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
guys learning past process team though together worked
Even though (McGrew) and I have worked together in the past, a lot of guys on the team were new, some were even new to Hendrick Motorsports. It was a learning process for all of us.
calm fastest front good pit run stops tried
It was a good run for us all day. We didn't have the fastest pit stops but we were consistent.we tried to run up front most of the day.it was pretty calm up there most of the day where we were.in the end it got a little dicey.
bill boring clean daytona doctor health ready testing though
Even though testing at Daytona can be boring at times, I really wanted to be there. I got a clean bill of health from my doctor just this morning, so I'm ready to go.
beginning expecting knew people success
At the beginning of the season, a lot of people were expecting success right out of the box, but even we knew that was not going to happen.
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.
coming neither pressure rick
Rick hasn't put any pressure on me, and neither have my sponsors. The most pressure is coming from myself.
chances happen mistake next road self settle somewhere
On some levels, our sport is self-policing in that if you make a mistake and get into someone, chances are they'll settle the score. It may not happen at the next race, or the one after, but somewhere down the road it all usually evens out.
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.
against easy grudge hold last pass respected sit tried win
It's easy for me to sit here and say, 'Hey, this would have been my first win, Jimmie, why did you try to pass me?' Well, this was a win for him, too. I can't hold a grudge against him for that. If he wouldn't have tried to pass me for a win on the last lap, I don't know if I would have respected that.
common difference
There's a lot of difference in the two tracks. About the only thing they have in common is the half-mile part, and there's some difference there.
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.
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.
time
I always try to take as much time off as I can. You're just that much better when you get back.