Red Bull Racing Team
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| owner | Dietrich Mateschitz |
| Racing series | Sprint Cup |
| Championships | 0 |
| Start number (s) | # 82, # 83 (Sprint Cup) |
| driver |
Scott Speed (# 82) Brian Vickers (# 83) |
| Manufacturer | Toyota |
| Place of the workshop | Mooresville , North Carolina |
| Homepage | www.teamredbull.com |
The Red Bull Racing Team (formerly Team Red Bull ) was a motorsport team that was based in Mooresville , North Carolina . It was active in the US NASCAR Sprint Cup and ran two vehicles there from 2006 to 2011.
Sprint Cup
In order to get into the NASCAR sport, the Red Bull team bought the old headquarters of Penske Racing in Mooresville , North Carolina in 2006 , which was relatively small compared to other NASCAR teams. In addition, the team bought numerous used Dodge Charger from Bill Davis Racing , which it prepared in the headquarters for three starts, which they wanted to make at the end of the 2006 season . However, the team with drivers Bill Elliott and AJ Allmendinger failed to qualify for all races. The first of these races took place at Lowe's Motor Speedway , the other two at Atlanta Motor Speedway , where qualifying was canceled due to rain, and Texas Motor Speedway . In the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup season , the team then fielded two Toyota Camrys that were driven by Brian Vickers, who had previously been under contract with Hendrick Motorsports for four years , and Allmendinger.
Car # 4 / # 82 / # 84
This car was first used in the 2007 season with starting number 84. The driver of the car was AJ Allmendinger, who came from formula racing and so far had little NASCAR experience. At the beginning of the season he had major problems even qualifying for the races. The Food City 500 at the Bristol Motor Speedway was his first race, he finished it at No. 40. His best qualifying results were eleventh in Dealers Dodge 400 at the Dover International Speedway and 13th place in the Crown Royal Presents The Jim Stewart 400 at the Richmond International Raceway . However, he came in only three times in the races over the 30th place and finished 43rd in the overall standings, the best result was a 15th place in the Bank of America 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
After he failed to qualify for the first three races in 2008, Allmendinger was replaced by Mike Skinner for several races . Allmendinger then drove the car again, which was now painted in silver. Towards the end of the season, Scott Speed was also used in the vehicle and was a regular driver in the following two years. In 2011 he was replaced by Kasey Kahne , who won the November race in Phoenix with starting number 4, finished in the top five eight times and finished the season in 14th place with a total of 15 top ten results.
Car # 83
The starting number 83 has been in use since the 2007 season. In the first race of the season, the Daytona 500 , they were unable to qualify. The first race Vickers was able to qualify for was the Auto Club 500 , in which he finished a respectable 10th place. It was the first top 10 placement in the Nextel Cup for the Red Bull team and for Toyota. In the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway, Vickers finished in fifth place after leading 76 laps of the race despite his power steering malfunctioning. Vickers also reached the top 10 in the 3M Performance 400 and the Sharp AQUOS 500 . Overall, the car qualified for 23 of the 36 races of the season. By signing Kevin Hamlin as the new crew chief in 2008, great progress was made, Vickers was able to qualify for all races and establish himself in the midfield.
In 2009 Vickers won the Pure Michigan 400 and reached 12th place overall. In 2010 Vickers had to vacate the cockpit after the 11th race for health reasons and had to undergo a heart operation in July. The vehicle was first driven by Casey Mears , then by Reed Sorenson and Kasey Kahne. In addition, were Boris Said once and DTM champion Mattias Ekström twice at the start, the race in Sonoma, he was even briefly in front before in an accident with Brad Keselowski was involved and ended the race in 21st In 2011 Vickers started again after his recovery, but with 7 top ten results did not come close to the successes of 2009 and finished the season in 25th place.
management
| Surname | position |
|---|---|
| Günther Steiner | Vice President of the Motorsport Department |
| Elton Sawyer | Competition Director |
| John Probst | technical director |
| Rick Viers | Team boss of # 82 |
| Rick Bourgeois | Head of vehicle # 82 |
| Doug Richert | Team boss of # 83 |
See also
- Other Red Bull racing teams:
