GLADEVILLE - Shelbyville's Bill Christie and Mike Grissom each notched wins in Sunday's National Auto Sport Association races at Nashville Superspeedway. Christie won his second race in a row at the track in the Baby Grand division and Grissom won the inaugural race for the Pro Challenger division. Grissom is a veteran of 25 years of racing in several different types of cars. His win comes on the heels of a fourth-place finish in the Open Wheel division Saturday night at Duck River Speedway. "I'm wore out and my ears are still ringing," said Grissom after climbing from his car. "I lost my muffler and the noise was deafening and it was hot. I sat back and watched the two front cars going for the lead on the first lap and when they got together and I was able to get by them." He was riding in third behind Josh Adams and Billy Black Etheridge when the two tangled, lost momentum and Grissom sprinted by both. Twin Fountains Raceway Park General Manager, Alex Nagey moved up through the field to finished second. "When I first saw the two of them going after it, I thought, 'This isn't Grissom luck,'" Grissom said. "But I decided to just stay where I was to see what would happen. When I saw them going into the infield, I went on by them. "I had driven one other road race in Atlanta and got the crap scared out of me, so to finish first is really neat," he continued. "I'm just tickled to win the first race for the division and there is two more of these this year. This is a rental from Twin Fountains and it really handled. I might just rent me another Pro Challenger and see if I can do it again." For Nagey, another experienced driver, it was the first time he had raced in almost two years. "Maybe I should never have rented Mike that race car," Nagey said with a laugh, who drove a car owned by Steve Harrison and Danny Jones of Murfreesboro. "We always say that we give our customers good cars to race and that showed it. "It was fun to get out here and race and have a good time. It took awhile to knock the rust off but it was great." Christie won the first race ever on the Superspeedway road course in May as part of the NASA weekend activities. He dominated that 18-lap event but Sunday his win didn't come as easy as runner-up Marshall Pugh of Crossville applied heated pressure until his car faded near the end of the race. "In the last race, I drove a car that had been set up for road racing," said Christie, a national point champion in the class. "This race is a different car that is set up for oval racing. We weren't very good in practice on Saturday but we worked hard overnight to get some more horsepower and handling." Christie won the qualifying race earlier in the day but claimed he was still down on speed. The problem was still evident in the main feature race as Pugh consistently closed on Christie's bumper when the two left the main track for the road course. "It really showed how much underpowered we were in the feature," Christie said. "I knew he (Pugh) was behind me. I just tried to hold my line and stay smooth and hope to outlast him. "That is two wins in a row, hopefully I will get lucky in the next two events, find a good car to get into and win two more."
