Buddy Rice
Buddy Rice
Buddy Riceis an American racecar driver. He is best known for winning the 2004 Indianapolis 500 while driving for Rahal Letterman Racing, and the 2009 24 Hours of Daytona for Brumos Racing...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCelebrity
Date of Birth31 January 1976
CountryUnited States of America
consistent danny dominant ended mistake win winning
Dario had the most dominant car, but they made a mistake in the pits and he didn't win it. Danny had the most consistent day and ended up winning it.
adjusting altitude car change effect fun great help high honda job luck nice peak power thin track
Pikes Peak is a nice track and it is a lot of fun to drive. The high altitude does have an effect on the power of the engine, but Honda does a great job of adjusting to the thin air. We have some new things on the car that I think will help make us more competitive. I'd like to see our luck change at Pikes Peak.
bit chasing frenzy guys media upset
Some guys (in the IRL) are big on chasing the camera, ... and those guys are a little bit upset (over the media frenzy surrounding her).
april car driving enjoy event excited feels good grip learned morning number physical quite race racing road sat session since small today track tried worked
It feels good to be back on a road circuit. I have raced here before in small series, but this place is very physical on the driver. We worked well in the morning and learned quite a number of things. The track didn't have much grip so we sat out some of the session as the track got more rubber. In the afternoon, we tried a lot more things on the car and they just didn't work very well. So we'll go back to what we used in the morning. I think we all got a little excited to road race again. I know I was over driving the car too much at times. We haven't had a road racing event since April at St. Pete and we all enjoy this kind of driving. I feel we learned a lot today and should be much better on Saturday.
car conditions field freak full further last middle needed pleased practice prepared race ready run second settings setup several speed start trouble wind year
We didn't get as much out of the car in qualifying as what we needed for qualifying. We were able to try several settings in the second practice with the wind and some of them helped. We want to be prepared for any kind of conditions in the race. Last year, we had some trouble early, but that was a freak deal. This year is a whole another year. Now we'll be ready for the race. We were able to run some race setup in practice with full tanks. I was pleased with the car in that configuration. We just couldn't get the speed for qualifying. Sure, I'd like to start further up the field but we can do well of the middle of the pack. The race is much different than qualifying.
track racing special
Its always a little different, racing on your hometown track. It makes it more special.
car kitten wells
When the car's going well, I purr like a kitten.
running exercise engineering
Mile tracks put more emphasis on the driver. On the longer tracks, you can drive flat out all the way around, so it's more of an engineering exercise. On a mile, you can't run flat out. You're constantly in traffic, there's more driver involvement.
radar
I've always been under the radar.
home work-out four
I've always loved old hot rods. I have four or five of them at home that I work on when I'm not working out.
winning race car
It's pretty cool to be able to hang out with the President and have the race-winning car on the South Lawn.
reason take-me happens
Things happen for a reason. We'll see where life takes me from here.
past giving people
In the past, people said I wasn't focused and didn't give it the time. That's a bunch of crap. I'm not doing anything different now than I did before.
You have to take everything as it comes.