One weekend, Hot Rod Fuller might drive a Vandergriff Motorsports dragster. The next race it might be the team owner Bob Vandergriff Jr.
That flexibility between serving as team owner and driver doesn’t bother Vandergriff in the least. As he sees it, both roles have their merits.
“The team owner side [of racing] is interesting and exciting on the business side,” Vandergriff said. “But nothing can replace the feeling of hitting that throttle on the starting line. That’s something that’s hard to replicate.”
Vandergriff raced at the two most recent events on the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series with the support of C&J Energy Services, an oil and gas industry-based business, that he acquired sponsorship from through his Richard Childress Racing connection. He’s in his second of two scheduled outings with the sponsor.