Buddy Rice

It's pretty cool to be able to hang out with the President and have the race-winning car on the South Lawn. ”

It's always a little different, racing on your hometown track. It makes it more special. ”

I've always been under the radar. ”

Between us and the writers, it was comedy hour the whole time. We could hardly get through it. ”

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. ”

When the car's going well, I purr like a kitten. ”

I don't think you'll understand the true repercussions of what the 500 does for you until years down the road. ”

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. ”