Grant returned to Daytona International Speedway last week, not as a driver, but as crew member for NASCAR driver Rick Crawford. Grant helped Rick’s crew prepare for the Camping World Truck series opener at Daytona, before driving back to Charlotte to work on the BeasleyAllen.com ARCA intermediate track car. That car will be tested at Texas Speedway at the ARCA open test session March 9th, but Grant must have that car ready to go by the end of next week. That is because he will be traveling to the Bragg Racing shop in Mississippi to finish preparations for the March 7th Rattler Super Late Model Race at Opp’s South Alabama Speedway. “When the Rattler is concluded, we will head directly to Texas for testing the ARCA car 2 days later. We will be bringing the ARCA intermediate car when we leave North Carolina next week.”

 
Grant will be making the transition from racing on Daytona’s 2+mile high banked course to the 3/8 mile Opp bullring. The Rattler is considered one of the top 10 Super Late Model races of the year. Grant won the race 2 years ago and crashed out of the contest last year. “I will be drivng the Bragg Racing Snowball Derby car which finished 6th at Pensacola and we are all working hard to make sure the BeasleyAllen Super Late Model returns to victory lane at Opp.” Grant is also looking forward to returning to a 1 1/2 mile track at the ARCA test, as the  intermediate car was one of the top cars in each of the races it ran last year. That car posted 2nd place finishes at Chicago & Kentucky, a 3rd place finish at Kansas and was 7th at Rockingham.
 
More information on the Rattler can be found at  www.southalabamaspeedway.com .