GRIGAS CONTINUES ROOKIE OF THE RACE STREAK AT STAFFORD

11th Place Finish Puts Young Driver Up Front Again at the Sizzler

Bobby Grigas III  behind the wheel  (Jim DuPont Photo)

Grigas has now moved up to the eighth position in the NASCAR Whelen

Modified Tour point standings.  He’ll head next to New Jersey’s Wall Township Speedway to compete there on Sunday, May 6th along with the rest of the NASCAR Modified Tour competitors.

For the second straight race, Bobby Grigas, III earned the Sunoco Rookie of the Race award on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour.  This week, his result was an 11th-place finish in the Spring Sizzler at Stafford Motor Speedway (CT). 

Grigas looked like anything but a rookie during his race.  He stayed out of trouble, raced when it was appropriate and conserved his car when that strategy was best. 

Early in the event, Grigas communicated to the team exactly what the car was doing, so that they could improve its handling.  Late in the race, he had to endure a car that was on the same left side tires as it started the event on.  The culprit for that was a mid-race caution when NASCAR went back to green sooner than expected, leaving the #09 team without enough time to make more than a two-tire pit stop.

“The car wasn’t great at the beginning, but the team worked and worked all day,” said Grigas.  “At the end, it was a rocket.  If we could have gotten the left side tires changed, it would have been a top five car.  The car got very loose at the end, so I just wanted to bring it home in one piece and earn respect from the Whelen Tour drivers.”