Car:
Number 83 Toyota
Team:
Red Bull Racing
Sponsor:
Red Bull Energy Drink
Birthdate:
October 24, 1983
Rookie Season:
Started five races in 2003 with no top ten finishes. Followed that up with a full season for Hendrick Motorsports in 2004 where he managed four top ten finishes while finishing second in rookie points to Kasey
Kahne.
Career Highlights:
2003 - First full Nationwide Series campaign. Scored 21 top tens and 3 wins on his way to the Nationwide Series Championship.
2004 - First full Sprint Cup campaign winning 2 poles and scoring 4 top ten finishes.
2006 - First Sprint Cup Win (Talladega)
2007 - Left Hendrick Motorsports to go to Red Bull Racing and Toyota.
2009 - First Sprint Cup Win for Toyota (Michigan)
Unlimited Potential:
Brian Vickers entered Sprint Cup racing in 2004 fresh off of his 2003 Nationwide Series Championship. When you take the Nationwide Champ and put him in a Hendrick Motorsports ride you should expect big things. Brian Vickers never reached his potential with Hendrick.
What does the future hold for Vickers? I still believe that he's talented, but he never found the elusive "chemistry" with Hendrick Motorsports. Now that he has left Hendrick for Toyota we will see whether or not Brian Vickers can reach his potential and contend for a title.
