NAME: JJ Grasso
BIRTHDAY: 1/14/1985
HOMETOWN: Middletown, DE
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