication to motor sports award”. This award is given to someone who goes
above and beyond for the sport of auto racing. For 2017 the staff of the GSPSS
chose to honor series president and race director Mike Parks. Parks not only
founded the series with John Hoyt, but for 2017 Mike chose to get out of the driver’s
seat and focus more on the operation of the series.
There were a number of contingency awards given out including
five star bodies gift certificates, an O’Reilly auto parts gift certificate, AR
Bodies gift certificates and a brand new VDL Carburetor that went to team 39
and driver Nick Lascoula
The final group to be honored were the top ten in points,
eight of whom were in attendance to receive their trophys, point fund money and
be honored by their fellow competitors. O’Sullivan, Macmicheal, Lascoula and
Cory Casagrande were all in the top five in points and picked up hardware
Saturday night. Josh King, Tommy O’Sullivan, Devin O’Connell and Mike Mitchell
finished six through nine in the standings and were also in attendance. Mike
Scorzelli wound up tenth in the owners standings and picked up a point fund
check for his efforts in 2017.
With the 2017 Banquet in the books it is on to the 2018 GSPSS
season. On tap for 2018 is a twelve race schedule highlighted by a return to
NHMS for the second annual short track showdown, a three segment race, the
annual JBH memorial race and a soon to be announced event that could become an annual
highlight on the GSPSS schedule. The season kicks off with a test and tune date
April 28 at Claremont Speedway and the opener the following Friday night.
The complete 2017 point standings as well as the 2018
schedule and more can be found at gspss.net.
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