Grant pulled the BeasleyAllen.com race transporter into the North Carolina shop at 4 o’clock this morning, completing the 2200 mile round trip to Iowa. In between cross country hauls, Grant drove the BeasleyAllen ARCA car to a 3rd place at Iowa Speedway Saturday night before a national television audience and a huge crowd at the 7/8 mile track. More than 23,000 tickets to the Prairie Meadows 200 were sold in advance, and the fans from the midwest filled the rest of the seats before the green flag flew.

“I am extremely happy with our finish, as we were “junk” until qualifying. We were only 20th of 40 racers in the final practice Saturday.” Spotter Jeremy Lundy claimed that after the poor practice showing, the crew changed everything on the car except the driver. After making the wholesale changes to the car’s setup, Grant drove the car hard during the 2 lap qualifying session. “I really thought we would qualify in the 20s, but we were pleased to gain a 7th place starting position.”

Grant’s roomate, Tom Hessert from Cherry Hill New Jersey, won the race going away. “I am happy for Tom and we didn’t have anything for him. The car was so loose during the race that I almost lost the car several times and I had to manhandle the car. To post a podium finish when only 10 cars finished on the lead lap was satisfying. Once again, we have showed that when we don’t have a mechanical problem, we run at the top despite being a part-time, independent team.”

For more information and photos on the race, visit www.arcaracing.com .