Brian Vickers

To an outsider, Brian Vickers’ success in making the field for NASCAR's 2009 Chase For The Sprint Cup might appear to be its own sort of victory.  

One of the biggest events on America’s sporting calendar and the most important of NASACAR’s racing series is the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series. Nextel took over sponsorship of the NASACAR Cup Series back in 2004. The series was previously called the Grand National and later, the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. After taking over sponsorship, [...]  

When Brian Vickers made the Chase after driving the race of his year at Richmond in September, he was adamant that this team would be a factor in the Chase. It has not gone as well as Vickers had hoped and it was not until last week that he finally got his first Top 10 finish in the Chase. Now Vickers and his team heads to a track where Vickers won his first race in the Sprint Cup series with Hendrick Motorsports. Now he is hoping to pull off...  

As you’ve read in this space before, the belief here is the biggest culprit in NASCAR’s declining television ratings is a lack of personality and corresponding story lines to get fans excited and drive interest in the sport.  

2009 Ride: No. 83 Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 2009 Sponsor: Red Bull 2009 Owner: Dietrich Mateschitz 2009 Crew Chief: Ryan Pemberton Stats: 36 Races, 1 Win, 4 Top 5s, 13 Top 10s, 6 Poles, 5 DNFs, 12th in points. Best Finish: 1st, Michigan (August). Avg. Finish: 17.3. High Point: Take your pick between Vickers’ fuel mileage victory in the CARFAX 400 at Michigan or his much-needed 7th place run at Richmond that earned him a berth in the...  

MLive.comTexas: Brian Vickers NASCAR Nationwide Race PreviewPaddockTalk• Although he has one top-10 finish at TMS, his impressive performance this season on intermediate tracks makes him a strong contender for the win this ...Motor Sports Notebook: Gordon, Morton keep up ChaseHouston ChronicleTexas Chase advance packageSportingNews.comJeff Gordon nails down his 68th career pole in TexasMotorsport.comRotoTimes.com -Nascar -Auto Racing Dailyall...  

Texas: Brian Vickers NASCAR Nationwide Race RecapPaddockTalkAs the pit window neared, Vickers continued to look for a position on the wide 1.5-mile track that would help the car's handling. ...and more »  

The Canadian PressNASCAR Chase: Brian Vickers remains positive heading into MartinsvilleExaminer.comDespite a third consecutive poor finish last Saturday night at Lowe's Motor Speedway, Brian Vickers -- now 451 points behind Chase leader Jimmie Johnson ...NASCAR Number: This week's daily doubleSportingNews.comTeam notes: Chase enters second half with Martinsville raceUSA TodayDominance: Hendrick at MartinsvilleFanHouse (blog)FanIQ (blog) -Auto...  

AutoWeekBrian Vickers talks about Dega unknownsRotoworld.comBrian Vickers' first Sprint Cup victory came at Talladega in October 2006, and he has three top-five and five top-10 finishes there. ...Talladega Notes: Bumping BumpedRacinToday.comTalladega Chase advance packageSportingNews.comNotes from The NASCAR Nation: Will the Big One Impact The Chase this Sunday?WhoWon.comMotorsport.com -The Birmingham News - al.com -Detroit Free Pressall 1,009...  

No-one has the contract at this current juncture, however NASN (channel 417 on Sky and 917 on ntl) is bidding on the live rights and is expected to win them. At the moment channel five has the highlight package rights.  

Seattle Post IntelligencerWe have a points race—maybeSportingNews.comThough the Camping World Truck Series and Nationwide Series championships likely will be clinched before NASCAR racing returns to Florida, what happens at ...Motorsports Links: Johnson Wrecks in TexasNew York Times (blog)Previewing the Dickies 500Fort Worth Star Telegram'Danica Mania' bumps Johnson's title quest at Texas Motor SpeedwayCBSSports.comNewsOK.com -AHN -Nascarall...  

ESPN STAR SportsNotebook: Toyota reaffirms NASCAR commitmentSportingNews.comFORT WORTH, Texas -- Don't expect Toyota's recently-announced withdrawal from Formula One racing to signal a pullback from NASCAR racing. ...Toyota still committed to NASCARautosport.comall 42 news articles »  

Boston GlobeKevin Harvick saved NASCAR racing from disasterExaminer.comWhen Ryan Newman's Chevy went airborne in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Talladega, those who understand the bigger picture of auto racing, ...Potential NASCAR free agents dicing for open seats in 2010USA TodayOpinion: Did NASCAR Kill 'Dega for No Reason?The Epoch TimesNASCAR Scene: Flipping out at TalladegaSW Iowa NewsHardcoreRaceFans.com -Orlando Sentinel -AutoWeekall...  

The manufacturers have been quietly shuffling around in preparation for the 2010 NASCAR season.  This week Dodge revealed that they will be using the Challenger in the Nationwide series next year as their "new" car.  The current Dodge Charger will be used for 31 of the 35 races next year but the four designated "new" car races will see the debut of the Dodge Challenger. Since Richard Petty Motorsports is merging with Robert Yates Racing and...  

Jamie McMurray did a nice job of staying out of trouble and drove a fast car to Victory Lane during the 2009 AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.    However the mess that NASCAR created behind him was just ugly.  There is no other word for it that I can use on this site. NASCAR has not been able to fix the restrictor place problem for the last 20 years.    This racing was terrible and clearly someone is going to get hurt.  There seems...  

NASCAR Sprint Cup LeadersThe Ledger12, Brian Vickers, 5777. 13, Kyle Busch, 4183. 14, Matt Kenseth, 4151. 15, Clint Bowyer, 4078. 16, David Reutimann, 3969. 17, Jeff Burton, 3677. ...and more »  

NASCAR has docked Kyle Busch 25 Nationwide points and fined crew chief Jason Ratcliff $5,000 after Busch's No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing ...  

Racing will return to North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway in 2010. The 0.625-mile track, which hosted NASCAR events from the series ...  

Applause and appreciation, please, for Jimmie Johnson. Even from those of us who might not exactly be what you'd call car racing ...  

Formula One is regarded as the world's foremost racing circuit, but dabbling in NASCAR by a few F1 refugees has some playfully ...  

Danica Patrick unveiled a new neon green look Monday morning for her No. 7 Dallara-Honda. But as the Indy Racing League's most ...  

Perhaps embracing the adage that what happens in this city stays here, NASCAR threw caution to the wind in dropping the green ...  

Jamie McMurray's ride for Roush Fenway Racing on Sunday will be his last after four years with the team. He signed this week ...  

There was little recognition outside the racing world when Jimmie Johnson won his first NASCAR championship.