Brian Vickers News

New Hampshire Qulaifying Notes:

New Hampshire Qulaifying Notes:

July 16, 2005
• Brian Vickers won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Bud Pole for the New Hampshire 300, lapping New Hampshire International Speedway in 29.225 seconds at 130.327 mph. Ryan Newman holds the track-qualifying record of 28.561 seconds, 133.357 mph, set Sept. 12, 2003. • This

Ramblings – New Hampshire:

Ramblings – New Hampshire:

July 16, 2005
Brian Vickers captured the Bud Pole today for Sunday's New England 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway for his first top-spot of the season. His time of 29.225 sec (130.327 mph) was good enough to knock Kasey Kahne from the pole and give Vickers his 3rd career

Chicago Post-Race Notes:

Chicago Post-Race Notes:

July 11, 2005
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway, scoring his 16th career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 201st career start. • Earnhardt Jr’s last victory came at Phoenix, 20 races ago. • Earnhardt Jr., moved to 40th on NASCAR’s All-time win

Dale Jr. wins at Chicago:

Dale Jr. wins at Chicago:

July 10, 2005
#8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway, taking the lead on lap 256 and leading the last 11 laps, held off dominant #17-Matt Kenseth [176 laps led] at the end, winning by 0.407 seconds. The win is Dale Jr.'s first in 19 races, Phoenix

Chicago Qualifying Notes:

Chicago Qualifying Notes:

July 8, 2005
• Jimmie Johnson won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Bud Pole for the USG Sheetrock 400, lapping Chicagoland Speedway in 28.701 seconds at 188.147 mph. • Johnson broke Jeff Gordon’s track-qualifying record of 28.886 seconds, 186.942 mph set July 9, 2004. Six drivers eclipsed

Week One of Indy Testing over:

Week One of Indy Testing over:

July 7, 2005
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series drivers Kurt Busch and Ricky Rudd improved upon their test speeds from July 5 during testing of race setups July 6, putting the wrap on a two-day Allstate 400 at the Brickyard test at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Reigning series champion Busch

Testing at Indy:

Testing at Indy:

July 6, 2005
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series drivers will test during three separate sessions in July at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, preparing for the 12th annual Allstate 400 at the Brickyard on Sunday, Aug. 7. The first test session takes place Tuesday, July 5 and Wednesday, July

Harvick wins pole at Daytona:

Harvick wins pole at Daytona:

July 1, 2005
#21-Kevin Harvick won the pole for the Winn-Dixie 250 presented by PepsiCo at the Daytona International Speedway with a speed of 182.515mph. It is Harvick's 12th career Busch Series pole and first since Phoenix in 2003. The rest of the top five are #11-Paul Menard, #

Fernandez To Drive 4 more Busch Races In the #5:

Fernandez To Drive 4 more Busch Races In the #5:

June 29, 2005
Lowe's and Hendrick Motorsports announced that open-wheel racing star Adrian Fernandez will drive the #5 Lowe's Chevrolet in four additional Busch Series races in 2005. Fernandez made his NASCAR debut March 6, leading four laps and finishing 10th on the Autodromo Hermanos

Sonoma Qualifying Notes:

Sonoma Qualifying Notes:

June 24, 2005
• Jeff Gordon won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Bud Pole for the Dodge/SaveMart 350, lapping Infineon Raceway in 75.950 seconds at 94.325 mph. He broke his own trackqualifying record of 75.968 seconds, 94.303 mph, set in 2004. • This is Jeff Gordon’s 54th career Bud

More testing at Bondurant School:

More testing at Bondurant School:

June 23, 2005
Jimmie Johnson, Chad Knaus and Brian Vickers were at the Bob Bondurant School in Phoenix, AZ, Tuesday and Wednesday working with Mike McGovern. Then this afternoon, spent time on the track with Nick Lachey, AJ Descala, Marty Smith, and some other friends, who completed

Rumblings – Michigan:

Rumblings – Michigan:

June 19, 2005
• It was Roush Racing again today at Michigan International Speedway. This time it was Greg Biffle who took the Batman Begins 400 by not pitting, leading the final 31 circuits and outlasting Tony Stewart (who took four fresh tires on that last stop), capturing his

Testing at VIR:

Testing at VIR:

June 16, 2005
#07-Dave Blaney, #31-Jeff Burton, #5-Kyle Busch abd #25-Brian Vickers tested this week at Virginia International Raceway in preparation for the upcoming road-course events at Infineon Raceway and Watkins Glen.(RCR and HMS PR's)(6-16-2005)

Edwards wins at Pocono:

Edwards wins at Pocono:

June 12, 2005
#99-Carl Edwards won the Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway for his 2nd win of 2005, 2nd career win in his 27th race and gave owner Jack Roush his first ever win as a car owner at Pocono [Roush has now won at all the track Nextel Cup run at but Chicagoland, Kansas and Indy

Race Notes – Pocono:

Race Notes – Pocono:

June 12, 2005
• Carl Edwards won the Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway, scoring his second NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 27th career start. • Edwards is the second driver to win in his first race at Pocono Raceway. Richard Petty won the first race here in 1974. • Edwards led four