Texas has been in the middle of a horrible drought. Lake levels have fallen so low that docks are unusable and water supplies have been reduced to frightening low levels. What Texas needs is a spring full of big rains, and this weekend in College Station, Texas they got the rain they needed. The team from Classic BMW Motorsports cruised into the home of the Texas World Speedway, once a track on the NASCAR circuit known for very high speeds, and found their paddock area. They unloaded the two BMW Z4 racing cars and then watched as the skys darkened and rain fell on the track. And that was the view that they had until nearly 2:30pm on Sunday. Now, rain may bother some, but rain and Toby Grahovec, driver of the Classic BMW Z4's, are very tight friends. Rain is said to be the great equalizer in racing. It shuffles the advantage that a powerful car may have to the driver's skills and how well he can display his talent at total car control. Grahovec is quite good in the wet. Some may attribute this to his years of playing hockey and his expert skating ability, others may say that it has to do with his upbringing on the cold, slick surfaces around Chicago, Illinois, and then others may say that it is his years of working as a driver for Bridgestone Tires and their Drivers' Edge program where Toby constantly slides cars around parking lots all over America demonstrating car control to those that are in need of a lesson. Whatever the reason, Grahovec smiles when the forecast is for rain.
Saturday found Grahovec on pole for the Showroom Stock B race. Upon the displaying of the green flag, Grahovec in the slippery stuff, managed to quickly distance himself from the second place Mustang of Steven Zink. In orderly, methodical, fashion the lead spread to an unsurmountable advantage and Grahovec crossed the finish line with more than a 20 second advantage. (Victory number 4 for the 2012 season)
Sunday marked the second BF Goodrich Tires Super Tour Event of 2012. The weather conditions were horrible as overnight rains were so severe that the grandstands literally looked like waterfalls as the torrential downpours ended morning qualifying and postponed the afternoon race schedule. With a wet track the race began with Grahovec on pole and the little orange Z4 stepped right back to its pace from Saturday and again distanced itself from its class. Smooth as silk, Grahovec took the checkered flag and climbed the top step of the podium for the 5th time this season and the 45th time during his career with the Classic BMW Z4!
This also marks Grahovec's second BF Goodrich Tires Super Event victory on the 2012 season in the Classic BMW Motorsports BMW Z4 in Showroom Stock B.
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