In racing, like life, there are just some weeks where no matter what you do or how hard you work, everything just seems to go wrong. This past week, Bobby Grigas, III had exactly that sort of thing happen to him.
On Thursday night, Grigas' Sunoco Modified event at Thompson International Speedway (CT) was rained out.
On Saturday night, Grigas headed to All-Star Speedway for the third round
of that track's WaterSnoGo All-Star Challenge Series. Things were looking
good early on for Grigas. He finished second in his heat race and started
the feature event in the fourth position. He moved into the top three just five
laps into the race, but soon after that things went South for Grigas and the
#09 team. A mechanical problem dropped him out of the race early and
kept him from posting a strong finish.
“The steering shaft busted,” said Grigas. “We had a great car. I wasn't
even racing that hard. I was just riding around. Oh well. It is what it is.”
Next up, Grigas will head to Riverhead Raceway (NY). It is a track where
Grigas was not allowed to race at in 2007 after a miscommunication after
qualifying between his team and NASCAR officials. Could this be a place
where Grigas breaks his bad luck streak? Maybe…but the young
Massachusetts driver is only allowing himself to be cautiously optimistic.
“Am I looking forward to some redemption? Yes. Is it going to happen? Probably not,” joked Grigas.
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour event at Riverhead is schedule for Saturday night, August 2nd.
