Bobby Grigas headed down to Concord Motorsport Park (NC) for the North-South Shootout not quite sure what to expect from the unique track. Grigas is only in his rookie season of Modified racing, and Concord is viewed a very challenging track to many of the competitors who race there. Sometimes it can take years for a driver to learn the best way around the facility.
So nobody would have guessed that the driver of the #09 machine
was a rookie after seeing the times he set in qualifying and
practice. Grigas put down an impressive lap that secured him
one of the coveted top-five qualifying positions for the North-South
Shootout feature. It was lining up to be a great weekend for the
young driver.
Then the feature started.
Grigas was black-flagged on the start of the race for a leaking fuel
line. The team went to work under the caution and thought that
they had the car repaired. But there wasn’t such luck for the team
at Concord.
“It was leaking gas out of the fuel cell at the beginning of the race,” said Grigas. “We went and tried to get it fixed under caution but it just kept leaking. It’s really too bad. We had a super fast car. But what is there that you can do? We just got to keep on going.”
Grigas ended up finishing 28th.
The next event for Grigas will be the Mason-Dixon Meltdown at South Boston Speedway on Saturday November 25th.
