Brian Vickers
Brian Vickers
Brian Lee Vickers is an American professional stock car and sports car racing driver. He last drove the No. 14 Chevrolet SS for Stewart-Haas Racing as an interim driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for the injured Tony Stewart. He won the 2003 NASCAR Busch Series championship driving for Hendrick Motorsports. Vickers was also among the first series of full-time drivers for Toyota after the manufacturer first entered NASCAR...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth24 October 1982
CityThomasville, NC
block blocked bottom coming harder high low might missed pulled race shot wish wrecked
I wish I'd pulled harder to the bottom to block Jimmie, but we might have wrecked too. We missed the big wrecks, and we blocked when we could, and it was a race to the finish. At this speedway ... you've got a 50-50 shot - block high or block low - when they're coming at you.
broke full good time
I thought everyone was doing a good job. It all broke loose. This is my first time at Daytona, and I got the full skinny.
help
I don't know that it's necessarily going to help you go faster. But it will help you get to know the racing's facilities.
against grudge hold last pass respect win
I can't hold a grudge against him for that. If he didn't try to pass me for a win on the last lap, I don't know if I could respect that.
dumbest guess hope meetings nascar
I guess the NASCAR meetings haven't been enough for some people. I have no idea what he was thinking. That was one of the dumbest things I've seen. I hope I don't find him.
time
I always try to take as much time off as I can. You're just that much better when you get back.
bets couple guys last learned pushing respect teammates
You come down to the last couple of laps, and teammates or not, all bets are off. He learned what he had to do, obviously, because those guys still respect him out there and they're still pushing him to wins.
against expect hold lap last
When it comes down to the last lap I can't expect anything out of those guys. If they go with me, great. But if they don't, I'm not going to hold it against them.
finish race three wants
When it comes down to the end of the race, a 1-2-3 finish is great. But all three of us wants to be 1.
continue last months
We're going to continue doing what we've been doing for the last two months and when it comes, it comes.
bottom quick
I went to the bottom as quick as I could ... he just got under there.
continue cylinders eight hitting knew last matter months since teams time until victory
The 5 and 25 teams have been hitting on all eight cylinders since July. I knew it was only a matter of time until one of the teams went to Victory Lane. I try not to think too much about getting that first win. We'll continue doing what we've been doing for the last two months and when it comes, it comes.
advantage blocked ended front gone harder low might momentum past run saw took
We ended up getting in front of the 24, but I saw he had a run on us. I blocked him and it took the momentum off him, but the 48 (Johnson) took advantage of that to get past him and then he got past me. Jimmie got low on me and I should have gone harder to block him, but then again, we all might have wrecked.
guys pushing respect
Those guys still respect him out there, and they're still pushing him to wins.