GRIGAS, III STAYS OUT OF TROUBLE, AND ON LEAD LAP, AT LEE
24-Year-Old Looks Forward to Special Canaan Show
With six caution periods and one red flag slowing the pace of the All-Star 100 True Value Modified Racing Series event at Lee USA Speedway (NH), finishing well was all about survival.
Friday night at Lee was Make-A-Wish Night at the track and Bobby Grigas, III got the chance to meetsome young racing fans there. (51 Photos)
Series rookie Bobby Grigas, III figured this out quickly in the event. The 24-year-old Massachusetts driver dodged bullets from left and right through the night and brought home an 12th-place finish with the #09 Triple G Scaffold Modified.
“The finish isn’t what I wanted, but it’s a live and learn process,” said Grigas. “This is my first time racing here in a Modified and only my sixth start ever, so I’m not going to set the world on fire.”
The wrecks did not discriminate throughout the event. Champions, winners and guys with a whole lot more experience than Grigas piled into, and even on top of, each other. Expecting a rookie to stay cool would be a tall order, but Grigas isn’t just any rookie either. He won at Waterford in only his third TVMRS start last month. How did he avoid getting caught in trouble though?
“I just closed my eyes and turned the wheel to miss things,” joked Grigas. “I wish that I did better, but the car came home in one piece.”
Grigas and his team will next head to Canaan Fair Speedway (NH) for a $5,000-to-win non-points TVMRS show on Friday, July 14th. In his last, and so far only, trip to the neat New Hampshire oval, Grigas was running second and gaining on the leader when a suspension part broke and took him out of the race. This time, he is hoping for a good run with a solid finish.
“I’m looking forward to the Canaan race. I’ve got a good set-up for that track. I think that I would have had a shot at winning there last time if it didn’t break on me. It should be a good race for us.”
