Thread: BC interview
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D Byrd (Offline)
  #3 6/15/16 9:56 AM
Originally Posted by revjimk:
Thanks, good interview.
I have my doubts about him saying he would like to go fulltime WoO some day, tho. He's one of the elite wingless drivers. maybe the best, but from what I've seen, pretty average with a wing. I guess he likes to take on new challenges & chance for more $$....
200 races in a year is amazing, hope he pulls it off!
this may be a fair analysis

but, considering BC has run just over 100 wing races in his career, almost entirely in the last 3 years while spending the entirety of his formative years racing without a wing

with the bulk of those races being with a team (Matt Wood Racing) that was completely new to 410 wing racing (starting last February), with a crew chief making the step up to crew chief for the first time after years of being a car chief (starting last April)

and considering he has won 4 wing races with that team (5 total wing wins, so just under a 5% winning percentage after 10 years of professional racing before really doing any wing sprint car racing)

and has made the final night of the Knoxville Nationals 2 years running, winning the Friday night A-main at Knoxville last year

and considering he has 15 top 10 finishes under the wing so far this year (in 30 races), with 1 win, while regularly bouncing back and forth between wing, non-winged, and midget (sometimes on the same night)

and in 2015, ran 64 wing races with 31 top 10's (3 wins), while still learning the nuances of racing with a wing --- really his first full time wing racing gig. the team chose to run the first season with the NSL. Bryan finished 6th in points (running all but one race), posting 1 win, 10 top 5's, and 21 top 10's. he finished 6th to Lasoski, Madsen, Kaeding, Balog, McCarl (not bad company).

in 2013, in what I believe was just his 3rd wing race ever, he posted his first wing win

one might say that he's actually looking pretty good
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