Brian Vickers

Brian Vickers

status	not active
NASCAR Cup Series statistics
Best placement	12th - (2009)
Starts Victories Poles Top 10 323 3 12 78
NASCAR Xfinity Series Statistics
Best placement	1st - (2003)
Starts Victories Poles Top 10 148 3 4th 78
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series statistics
Best placement	0
Starts Victories Poles Top 10 0 0 0 0
Data status: 2016

Brian Lee Vickers (born October 24, 1983 in Thomasville ) is a former American racing driver .

Racing career

Karting

Brian Vickers began his career in karting . He started his career in 1995 at the age of twelve, and by 1998 he won several US junior kart championships.

NASCAR

From 1998 he started regularly in NASCAR racing series . First he drove in junior series and in 1998 in the Allison Legacy Series , where he achieved five victories this season. The following year he competed in races in the Dodge Weekly Racing Series and in 2000 and 2001 in the USAR Hooters Procup Series . The races of this series were held exclusively on short oval courses . In both 2000 and 2001 he finished the championship in third place. After a year in the Busch Series , the time in the Energy Cup began in 2003 . At the same time, he continued to drive in the Busch Series and won the championship that year, making him the youngest NASCAR champion of all time at the time.

The first team he competed for in the Energy Cup was Hendrick Motorsports , in which he drove a Sihouettes - Chevrolet Monte Carlo with the number 60 in 2003 . From 2004 to 2006 his car was number 25. In 2006, he won his first cup race. After a few second places, he won the AAA Texas 500 on November 5th at the Texas Motor Speedway . At Hendricks, Vickers was overshadowed by Jimmie Johnson , who won the championship in 2006, for four years . After he collided with Johnson on the penultimate lap during his win at Texas Motor Speedway and this elimination, there were disputes with the Hendricks team leadership and Johnson's crew chief Chad Knaus . Due to ongoing conflicts, Vickers left Hendricks at the end of the season and moved to the Red Bull Racing Team .

Red Bull fielded a Toyota Camry and Vickers was AJ Allmendinger's team-mate in 2007 . 2007 and 2008 were difficult seasons for Brian Vickers' team, who could barely place in both years.

Brian Vickers in the 2008 Toyota Camry at Daytona

The first victory for Red Bull managed Vickers in 2009 when Pure Michigan 400 at the Michigan International Speedway . At the beginning of the 2010 season , Vickers first experienced health problems when a thrombus was diagnosed. Health setbacks had a negative impact on his career in the years that followed. He lost his Red Bull contract and moved to Michael Waltrip Racing , where he won his third and final Energy Cup race in 2013 with a success at Camping World RV Sales 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway .

He contested his last cup races for Stewart-Haas Racing in 2016 , then had to retire due to health problems.

Sports car racing

In 2012 Brian Vickers was entered in two races of the FIA World Endurance Championship . Together with Rui Águas and Robert Kauffman , he drove a Ferrari 458 Italia GTC at the Le Mans 24-hour race . He finished the 6-hour race in Bahrain with his partners Aguas and Kauffman in 18th place overall.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2012	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	Rui Águas	Robert Kauffman	Rank 31st

Web links

Commons : Brian Vickers  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• Brian Vickers at the Driver Database
• Brian Vickers at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ USAR Hooters Procup Series 2000
2. ↑ USAR Hooters Procup Series 2001
3. ↑ Energy Cup 2003
4. ^ Brian Vickers ongoing health problems
5. ↑ 2012 Bahrain 6 Hours