{"id":29151,"date":"2021-05-19T21:06:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T21:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/?p=29151"},"modified":"2021-05-19T21:06:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T21:06:44","slug":"lj-grimm-latest-american-speed-u-s-nationals-entrant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/front-page-news\/lj-grimm-latest-american-speed-u-s-nationals-entrant\/","title":{"rendered":"LJ GRIMM LATEST AMERICAN SPEED U.S. NATIONALS ENTRANT"},"content":{"rendered":"

LJ GRIMM LATEST AMERICAN SPEED U.S. NATIONALS ENTRANT<\/span><\/p>\n

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Story and Photo by David Sink of Pavement Pounders<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PavementPoundrs<\/a><\/p>\n

May 19, 2021 \u2013 Seffner, Florida\u2019s LJ Grimm is the latest driver to enter the inaugural American Speed U.S. Nationals Must See Racing Sprint Series presented by Engine Pro event at Kalamazoo Speedway May 28-29. Grimm will be aboard the Wayne Stickney owned Diablo Chassis Toyota powered #99.<\/p>\n

It will be Grimm\u2019s first appearance with Must See Racing and first sprint car event he\u2019s participated in outside the state of Florida. The 27-year-old relative newcomer to sprint car racing started driving pavement sprint cars regularly in 2019 with the Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series (SSSS). Since then, he\u2019s become a terror. He was crowned the 2020 SSSS Rookie of the Year. He currently has five pavement sprint car feature victories thus far in 2021, 4 non-winged and 1 winged.<\/p>\n

Grimm explained how the deal to compete in the American Speed U.S. Nationals came together. \u201cDavid Sink recommended me\u201d explained Grimm. \u201dThen Wayne Stickney gave me a call and we talked. It took about a week for him to decide. I guess I ran it good enough down here (Florida) for him to give me a shot at Kalamazoo.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m looking forward to driving a 410. Obviously the #99 is proven with Troy (DeCaire) and Tyler Roahrig lately. I\u2019ve been to a few Must See Races while helping Shane Butler. I\u2019m excited to get up there and race with Troy, someone I race with regularly down here. If I have any questions, I can ask him. He\u2019s been all over the United States racing. I\u2019m also looking forward to racing with everyone else who runs the series\u201d.<\/p>\n

Grimm has high expectations entering the event and realizes a strong finish could get him recognized, as he would ultimately like to run mor events up north. But he realizes things will be different that what\u2019s he\u2019s normally been used to with a change of scenery.
\n.\u201cI\u2019m excited for this opportunity. Racing with Must See Racing in Michigan is kind of a big deal to get my name out there. A win would be great. I wanna win obviously every time I roll out. Going to a new track, driving a new engine, and racing against new people, I\u2019m gonna shoot for a top five finish this first time out\u201d concluded Grimm.<\/p>\n

Entries continue to come in for this event. In addition to the Must See Racing 410\u2019s, the event will also feature the Maxima Racing Oils Must See Racing Midwest Lights Series, and the Midwest Supermodified Series.<\/p>\n

Both nights of the American Speed U.S. Nationals will be streamed live on www.mustseeracing.tv<\/a> as part of the Speed Sport TV network. More details on the event will be announced in the coming days.<\/span><\/p>\n

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