There are times when Bob Vandergriff Jr. surprises himself. Friday at the NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Southern Nationals presented one of those moments.

Vandergriff is at Atlanta Dragway making the first of two scheduled appearances this season. The first run out of the box produced a 3.895 elapsed time, good enough for fourth on the provisional qualifying grid. He later improved to a 3.878 elapsed time at 314.39 miles per hour.

“Right out of the box it was more than we hoped for,” Vandergriff admitted. “We were joking saying we need to run a 3.90 right out of the box.” 

There are times when Bob Vandergriff Jr. surprises himself. Friday at the NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Southern Nationals presented one of those moments.

Vandergriff is at Atlanta Dragway making the first of two scheduled appearances this season. The first run out of the box produced a 3.895 elapsed time, good enough for fourth on the provisional qualifying grid. He later improved to a 3.878 elapsed time at 314.39 miles per hour.

“Right out of the box it was more than we hoped for,” Vandergriff admitted. “We were joking saying we need to run a 3.90 right out of the box.”  

These kinds of performances bode well for Vandergriff’s 2010 aspirations. He’s got a few positive prospects for major sponsorship in the works. Those programs revolve around Hot Rod Fuller as the driver with him serving as team owner.

“I'm pretty excited from a few things that I'm working with Hot Rod Fuller on,” Vandergriff said. “Not only is he a good driver but he has taught me a lot on the business side. He's taught me some things that other drivers can't seem to learn on the business side and we've got a good thing going. Me as team owner and him as a driver seems very promising. I'm excited about 2010.”

He’s not naming names, but Vandergriff had a few of those prospects in his pits throughout the weekend.

“That's what we use those things for,” Vandergriff said. “Driving the car is fun but it's a business and that's what we have to use these things for. I mean if no one was interested in us we wouldn't be out here doing it with us. We’ve got some agencies out here this weekend trying to gain some interest and hopefully it works out well for us.” 

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