Between us and the writers, it was comedy hour the whole time. We could hardly get through it.

He is best known for winning the 2004 Indianapolis 500 while driving for Rahal Letterman Racing and the 2009 24 Hours of Daytona for Brumos Racing. In November 2003 he dabbled with a one-off drive in a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Homestead circuit before being called by Bobby Rahal to drive the #15 Argent Mortgage Honda when Kenny Bräck was injured in a late-race crash at Texas Motor Speedway in 2003. However Rice was injured in a crash at Indianapolis during practice and was not cleared to race.

Buddy Rice (born January 31 1976) is an American racecar driver.