Brian Scott knows what it feels like to come up just short.
In 199 career NASCAR XFINITY Series starts, Scott has finished second four times, and third six times, but he’s never won a race.
The No. 2 Richard Childress Racing driver will try to make his first visit to Victory Lane when he makes his 200th career start in Friday’s Virginia529 College Saving 250 at Richmond International Raceway (7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN) – arguably his best track on the circuit.
“It’s just a number to me,” Scott said about making his 200th start “It is cool. I guess that means I have been around the sport for a while. It’s great and hopefully it will transfer into a good finish.”
Scott has had nothing but good finishes at RIR recently. He has placed no lower than seventh in his last four Richmond starts. In 12 career races at Richmond, Scott claims three top fives, four top 10s and two Coors Light Pole Awards.
“I guess as much as a track can owe a driver a victory, Richmond does,” Scott said.
In the 2013 fall race at Richmond, Scott led a career-high 239 of 250 laps, finishing second.
“Each time you go back it’s a reset,” Scott said. “You don’t get to build off of a dominating performance the year before. Every time we go there we have to be as prepared and as ready to go out there and race and beat all of the competitors just like we did that one year. It feels like it’s a place that we normally have our hands around pretty well and we go out and always seem to qualify well. It’s been a good race track.
“I hope it owes me one. I hope in the world of owing people things, it all works out. But you have to be as prepared and work even harder if you want to stay dominant at a race track.”
Source: NASCAR Wire Service
