Hot driver, hot feet

There were five Toyotas in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. It was the most Toyotas to qualify for a Cup race to date.
Brian Vickers, Dave Blaney, Jeremy Mayfield, A.J. Allmendinger and Dale Jarrett all started the race in Toyotas.
Vickers, driver of the No. 83 Toyota for Team Red Bull, was the highest finishing Toyota driver. He was 15th.
But his car suffered some damage during the race and presented some problems for Vickers.
“We think that a piece of the tail pipe came off halfway through the race, so heat was blowing directly onto the floor board," Vickers said. "The guys tried to put some lining in the car to protect my feet, but it didn’t really help that much. I basically had to run the whole race with my feet burning and that was just painful."
Vickers praised his crew for getting him through the race.
"I’m really impressed at how the guys kept cool heads today considering the issues we were facing," Vickers said. "We also had great pit stops all day. Without these two things combined, we could not have pulled off such a great 15th-place finish.”