Brian Vickers - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

First win for #83 since 1988:

With Brian Vickers win in the CARFAX 400 at Michigan International Speedway on August 16th, it was only the second ever win for a car using the #83 in Sprint Cup Series history. The last and only other time a car using the #83 won a Sprint Cup race was on March 27, ...

Vickers wins at Michigan:

#83-Brian Vickers won the CARMAX 400 at Michigan International Speedway for his 1st win of 2009, 2nd of his career, 1st win ever in Sprint Cup for Red Bull Racing, 1st win from the pole for Vickers [after 11 poles] and first ever win at MIS for Toyota. Vickers in the...

UNOFFICIAL Driver Points Standings
[after Michigan, race 23 of 36]:

pos, car#, driver, points, behind, [wins], race finish 1) #14-Tony Stewart, 3500 [3 wins], finished 17th 2) #24-Jeff Gordon 3216, -284 [1 win], 2nd 3) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 3197, -303 [3 wins], 33rd 4) #99-Carl Edwards, 2995, -505, 4th 5) #11-Denny Hamlin, 2986, -514...

Race Fast Facts – Michigan International Speedway:

#83-Brian Vickers won the CARFAX 400, his second victory in 195 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. This is his first victory and 11th top-10 finish in 2009. This is his first victory and seventh top-10 finish in 12 races at Michigan International Speedway. #24-Jeff Gordon...

NASCAR takes engines to R&D Center:

NASCAR has taken the engines of 11 cars in Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway to test at its Research and Development Center in Concord, N.C. NASCAR periodically takes engines so it can see how much horsepower they produce. The engines taken...

Vickers wins pole at Michigan:

#83-Brian Vickers won the Coors Light Pole for the Carfax 400 at Michigan International Speedway with a speed of 187.242mph for his 6th pole of the 2009 season, 11th of his career and 3rd straight at MIS. Starting 2nd is #5-Martin, #42-Montoya, #48-Johnson, #1-Truex...

Qualifying Fast Facts – Michigan International Speedway:

#83-Brian Vickers won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Michigan 400 with a lap of 38.453 seconds, 187.242 mph. This is his 11th pole in 195 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. This is his sixth pole and 11th top-10 start in 2009. This is his third pole in 12 races at...

Chase Notes and Stats:

#18-Kyle Busch held on to fourth place and 165 precious points at The Glen, and bought himself some valuable real estate in the 2009 Race to the Chase. He gained 15 points on #42-Juan Montoya, 53 points on #9-Kasey Kahne, 65 on #39-Ryan Newman, just 10 on #16-Greg ...

UNOFFICIAL Driver Points Standings
[after Watkins Glen, race 22 of 36]:

1) #14-Tony Stewart, 3383 [3 wins], finished 1st 2) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 3123, -260 [3 wins], 12th 3) #24-Jeff Gordon 3041, -342 [1 win], 37th 4) #2-Kurt Busch 2902, -481 [1 win], 7th 5) #11-Denny Hamlin, 2847, -536 [1 win], 10th 6) #99-Carl Edwards, 2830, -553, 3rd...

Red Bull to stay with Toyota:

It looks like Team Red Bull will be sticking with Toyotas and TRD engines in 2010, rather than jump to Chevys and Rick Hendrick horsepower. Team manager Jay Frye said he expected to make some announcements on everything in the next week or so. Brian Vickers' contract...

Pocono Stats:

* Denny Hamlin won the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway on a sunny Monday afternoon after the race was delayed a day by rain Sunday. Hamlin scored his fifth Sprint Cup Series career victory in his 136th career start. * Hamlin scored his third victory...

Commercial breakdown for Pocono:

Total number of commercials: 189 Total number of companies or entities advertised: 83 Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 29 Start time to record race/commercial periods on Sunday: 2:01 PM End time to record race/commercial ...

UNOFFICIAL Driver Points Standings
[after Pocono, race 21 of 36]:

1) #14-Tony Stewart, 3188 [2 wins], finished 10th 2) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 2991, -197 [3 wins], 13th 3) #24-Jeff Gordon 2989, -199 [1 win], 8th 4) #2-Kurt Busch 2751, -437 [1 win], 9th 5) #11-Denny Hamlin, 2713, -475 [1 win], 1st 6) #99-Carl Edwards, 2665, -523, 18th...

Red Bull getting closer on manufacturer, Vickers:

Red Bull Racing's vice president and general manager, Jay Frye, spent nearly 24 hours traveling to Austria for a three-hour meeting last Tuesday at his company's headquarters, and Friday at Pocono Raceway confirmed the team is evaluating manufacturers for 2010 and ...

Icker starting first race in #32:

Although he practiced the #32 Dollar General Toyota at OReilly Raceway Park, this weekend marks Brian Icklers first of two starts for Braun Racing. Ickler joins Brian Vickers, David Reutimann, Reed Sorenson and Jacques Villeneuve to round out the drivers in the #32...

Reutimann’s first race in the #32:

Although he is no stranger to the Braun Racing organization, this weekend marks David Reutimann's first of five starts in the #32 Dollar General Toyota. Reutimann joins Brian Vickers, Reed Sorenson, Jacques Villeneuve and Brian Ickler to round out the talented cast...

Red Bull Racing’s contract stalls:

It was reported June 10 that Brian Vickers had agreed to a new multi-year deal with Red Bull Racing and that an announcement would come later that week. So where's the contract? Vickers described the situation last weekend as "strange" and said he'd hoped to have the...

Vickers visits NASA:

A few weeks ago, #83-Brian Vickers spent two days at NASA checking out the space shuttle. "This was one of the coolest things I've gotten to do. To get that close and see all the parts and pieces that help put the Shuttle up into Space was awesome," said Vickers in...

Nationwide Series Facts and Notes:

Joey Logano won the Dollar General 300 at Chicagoland Speedway, scoring his fourth Nationwide Series victory in his 34th start. He posted his third series win in 2009 in 15 races, ranking second to Kyle Busch's five victories. Logano scored his third win on 1.5-mile...

Double-file restarts still causing confusion:

The new double-file restart rule is still causing confusion for drivers and their crew chiefs. Race director David Hoots was questioned about restarts several times during the prerace Sprint Cup drivers meeting at Chicagoland. First, #48-Jimmie Johnson's crew chief...