MacDonald feels confident the Grimm Construction Chevy will be strong in the 100-lap event saying, “We are bringing the car that we won with at Thompson in 2005. Rollie and the crew have really worked hard to prepare the car starting even before Loudon. With everything in place now that we are in our full second year with Rob Grimm, we can focus on getting the car ready for the next race and not have to worry about fixing it to get to the next track. That has really been a big help for our program.”

     The race for the championship is well within the grasp of the team with five races remaining on the schedule on tracks that have been good for MacDonald. “We are only 18 points behind Lavender for the lead so this is an important race for us. If we can qualify up front and stay up front, we should be competing for the win at the end. Our goal at the beginning of the season was to contend for the championship and I feel we can put ourselves in a position to do that with a strong run. I really love running at Thompson. It is like two drag strips with high-banked turns and is very fast. The spec engine we run now gives us enough horsepower to get off the turns and crank it up down the long straights. This race should be a lot of fun.”

     MacDonald has qualified well in the past, starting third in last year’s Full Fender Frenzy but early handling issues and a late-race flat tire produced a 15^th place finish. MacDonald expects much better results this time around saying, “Last year we brought the Loudon car and I’m not sure if the longer wheel base was responsible for our handling issues but we know what this car can do. We know we are capable of running up front and Rollie knows how to set-up the car so it will be there at the end. I just have to take car of the tires and we should be good.”

     Rob Grimm’s first race with the team was the 2007 event at Thompson that nearly ended with a top five finish. “We were running sixth with four laps to go and I had the car to get a couple of more positions but unfortunately we got spun out coming out of turn four. But Rob liked what he saw in the team and things have only gotten better since that race. I would really like to win this for Rob, as well as NEMO New England Mechanical Overlay that has been with us for years.”

     Qualifying for the Full Fender Frenzy will begin at 4:15 on Saturday with the green flag waving at 7:00 pm.