Boris Said

He started 25th and finished 24th out of a 26-truck field due to overheating problems.

He made three starts the following year driving Irvan's No. 28 1-800-Collect Ford.

His best finish was thirteenth, at I-70 Speedway.

After a 30th-place run at California Speedway, he returned to the Cup Series, driving the No. 23 for Jimmy Spencer, and finished 42nd at Sears Point.

He also attempted the Cup race at Watkins Glen but failed to qualify due to a lack of owner's points.

He also drove at Homestead-Miami Speedway, finishing 34th.

While his rookie season did not yield any wins, he finished second at the Pronto Auto Parts 400K and finished 16th in the final standings.

He also made his Busch Series debut, at Watkins Glen International Raceway, starting on the pole but finishing 40th in the No. 12 ZippO Chevy owned by Jimmy Spencer.

Boris Said III (born September 18, 1962) is an American professional racing driver.

Said has competed in a variety of disciplines including stock cars, sports cars and touring cars.

Said competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 17 Chevrolet Camaro for Hendrick Motorsports.

In 1985, while attending the Detroit Grand Prix as a spectator, he met SCCA champion Bob Sharp.

He began racing with the SCCA in 1987.

Said was named SCCA rookie of the year in 1988.

In 1991, he began driving for Baer Racing, later to become Baer Brake Systems.

Upon Baer's withdrawal from the series to focus on the manufacturing of brakes in 1992, Said got another big ride driving in the IMSA series in 1993, driving a BMW M3.

His NASCAR career began in 1995 as a road course ringer primarily due to his success on such tracks; he won one race each in the Xfinity and Truck Series.

Said made his NASCAR debut in 1995 in the Craftsman Truck Series at Sears Point International Raceway, driving the No. 4 Ford F-150 for Irvan-Simo Racing.

He won the 1997 and 1998 24 Hours of Daytona and the 1998 12 Hours of Sebring in IMSA.

Said moved to trucks full time in 1997, in the No. 44 Federated Auto Parts Ford.

Said received notice from fans and drivers when he contacted championship contender Rich Bickle at the 1997 October Sonoma truck race.

Bickle had blamed Said for causing him to lose a top-five running and made contact that cut down Said's tire.

In reply, an angry Said waited for Bickle to come back around and retaliated.

Both drivers apologized the next day.

Said was fined $15,000 and was suspended until he paid the fine.

The following year, he won his first career Truck Series race, at Sears Point, in addition to his first truck pole, at Heartland Park Topeka.

In 1999, Said scaled back on his Truck Series schedule, running only six events.

He won poles at Portland and Topeka for Irvan-Simo, as well as driving for Team Racing and Bobby Rahal.

He made his Winston Cup debut, at Watkins Glen, qualifying on the outside pole and leading nine laps before his No. 14 Ford suffered engine problems.

In 2000, he made what would be his final truck series start for five years, at Portland, finishing 15th.

He saw limited action in 2001, as a warrant for his arrest was issued relating to a civil lawsuit dating back to 1989.

He would go on to finish fourth in a Busch Series race at Watkins Glen in a Robbie Reiser-owned car and drove a pair of races for Jasper Motorsports.

He competed for the win in the 2001 Cup Series race at the Glen.

While running third on the final restart, Said tried to make a pass by Jeff Burton to try to take the lead from the dominant car of Jeff Gordon but got held up in traffic, causing him to slip back to 8th place, scoring his first top ten of his Cup series career.

He served as a factory BMW Motorsport driver, claiming the Rolex Sports Car Series GT drivers title in 2004.

He routinely ran NASCAR Cup races at road courses, with best resuls of third at Watkins Glen 2005 and fourth at the 2006 Firecracker 400 at Daytona.

He also won overall at the 24 Hours Nürburgring in 2005 and the Six Hours of the Glen in 2006.

His father Boris "Bob" Said was a sports car racer and Olympic bobsledder.

Said's early interest and pursuit was in motocross racing.

He also became the first American to win the 24 Hours Nürburgring in 2005, driving a BMW Motorsport-entered BMW M3 GTR with co-drivers Pedro Lamy, Duncan Huisman and Andy Priaulx.