from a Michael Waltrip Racing RIR preview: #55-BRIAN VICKERS ON 2014 PREPARATION: ‘We go out there and do our best and we never give up. We cant thank Aarons enough for coming on board and having me in the car the rest of the season and next year. Thats what this year is about, preparing for next year and thats what were doing. Obviously Scott Miller (MWR executive vice president of competition) has been helping on the pit box, but we have Billy Scott (MWR engineer) who has been a phenomenal race engineer. As you know this sport has changed, theres not one man at the top anymore and those two guys have to play an integral role in these cars. “ WHAT INPUT WILL YOU HAVE ON SELECTING THE #55s CREW CHIEF? ‘I certainly have a say, and I have a voice in it. Theyre most definitely going to want my opinion, but my experience with most companies, the guy writing the check is the guy with the final say. And, thats not me. Im going to defer to them on that one. I think within the organization, as a whole, obviously in the team structure, the drivers are always going to have some input.” POTENTIAL CREW CHIEFS: ‘From our standpoint, everybody is an option. MWR is a phenomenal organization with a great culture. They have a lot of depth and we want to grow that depth. You always want to try to promote from within, but no decision has been made. Right now Billy is filling his roles that hes always fulfilled and doing an excellent job of it. Hes a great race engineer. Whether or not we change his title going into next year, we dont know yet. Scotts (Miller) helping the reality is one person cant do that job anymore. Its a combo deal. You have to have a crew chief and a race engineer and I dont know that one job is any more important than the other, theyre just different. We have Scott and Billy doing both of those roles. What we do next is really a factor of what the group and team want, whats best for the team and what each individual wants moving forward.” The #55 will carry a special paint scheme this weekend honoring LG as its 2012 partner of the year.( MWR )
