Casey Mears
Casey Mears
Casey James Mearsis an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 13 Chevrolet SS for Germain Racing. A former winner of the Coca-Cola 600, Mears is the nephew of four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears and the son of IndyCar and off-road veteran Roger Mears...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth12 March 1978
CityBakersfield, CA
box cars decided decision fence front good running tire top
It was an eight-man decision on top of the box to take two or four, we decided to go with a conservative decision because we already had two cars in the fence that were running up front and doing good because of tire trouble.
cross gave good great newman pulled run shove soon stay
It was a great day for us. I thought about going with Newman for a little bit, but as soon as he pulled out, the No. 38 (Sadler) had a big run on me, so I had to stay at the bottom. He gave me a good shove to cross the start/finish line.
battle box good huge pit position running track
It was a good day for us; track position was so huge and right out there at the end we were running third, we had a big battle on the pit box on what we were going to do,
driver proving run team
I think we're proving as a team and I'm proving as a driver that we can run up front.
again bar believe bolt broke finishes good hopefully last run running solid start sway together top weekend
Last weekend we had a solid run going, but the bolt on the sway bar broke while we were running in the top 10. Hopefully this weekend we can start to put some good finishes together before the end of the season. It has been discouraging, but I believe in this team's abilities and we will get after it again this weekend.
bit few fourth last run settling team year
This is my fourth year in Cup. I was settling in with a team that has typically run a little bit better than we have over the last few years.
changes guys night quick spent time won
We got some quick changes during the night that the other guys couldn't do. We spent the least time in the pits and that's what won us the race.
growing hate help move
Racing-wise I hate to see it go, but this sport is growing and changing. You've got to move with the times and do what's going to help the sport grow.
bristol good great track
Bristol is a great track, but it hasn't been a good track for me.
matter race racing
At the end of the day it really doesn't matter to me where I race as long as I'm racing every weekend,
car ended hang planning stay turned
I think our car was better than a 20th-place car, but that's where we ended up. We managed to hang on to 10th place, but we've got to get things turned around if we're planning to stay there.
blown everybody fairly respected spirit
I thought it was fairly clean. I thought everybody respected the spirit of the rules. I think the whole bump-drafting thing has been blown out of proportion. It's what has made this sport fun.
chief crew hate personally
I would hate personally to get penalized for something that my crew chief did that I didn't even know about.
anytime confidence cup daytona gave good guys leading race side thinking
More than anything, the 24-hour race and everything leading up to the Daytona 500 on the Cup side was really positive. That gave us a lot of confidence going into the 500. The 24-hour race boosted the whole team's spirits. Anytime you're got guys thinking positive, it's a good thing.