21g - Steve Grantz
1. What is your name? Steve "the Shrimper" Grantz
Martial status – Married
Age – 38
Spouses Name (if married) – Kari
Kids - Raymond, Tara, William, Jordyn, Jerrod, Tory, Noah, Kiehl
2. What is your car #? 21g
3. What class do you race in? SportMod
4. Do you have a nickname, if so what is it and how did you get it? Shrimper, It started from some fellow racers, when they found out that I lived in Aransas Pass. Aransas Pass is known as a shrimping community. So they called my car a shrimp boat, and always asked me if I had any shrimp for sale. So I just had fun with it and started wearing white shrimp boots around the pits before the races.
5. Who are your sponsors? Chris's Marine in Aransas Pass, K.O. Grafix, Tecate Light and H&H Iron & Metal
6. How long have you been racing? 9 years
7. Do you work on your own car? yes
8. How many feature races have you won? 25-30
9. How many championships have you won? 0
10. Do you think you are a good driver? average
11. What make & model of car do you race? 2002 Smiley’s SportMod
12. Have you purposely wrecked someone? no
13. If so, who & why?
14. Looking back, would you do it again?
15. Have you ever rolled your race car? no, but I have hit the wall pretty hard.
16. Have you ever been hurt in a race car? not seriously
17. If so, how were you hurt?
18. What groove do you prefer to run (top, middle, bottom)? whatever groove gets me to the front fastest
19. Do you like a tacky track or dry slick track? dry slick
20. Do you like your car on the loose or tight side? tight
21. Do you want to move up in racing? no
22. If yes, what is your goal? to win a championship in the SportMod class.
23. What is your favorite class to watch (pure, street, super, sport mod, mod, dwarfs, or other)?
1st favorite class to watch - modifieds
2nd favorite class to watch - pure stock
3rd favorite class to watch - street stock
24. What is your #1 favorite moment from your racing career? winning the rookie of the year trophy in 2000
25. What is your worst moment from your racing career? Blowing a right front tire, in my asphalt modified, and hitting the wall at San Antonio Speedway.
26. What was your funniest moment? This year hitting the wall at I-37 in hot laps and coming back to win the feature.
27. In your racing career, what was the best advice anyone has ever given you? Race in the class you can afford.
28. What advice would you give someone just starting out in racing? Be ready to spend some money, it ain’t cheap.
29. If you had the opportunity to build a race track, where would you build it, what kind of track and what size would you make it? I am not interested in owning or building a track.
30. What professional driver do you see yourself as & why? I don't see myself as any other driver, but I like Kevin Harvick, because he speaks his mind.
31. Do you have any pre-race superstition? If so, what are they? No chicken on race day, other than that I have routines not superstitions.
32. Do you spend more time with your race car, or your spouse? It depends on which one is crying for my attention the most.