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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
coming neither pressure rick
Rick hasn't put any pressure on me, and neither have my sponsors. The most pressure is coming from myself.
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.
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.
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.
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.