Boris Said to race at The Glen

Road course specialist Boris Said will be driving the No. 83 Red Bull Toyota this weekend in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Watkins Glen in New York.  Said answered questions from the media today.

Q: How are you training since you’ll run all three events for this weekend?

 SAID: “I’m definitely getting up earlier just because I’ve been excited and I’ve been training a lot harder the last few weeks. Nothing really different. I’m used to running three races before, so it’s not going to be that big a deal.”

Q: What’s your sense, thus far, of the No.83 team?
SAID: “I think it’s going to be one of the best chances I’ve ever had, and the best cars — and
the fact that I don’t have that mental weight on your shoulders of making sure you don’t screw
up in qualifying. You know, make sure you get in the show, being a go‑or‑go‑homer.  “I’m guaranteed in the show, so I can go there and work on race setup and go for broke and qualify.”

Q: What’s the state of NASCAR road racing today, aside from the obvious standouts in Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart?
SAID: “I think it’s that they have just put the effort in learning how to road race. Once they put the effort in, these guys, in my opinion, are the best racers in the world. It’s like, show a duck water, he knows how to swim.
“If you show some of those oval guys a few tricks about road racing, they pick it up pretty quickly and that’s what we have seen with Carl Edwards (N0. 99 AFLAC Ford), Kasey Kahne (No. 9 Budweiser Ford) and Jimmie Johnson.
“Now, I think those guys have caught up to the Tony Stewarts, the Juan Pablos (Montoya) and the Jeff Gordons.”