GRIGAS KEEPS TRUCKING WITH A TOP 10 AT BEECH RIDGE

Another New Track Isn't A Problem for This Fast Rookie

The 2006 racing season is Bobby Grigas, III’s rookie year in Modified Racing.  It is also the first time that he has ever visited, much less raced at, many tracks in the True Value Modified Racing Series.  Grigas has outdone himself so far this season by scoring victories at Waterford and Canaan.  On Saturday night, he continued with his learning curve by recording an eighth-place finish at another track where he had never been before – Beech Ridge Motor Speedway.

And while a top 10 is a solid effort, Grigas believes that if not for an ill-handling car, he would have finished even better in the 100-lap race.

“We just missed the set-up,” said Grigas.  “The car was just loose off the start.  We had heard that this place gets tighter and tighter, so we figured if it was loose in the heat race, we’d be fine in the feature.  It never got where we wanted it.  But, I missed the wrecks and came away with a top 10 finish.  I’m getting better.  I’m getting top fives and top 10 now instead of top 20s.  I’m not complaining, to never have seen this track before and to finish in the top 10 is good.”

Grigas will head to another new track for his next race – the

August 12th event at Star Speedway in Southern New Hampshire.

“I’ve never seen the place,” said Grigas.  “It will be just like here.   Some of the veterans have told me that it is like this place or that place, but I won’t really know until I get there and go around and around the track.”