Five Questions With Bobby Grigas, III

Before each race on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour schedule, the NASCAR PR staff sits down with a different Tour driver and asks them five questions. This week, it was Bobby Grigas, III's turn and he shared his thoughts in this story....

Five Questions: Bobby Grigas III

Your first three races have been like a rollercoaster. What will it take to get to Victory Lane?

The biggest problem we have right now is that I really don't have a guy that is leading the team, and I don't have an experienced team. The cars are really good. They have that saying 'the races are won at the shop,' and the cars are always setup good. It's just going to take the whole package to get me to the Victory Lane.

What is the most important lesson you've learned about Modified racing in your brief career?

Keep the wheels on the car and finish, then the top fives and the wins will happen.

What's been the biggest difference between your first and second year in a Modified?

Last season I was too busy wrecking the car. I was just too aggressive and anxious with a car that wasn't really meant to go to the front.

You've been racing for just five years. How did you get started?

There used to be a Modified team beside my father's shop. One day the owner came over and asked if we would like to sponsor the car. We gave them a little something, then my dad started going to the races to see his name on the car. Then we kind of got into the racing. I did F1 Boston, and I was good at it. I didn't have any racing experience, but I just won. So I was like 'let's try Seekonk [Speedway].' So we went out and bought a decent Late Model and we ended up finishing 10th in points. That's how I really got going, we just kind of tried it.

A resident of Marshfield, Mass., what's life like living next to the ocean?

Growing up by the beach, it was fun. I've talked to people who've never seen the ocean before, and I take it for granted because its two minutes down the road. Its fun, there's a lot of perks.