#83 Brian Vickers

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Brian Vickers' Stats:

Born: October 24, 1983
From: Thomasville, NC
Lives: Palm Beach, FL
Drives: #83 Red Bull Toyota
For: Red Bull Racing
Teammate: #82 Scott Speed
Crew Chief: Ryan Pemberton
Best Year: 2006 Finished 15th in points
Career Wins: 2


Brian is not your typical NASCAR driver. Yes he did start racing go-karts at a young age and yes he did win in everything he drove, but he is also graduated high school early with honors, is an avid reader and lists Albert Einstein and the Dali Lama as his non-racing heroes.

It all started for Brian at age 8 when he purchased a go-kart with money he saved from his allowance. Within a year Brian was competing in the World Karting Association and winning.

Over the next three years he won 80 races and 3 World Karting Association national championships.

Brian climbed the racing ladder quickly moving to the Allison Legacy Cars Series, to the Late Model Stock Racing Series and NASCAR's Weekly Racing Series where in 1999 he received the 'Rising Star of the Year' award.

Starting in 2000 Brian began competing in the USAR Hooters ProCup Series at age sixteen. Then the next year he added 3 NASCAR Nationwide(then Busch) Series races at the age of 17, now drivers must be 18 years old before they can compete in any of NASCAR's top three touring series.

After competing in 21 Nationwide races in 2002 a friendship with Ricky Hendrick resulted in Brian driving the #5 Nationwide Series car for Hendrick Motorsports in 2003.

Brian quickly succeeded winning the championship that year and landing a full time Sprint Cup Series ride in the # 25 Hendrick Motorsports car.

Brian struggled in that car and perhaps it was a case of him moving up to quickly.

Midway through 2006, his third season in the car, he announced that he would be leaving Hendrick Motorsports at the end of that season and would be joining a newly created team called Red Bull Racing and drive the #83 car.

Brian proved that he is not afraid of taking chances by leaving a phenomenally successful team and driving for an unproven team like Red Bull.

But before he left he did manage to get his first Sprint Cup career victory at Talladega. Unfortunately he wrecked his teammate Jimmie Johnson and NASCAR's most popular driver Dale Earnhardt Jr in the process, so the fans did not like that.

While Brian is completely committed to his racing career he also understands that he needs a life away from racing. He enjoys playing golf, playing video games and hanging out with family and friends.

Brian Vicker's Wins

Michigan(1)
Talladega(1)

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