Brian Brown – Mr. Sprint Car!

From Bill Wright August 15, 2017 – Brian Brown and the Casey’s General Stores/FVP #21 team put together an outstanding two weeks of racing and they were rewarded with the 2017 Jesse Hockett “Mr. Sprint Car” Award. Highlights of the week included winning the Capitani Classic, finishing second in the 360 Nationals, and running sixth in the Knoxville Nationals Saturday night. You had a strong week, and it culminated with the Knoxville Nationals Saturday. How did you feel heading into that? First, it was great to be back into the show. We had run second three years in a row, and then we ran sixth. Last year, we were in the C main. You have to earn it every year. Talking with the team, we felt starting fifth, we felt we had a good opportunity to drive up through there and contend for the win. How did the first half of the race go? Our starts and restarts are usually our strong suit. But I think in 50 laps, I got passed by one car on open racetrack. Otherwise, I lost ten to twelve spots on starts and restarts. We were able to get through one and two o.k. on [...]