For the 2nd time in 4 ARCA starts this year, mechanical gremlins bit the BeasleyAllen.com car, terminating a great run at Michigan International Speedway Friday evening. Grant & Howard Bixman made the decision to forgo a high qualifying position by setting the car up for long runs, and that strategy worked to perfection. Grant knew [...]
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Grant knew during practice yesterday that the BeasleyAllen.com would not qualify well at Michigan Speedway unless he changed the set up on the car. However, he reported to crew chief Howard Bixman that once he ran 10 laps on new tires, the car was perfectly balanced and the timers showed the car to be as [...]
Grant and the shop crew loaded the BeasleyAllen.com ARCA race car into the transporter late Monday evening. The crew packed as much equipment and tools as the trailer could carry for today’s long trip to Michigan International Speedway, near Detroit. They will meet Howard and the rest of the track crew at the speedway for [...]
The ARCA Racing for Wildlife 200 will be run at Michigan International Speedway Friday. Speed TV will cover the race live, beginning at 4 pm CDT. Grant and the crew worked through the night Sunday installing the Roush/Yates engine which will power the BeasleyAllen.com Ford Fusion around the 2 mile speedway located near Detroit. Grant [...]
Grant drove his first laps on the 2 mile Michigan International Speedway Tuesday at the ARCA open test session. When the competitors return for the June 11th race, there will be only 2 hours of pre-race practice, making yesterday’s test session crucial to dial in the cars for the 200 mile race. The BeasleyAllen.com car [...]


