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.