PARENTS:
Pam and John Grasso
MARITAL STATUS:
Girlfriend – Julie Wilson
OCCUPATION:
Currently Laid Off
HOBBIES:
Golf, Racing Golf Carts, & Fishing
FAVORITE RESTAURANT:
Texas Roadhouse
FAVORITE FOOD:
Chicken Fingers
FAVORITE BEVERAGE:
Mountain Dew
FAVORITE MUSIC TYPE:
Country
FAVORITE PERFORMER:
3 Doors Down
FAVORITE TELEVISION SHOW:
Anything on the Science Channel
YEAR STARTED RACING:
1993
DIVISIONS COMPETED IN:
URC Sprints, Limited Sprint Car, 125cc, 250cc, 270cc
Micro Sprints, Quarter Midgets
CAREER WINS:
12-360 Sprint Car Wins; 2 Limited Sprint Car wins; 33
in Micro Sprints
CHAMPIONSHIPS:
URC – 2009 URC Champion driving the Palladino #99;
Micro Sprints - 2 Championships at Airport Speedway – both in
2002 (250 Stock & 270)
SPECIAL AWARDS:
Ranked 8th in the Knoxville Sprint Car Hall of Fame 360
North American rankings (2009), Ranked 1st in
IJustWannaRace.Com’s Top 10 360/358 Sprint Car Drivers (2009),
URC Champion (2009), Most Wins in URC (2009 & 2008),
URC Most Improved Driver (2008), Top Northeast Micro Sprint
Winner (2002)
FAVORITE TRACK:
Williams Grove Speedway
CURRENT DIVISION:
URC (360 Sprint Car)
CAR OWNER:
Kathy Palladino
CAR NUMBER:
99
CHASSIS:
J&J Auto Racing
ENGINE:
Don Ott Racing Engines, Inc.
TEAM SPONSORS:
BK Leasing, CnB Mushroom Farms, Bowen Seafood, Philips
Garage Inc.,
Don Ott Racing Engines Inc., Hank’s Performance Products,
Washington Pediatric Associates, Jim’s Lettering, & E.J. Wagner
& Son Trucking
CREW CHIEF:
Pat Palladino
CREW:
Larry Good, Steve Allen, Billy Miller, Larry (Junior)
Wilson, & Robbie Bowen
FAVORITE PROFESSIONAL DRIVER:
Tony Stewart
CAREER HIGHLIGHT:
Winning the 2009 URC Championship
CAREER LOWLIGHT:
In 2007 at the final race at Grandview I started on the
outside pole and made
a mistake on the start and spun out in front of the pack.
Luckily, no one hit me but I
took care of that when I hit the wall in turns 3 and 4.. which
finished off my night.
SEASON OUTLOOK :
2010 URC Sprint Tour
SEASON GOAL:
Win as many races as possible & try to win my second
URC Championship
FUTURE GOAL:
410s, World of Outlaws, Racing NASCAR will always be a
dream
IF YOU WOULDN’T BE RACING, WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING?
Hang out at the Race Track and help other teams
WEBSITE:
www.JJGrasso.com
