When Brian Vickers announced last week that he had signed a multi-year deal to continue driving the No. 83 Toyota for Red Bull Racing, he said it was as much about wanting to continue “the lifestyle” that Red Bull affords him.
He went on to explain what he meant by that and talked about some of the cool stuff he gets to do because of the association with his unique sponsor.
Question: Why exactly is Red Bull such a good match for you?
Vickers: More than anything, I have just enjoyed, on a personal level and not just a professional level, I’ve just really enjoyed the lifestyle that Red Bull has offered. It’s unlike … Details
Brian Vickers is in his happy place these days, and he isn’t about to let Kyle Busch spoil that for him.
Vickers met with the media Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway, where he was preparing for Saturday night’s Sharpie 500. He wanted to talk mostly about his immediate future, which was brightened considerably in the previous week when he not only won the Carfax 400 at Michigan last Sunday but followed that by signing a lucrative multiyear contract extension with Red Bull Racing two days later.
While that certainly was understandable, the subject of his running feud with Busch hung over …Â Details
Three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson had the gas to get to the White House on Wednesday, where President Barack Obama honored the 2008 winner as well as auto racing.
“NASCAR is a uniquely American sport,†Obama said beneath the South Portico, flanked by nine of the 12 drivers who competed last year for NASCAR’s top prize. Three drivers had scheduling conflicts and could not attend.
Obama said NASCAR drivers work to support U.S. troops, local schools and environmental innovation. Obama said the sport certainly has grown since “moonshiners†raced in Daytona Beach, Fla., to become a service-oriented organization known around the world.
“One of the core values of the NASCAR community is … Details
BROOKLYN, Mich. — Neither Van Gogh nor Pavarotti, with their exquisite talents would’ve had a prayer of displaying the facial pain or the agony in Hendrick Motorsports crew chief Alan Gustafson’s voice as Sunday’s sun began to set on Michigan International Speedway.
Gustafson’s driver, Mark Martin, and their team have won a league-leading four races — including a Michigan fuel mileage special in June — but Martin sits only 12 points away from falling out of the 12-man field for the Chase after his car apparently ran out of fuel on the last lap and Brian Vickers, one of three drivers who still has a shot to race his way into the Chase, won the Carfax 400.
In June, Martin went from third to first on the final lap when … Details