An Exciting G-W-C Finish Marks Series Return To Stafford
Story By: BROOKE FRANCESCHINI / NASCAR MEDIA Photos By: DICK AYERS / RACERSGUIDE.COM
STAFFORD, CT- June 17, 2016- Noah Gragson picked up his first NASCAR K&N Pro Series East win at Stafford Motor Speedway Saturday night.
An exciting finish to the Stafford 150 propelled the 17-year-old, Las Vegas, Nevada, naive to fourth in the series standings with 255 points.
Gragson powered his No. 7 SPEEDVEGAS/AlertID/Colliers International Ford to the lead on the first green-white-checkered attempt and held off a charging Dillon Bassett to secure his celebration in Victory Lane.
The NASCAR Next driver is no stranger to winning, he collected two wins in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West last year en route to his runner-up finish in the championship standings.
Bassett and fellow NASCAR Next classmate Spencer Davis finished second and third, respectively. While Justin Haley and Gilliland rounded out the top five.
Collin Cabre, Austin Theriault, Christian Celaya, Hunter Baize and Ruben Garcia Jr. completed the top 10.
The Stafford 150 will air on NBCSN Thursday, June 23rd at 5 p.m. ET.
The NASCAR K&N Pro Series East will be back in action Saturday, July 2 at Ohio’s Columbus Motor Speedway.
