Three big reasons Vickers likes his chances this weekend -- steaks, crowds and mile and a half tracks.
“Great steaks. Kansas City has great steaks,” Vickers Said. ”But Kansas also has great race fans. That place is full every time we go there. I like the mile and-a-half tracks, and we seem to have our act together when we go to tracks like that.”
The NASCAR mile and a half tracks have been said to be of cookie cutter construction as that was the size most of the newer tracks chose. New speedways built in the last two decades tended to be the same length not short like Bristol or Richmond and not super-sized like Daytona and Talladega. The mile and a half tracks are often preferred by drivers even if they aren’t exactly cookie cutter.
“We were pleased, but not satisfied with our run at New Hampshire. And we didn’t have the car we wanted at Dover,” Vickers said. “But we knew if we could get through those first two Chase races without any major problems -- getting involved in someone else’s wreck, a mechanical failure, a cut tire that we’d be okay entering tracks that we’ve historically performed well at.”
The formula for the NASCAR championship is the consistency of top finishes mixed with winning a race or two during the 10 race schedule. Situated 151 points behind the leader, Vickers knows every race is the race to step up performance. The next race has the highest degree of urgency.
Next stop is the third start in the 10 race Chase to the Championship: NASCAR Sprint Cup race 29 of 36 in Kansas City, Kan. on Oct. 4 at 1:00 p.m. on ABC TV.
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