Brian Vickers News

Rumblings – Coca Cola 600:

Rumblings – Coca Cola 600:

May 27, 2007
If they told ya' a Hendrick Motorsports driver was gonna win tonight, it may have taken you four guesses.... Casey Mears won the Coca-Cola 600 tonight at Lowe's Motor Speedway, and he did it on fumes. Running out of gas on the cool-down lap, he captured his first-ever

Rumblings – Race Notes:

Rumblings – Race Notes:

May 13, 2007
#24-Jeff Gordon (steamin' all the way) had enough water to make it to Victory Lane today at Darlington Raceway and took the Dodge Avenger 500 for his third win of the season. Career victory #78 (and 7th at Darlington) was #157 for Hendrick Motorsports (their 8th of

Ramblings – Richmond Qualifying Notes:

Ramblings – Richmond Qualifying Notes:

May 4, 2007
Jeff Gordon took the Bud Pole tonight for tomorrow night's Crown Royal presents the Jim Stewart 400 at Richmond International Raceway...and he made it a three-peat. His time of 21.386 (126.251 mph) was good enough for his 5th top-spot of the season and 61st of his

Richmond Rookie of the Year notes:

Richmond Rookie of the Year notes:

May 4, 2007
#6-David Ragan was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the April 29 Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway. Ragan posted a 17th-place finish and was the only Raybestos Rookie to lead a lap in the race, holding the top spot once for one lap. He took top rookie honors

Stock Car Fans:

Stock Car Fans:

April 28, 2007
#24-Jeff Gordon took the Bud Pole today at Talladega Superspeedway. Gordon and David Gilliland ran identical times.....to the thousandth of a second (49.857.....192.069 MPH), but since Gordon is waaaaay ahead of Gilliland in Owner Points, he gets the spot. This was

Rumblings – Texas Race Notes:

Rumblings – Texas Race Notes:

April 15, 2007
We had a good old-fashioned Texas Shootout today for the final 20 laps or so, and Jeff Burton prevailed over Matt Kenseth to take the Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Burton passed Kenseth in turn two on the final lap (the only one he led today, btw) and held on

Red Bull Teams to honor slain team member:

Red Bull Teams to honor slain team member:

April 13, 2007
Team Red Bull celebrates the life of one of its most colorful characters this weekend in Texas. In honor of James Jimmy Sprinkle ” a test team mechanic who died after an unfortunate altercation at his property on March 31 ” the #83-Brian Vickers and #84-A.J. Allmendinger

Qualifying Rained Out

Qualifying Rained Out

April 13, 2007
for the Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway and the field was set by the rules book, so the top-35 in 2007 Owners Pts fill the top 35 spots, then #83-Brian Vickers as a past race winner in 2006-2007 (2006 race winner at Talladega in the #25), #44-Dale Jarrett (past

Vickers suffers burns at Bristol; will test this week:

Vickers suffers burns at Bristol; will test this week:

March 27, 2007
#83-Brian Vickers' cockpit was contaminated by excessive heat and fumes resulting from an exhaust system failure half-way through the race [at Bristol]. Vickers soldiered on for 200+ laps while enduring burns on his bottom and feet and noxious exhaust leaking into

Toyota leads first laps:

Toyota leads first laps:

March 19, 2007
#83-Brian Vickers went into the NASCAR record book as the first driver of a Toyota Camry to lead a lap during a Cup race. Vickers, driver of the No. 83 Red Bull Toyota, led twice for five laps, including Toyota's series first on Lap 89. But Vickers finished 42nd after

Rumblings – Atlanta Race Notes:

Rumblings – Atlanta Race Notes:

March 18, 2007
Jimmie Johnson passed Tony Stewart (and crowded him a bit) with three to go today at Atlanta Motor Speedway and went on to win the Kobalt Tools 500. Coming from third on the final restart with 11 laps remaining, Johnson captured his second win in a row, his 2nd at

Race Notes – Atlanta:

Race Notes – Atlanta:

March 18, 2007
.. Jimmie Johnson won the Kobalt Tools 500, his 25th victory in 187 Nextel Cup Series races. .. This is his second victory and third top-10 finish in 2007 “ all top-threes and all in the past three races. .. This is his second victory and eighth top-10 finish in 12

Johnson’s win at Vegas #150 for Hendrick Motorsports:

Johnson’s win at Vegas #150 for Hendrick Motorsports:

March 16, 2007
#48-Jimmie Johnson's performance Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway marked the 150th points-paying Nextel Cup Series victory since 1984 for team owner Rick Hendrick. Each Hendrick win has come in a Chevrolet race car. Hendrick Motorsports 150th Cup Series win came

Johnson named Inaugural SPEED Performer of the Year:

Johnson named Inaugural SPEED Performer of the Year:

February 10, 2007
Nextel Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson was named the inaugural SPEED Performer of the Year, edging out MotoGP champion Nicky Hayden and F1 title winner Fernando Alonso for the top award on last night's SPEED Performance Awards television special presented by BFGoodrich

Las Vegas Testing Day 2 Incidents.:

Las Vegas Testing Day 2 Incidents.:

January 30, 2007
About 10 minutes into the Tuesday test session at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, #84-A.J. Allmendinger crashed again in the turn 2. Allmendinger looped the car coming out of two and damaged the drivers side. It appears Red Bull Racing is putting Allmendinger in the #83