The 18-year-old Griffin, GA native has a tidal wave of confidence after winning the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Slack Auto Parts 150 at Gresham Motorsports Park in Jefferson, GA last Saturday evening. The win capped a five-race NKNPS streak where Gresham has posted a 2.8 finishing average in the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry.
According to Gresham – a soon-to-be freshman student at Belmont Abbey College – the chances of running well in his career superspeedway debut at MIS Friday will be good thanks to his No. 25 Venturini Motorsports Toyota Camry.
“Any time you go to the race track with Venturini Motorsports, you know you are going to have a great car,” said Gresham. “It’s going to be a great first superspeedway effort. I don’t think it is unrealistic to think we can win the race. When we did the ARCA test at Michigan three weeks ago, we were at the top of the speed charts (185.931 miles per hour average). Hopefully, that will carry it over and we can walk away with my first superspeedway win.”
Gresham also noted having a loose handle on his Venturini Motorsports ride will be the key to running well and winning Friday’s RainEater Wiper Blades 200 at MIS.
“Michigan is so much fun,” said Gresham. “You can drive off into the corner as deep as you want to go. The biggest thing is to make sure the car doesn’t get tight over a long run. You have to keep the car loose enough at the start of the race, free enough at the end of the race. The car that can do that is going to be the car that will win the race.”
Gresham has already visited Victory Lane in ARCA competition capturing the Tim Richmond Memorial at Mansfield (OH) Speedway last July 17. The race was just his third career ARCA start.
Friday’s RainEater Wiper Blades 200 at Michigan International Speedway – Gresham’s seventh career ARCA event – will roll off at 5:15 Eastern Time Friday.
The race will be telecast live on SPEED beginning at 5 p.m. Eastern.
“I’ve waited a long time to race at a track over a mile in length,” said Gresham. “I got to test at Michigan in an ARCA car last year, but I couldn’t race there because I wasn’t old enough to race in an ARCA superspeedway event. It was a real teaser. To finally get to race there and race on a superspeedway is going to be a real blast.”
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- Gresham Motorsports Press Release
