Matt Frahm Picks Up David’s House 106 Victory
Winchester, NH — North Salem, NH’s Matt Frahm will go down as the first repeat winner with the Granite State Pro Stock Series, as he picked up the win in the second annual David’s House 106. The high banks of Monadnock Speedway were the setting for the GSPSS, with 22 cars on hand to compete.
Before the leaders could even make it into the first corner, the caution came out, when several cars got together at the starting line. Austin Brehio and Dan Stolte were eliminated from competition at this point. Frahm jumped out to the early lead from his pole position and held on for the first fourteen laps until Barry Gray slid by and took over the top spot. The second caution came out on lap 18, when Jesse Smith and Mike Parks got together, with Parks hitting the tires in the first corner, ending his night.
Gray continued to set the pace after the restart, but the driver on the move was defending David’s House 106 winner Mike O’Sullivan. The points leader started eighth, and worked his way through traffic, moving into the top five by lap 23. The next caution came out on lap 30, when Jeremy Davis, who just moved into third past Phil Meany, spun. Meany was sent to the back for the assist. O’Sullivan slid under Frahm for second on the restart, and set his sights on the Belchertown, MA native. Just prior to the halfway point, O’Sullivan used a timely caution, and moved past Gray for the lead. Larry Gelinas used the outside lane to follow into third. Frahm moved past Gelinas on lap 62, and the top four ran that way until the next caution came out on lap 81, when Mike Rivard, Babe Branscombe, Phil Meany and Josh King all got together. The ensuing restart was called back when Barry Gray jumped the start, and when the field slowed, contact was made, tearing loose the rear bumper cover of Gray, forcing the former Monadnock champion into the pits.
Frahm was back into second by this point, and after a couple of additional cautions, Frahm settled behind O’Sullivan, with Davis back up to third. As they hit the 100 lap mark, Gelinas and Gray rounded out the top five.
With three laps remaining, Frahm got a run on the inside, and slid his Met-RX Chevy underneath O’Sullivan, and the pair raced side by side for the next couple of laps. As they raced under the ivory silk, O’Sullivan held a slight edge, but on the final lap, Frahm took over and picked up his second career Granite State Pro Stock Series win. Jeremy Davis tried to follow Frahm under O’Sullivan, and squeezed past for second by .008 at the stripe. O’Sullivan, Gelinas and Gray rounded out the top five.
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1) Matt Frahm N Salem, NH
2) Jeremy Davis Tamworth, NH
3) Mike O’Sullivan Springfield, MA
4) Larry Gelinas Buxton, ME
5) Barry Gray Belchertown, MA
6) Jesse Smith Hermon, ME
7) Jake Vanada Berkley, MA
8) Phil Meany Gardner, MA
9) Zig Gino Canterbury, NH
10) Matt Zenisky W Springfield, NH
11) Keith Caruso Millbury, MA
12) Babe Branscombe Nottingham, NH
13) Josh King Vernon, VT
14) Mike Rivard N Scituate, RI
15) Jay Sands Hampton, NH
16) Erik Sands Farmington, NH
17) Mike Parks Walpole, NH
18) Zach Jewett Perksville, VT
19) John Michael Shenette Grosvenordale, CT
20) Fran Colson Baldwinville, MA
21) Austin Brehio Hopkinton, NH
22) Daniel Stolte E Putnam, CT
Sunoco Fuel Heat Winners: Jake Vanada, Fran Colson, Barry Gray
Performance Unlimited Performance of NH ½ way leader bonus: Mike O’Sullivan
AR Bodies Hard Luck Award: Babe Branscombe
Bond Auto Parts award, given to the last driver on the lead lap: Matt Zenisky
Sherwood Wheel $50.00 gift certificate 5th place finish Award: Barry Gray
Ricky’s Real Racer award, given to the driver who picks up the most positions in the race:
Sources: Kevin Boucher/Granite State Pro Stock Series PR
Fin St # Driver Sponsor/Owner Laps Status Led Points
1 2 #14M Matt Frahm (MRF Motorsports) 106 Running 15 50
2 6 #09 Jeremy Davis (Michael Davis) 106 Running 0 46
3 8 #08 Mike O’Sullivan (Tom O’Sullivan) 106 Running 54 44
4 12 #48 Larry Gelinas (Roland Linblad) 106 Running 0 42
5 5 #29 Barry Gray (Barry Gray) 106 Running 37 40
6 10 #55 Jesse Smith (Jesse Smith) 106 Running 0 38
7 4 #46 Jake Vanada (Robert Malone) 106 Running 0 36
8 1 #5Ma Phil Meany 106 Running 0 34
9 15 #57z Zig Geno (Zig Geno Motorsports) 106 Running 0 32
10 11 #96 Matt Zenisky (Charles Zenisky) 106 Running 0 30
11 7 #2 Keith Caruso (Michael Notargiacomo) 85 0 28
12 14 #38 Babe Branscombe (Babe Branscombe) 81 0 26
13 16 #21 Josh King 80 0 24
14 9 #59 Mike Rivard (Michael Rivard) 61 0 22
15 3 #36 Jay Sands (Jay Sands) 55 0 20
16 13 #87 Erick Sands (Steve Litwin) 51 0 18
17 17 #66 Mike Parks (Mike Parks) 18 0 16
18 18 #37Vt Zach Jewett (Zach Jewett) 17 0 14
19 19 #82Ct John-Michael Shenette (John-Michael Shenette) 14 0 12
20 20 #37 Fran Colson (Fran “Jr” Colson) 8 0 10
21 DNS #44 Austin Brehio (Glen & Teri Brehio) 0 0 9
22 DNS #91 Daniel Stolte 0 0 8
RACE STATISTICS
Time of Race: 01:04:23.356
Fast Lap Time: 13.164/68.368, Lap 7 by Barry Gray
Average Speed: 24.693 mph
Margin of Victory: 0.380 second
Caution Flags: Unknown
Lap Leaders: Matt Frahm 1-14, Barry Gray 15-51, Mike O’Sullivan 52-105, Matt Frahm 106.
Total Laps Led: Mike O’Sullivan 54, Barry Gray 37, Matt Frahm 15.
Lead Changes: 3 changes involving 3 drivers.
Points standings after this race:
Pos Driver Points Diff
1 Mike O’Sullivan 145
2 Jeremy Davis 141 -4
3 Larry Gelinas 105 -40
4 Jake Vanada 104 -41
5 Matt Frahm 102 -43
6 Mike Parks 102 -43
7 Barry Gray 94 -51
8 Jay Sands 94 -51
9 Josh King 89 -56
10 Babe Branscombe 75 -70
11 Louie Mechalides 66 -79
12 Zig Geno 62 -83
13 George Bessette 56 -89
14 Matt Zenisky 52 -93
15 Glenn Tyler 50 -95
16 Erick Sands 49 -96
17 Jim Banfield 45 -100
18 Carl Eriksson 45 -100
19 Mike Rivard 44 -101
20 Billy Brady 43 -102
21 Austin Brehio 40 -105
22 Keith Caruso 40 -105
23 Phil Meany 39 -106
24 Jesse Smith 39 -106
25 Dave Pembroke 39 -106
26 Bobby Baillargeon 37 -108
27 Zach Jewett 37 -108
28 Cory Roberts 32 -113
29 Jeff Hartwell 24 -121
30 Norm Wrenn 18 -127
31 Daniel Stolte 18 -127
32 Fran Colson 16 -129
33 Donnie Lashua 15 -130
34 John-Michael Shenette 13 -132
35 Jeremy Renfrew 8 -137
36 Jimmy Renfrew 6 -139