One of my best friends is Tommy Kendall, a big time race car driver on the Trans-Am series in the 1990s. It’s funny, we didn’t meet at a track or a race, or anything like that. We met partying in Vegas. Over the years we’ve been known to make a bet or two.
Earlier this year, we were bowling with friends at an alley across from the Staples Center in LA. The bet was that the loser of the match would have to wear a mullet to a race.
I won. Which is good, because I didn’t want to race on national TV with a mullet under my helmet. Luckily Tommy took this bet really seriously and to make it even more ridiculous, he drove all the way from Santa Monica to the race in Talladega, Ala., in his chicken car (he calls it “El Gallo”). At the race he donned a real mullet, like, glued to his skull. It was really legit. We drove around the infield in El Gallo and I pulled some strings and even got NASCAR to let us take some laps on the track before the race. I took the wheel. El Gallo is a 73 Oldsmobile. It drives like a tank on a cloud.
Regardless, as you can see, we had some fun. But back to work. Only two races left: this weekend in Phoenix and next weekend the championship in Homestead-Miami.
Watch Vickers and the rest of the Chase contenders Sunday at 2:30pm EST on ABC.
