Grant finally had something to smile about when leaving the Roush Yates chassis dyno Thursday. It appears that the driveline “coast down” problem has been solved. “I would explain how we fixed the problem, but my dad isn’t very smart about technical issues and he would probably disclose one of our race secrets. For that reason, all I can say is that this is one less issue we have before heading to Daytona. We have plenty of other things to do before driving south, so I am glad this problem has been resolved.”

Grant took the speedway car directly from the dyno to the RAB race shop for additional body work, after which the installation process for the vinyl wrap began. Instead of a traditional paint job on the car, a vinyl wrap, with graphics, is being applied to the car. This process, which is now used by most NASCAR teams, produces a better appearance than painting.

Grant would like to use the weekend to work on the car and rig, but he is off to Atlanta this morning, helping NASCAR Cup driver David Ragan (#6 UPS car) compete in a Super Late Model race at Lanier Speedway. “I can’t say no to David who, along with his father Ken and cousin Brett, has helped me tremendously with our ARCA program. Besides, he is my landlord and I don’t want to be evicted from the race shop while I am in Florida.” Ragan, along with Cup star Kyle Busch, Nationwide racer Steven Wallace and other top racers are promoting short track racing at Lanier. Ragan knows that Grant’s experience in building and setting up Super Late Models will help in Atlanta. It is a tribute to Ragan & Busch that they are supporting short track racing only 2 weeks before they will be competing in the Daytona 500 Cup race.

Grant will pull into Daytona Speedway Tuesday morning to begin a full week of work at the world center of racing. For complete information on the February 6th ARCA race, which will be nationally televised at 3 pm next Saturday, visit  www.arcaracing.com.