{"id":425383,"date":"2026-01-22T07:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T07:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/425383\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T07:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T07:58:10","slug":"pewaukee-racer-competes-for-nascar-truck-series-ride-on-reality-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/425383\/","title":{"rendered":"Pewaukee racer competes for NASCAR Truck Series ride on reality show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/e1m5eoa05bj44e34.jpg\" alt=\"Pewaukee racer competes for NASCAR Truck Series ride on reality show\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">PEWAUKEE, Wis. &#8211; A reality competition series is putting a local driver on a national stage, with a full-time NASCAR opportunity on the line.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WITI\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Grant Greisbach, a 24-year-old from Pewaukee, is one of 15 contestants competing on the reality show &#8220;Race for the Seat,&#8221; where the winner earns a full-time ride in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series this season.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/btg-grant-race-for-seat-pkg_00.01.31.06.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Greisbach, a graduate of Pewaukee High School and the University of Wisconsin\u2013Whitewater, began racing at Slinger Speedway when he was just 9 years old. While racing has long been a passion, Greisbach currently works full time as a specialty tax associate.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/y4uouolb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">RELATED: Check out the new and improved FOX Sports app<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The series follows drivers as they compete for the lone full-time Truck Series seat, putting their racing skills \u2014 and composure \u2014 to the test.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/btg-grant-race-for-seat-pkg_00.00.25.14.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Tim Van Vooren continues the conversation with Greisbach as they go Beyond the Game.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WITI\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">You can watch Greisbach\u2019s journey on &#8220;Race for the Seat,&#8221; with the first of eight episodes airing Sunday on FOX6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The information in this post was collected and produced by the FOX6 sports team.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox6now.com\/tag\/series\/beyond-the-game\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond the Game<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox6now.com\/tag\/entertainment\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox6now.com\/tag\/auto-racing\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Auto Racing<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox6now.com\/tag\/us\/wi\/waukesha-county\/pewaukee\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pewaukee<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PEWAUKEE, Wis. &#8211; A reality competition series is putting a local driver on a national stage, with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[2571,177786,49,48,75,634,177788,721,82,182,177787,12112],"class_list":["post-425383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-auto-racing","tag-beyond-the-game","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-nascar","tag-pewaukee","tag-series","tag-sports","tag-us","tag-waukesha-county","tag-wi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}