When the car's going well, I purr like a kitten.

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.