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
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I always try to take as much time off as I can. You're just that much better when you get back.
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.
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.
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.
bottom quick
I went to the bottom as quick as I could ... he just got under there.
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.
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.
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.