MY HUSBAND BRIAN VICKERS!!!
Hi guys Mrs. Vickers here,
Well we had a change of plans because the other day two days before the race, my friend next door had to cancel, because she had to work and they wouldn't let her off so she came to me and gave me four tickets to go to the race I was so happy. I owe her a BIG thankyou, maybe take her out to lunch or something. That was just totally nice of her I think. But anyhow so YES WE WENT. Wow what an amazing race it was today and on Brians part he finished second I just got back from the race and it was awesome. I had to drive so long though on a bus because that is what we were going to take to begin with. I certainly wasn't gonna drive all theway there with my car. No way.. Pffft. Anyhow I had alot of fun today I got a pair of Brian Vickers shorts and a tanktop to match it. The outfit it's so darn cute. I might post a picture of me wearing it sometime but not sure when. But woohooo my boy did an amazing and wonderful job today. Finishing 2nd from Carl Edwards..
Carl Edwards I have to give him major props though cause he sure showed out there that he is made up of not just aggressive driving but he is talented. I just can't get enough of those backflips so congrats to Carl.
Jimmie and Jeff pretty good finishes today. Well Jimmie as always. But Jeff pretty impressed and he has now climbed back up and into the top 10 in points!! Go Jeffy!!! And Kyle he seems to impress me week in and week out, this is what i think like three weeks in a row he has done good..Props go out to Kyle Busch as well!! Hendrick Boys rock my socks!!
Well here is an atricle on Brian!!
LONG POND, Pa. -- After a year-and-a-half in the Nextel Cup Series, it's all starting to come together for Brian Vickers.
For the second time in three weeks, Brian Vickers threatened to win, and Sunday's Pocono 500 was his closest call yet.
But this wasn't like the Coca-Cola 600, when Vickers crashed after leading 98 laps. This time, he dominated, leading 121 of 201 laps. And for the first time, Vickers had a real shot at breaking the No. 25's win drought, which extends back two years.
Vickers had plenty of time to think about scoring that long-awaited first victory. Pocono's massive straightaways gave Vickers several seconds to think about things.
Several seconds. That's an eternity in a stock car, but Vickers said it wasn't tough to remain on task, especially with a mirror-full of Carl Edwards.
"I felt like we had a shot to win, but it's easy for your mind to wander in those situations," Vickers said. "The only thing that needs to be on your mind is Turn 1 on that lap, when you get off there, Turn 2, same thing for 200 laps."
Vickers wound up second -- easily a career-high -- and in the end, it was an extensive long run that did him in. The race stayed green from Lap 151 to Lap 196, and Edwards' Ford ran him down.
"We slowed down and he didn't. Those guys [the No. 99 team] did an awesome job on long runs," Vickers said. "We were hoping a caution would come out with 20 to go, come in, get four tires."
In an otherwise boring event, the fans at Pocono were treated to a brilliant battle between Vickers and Edwards, who repeatedly swapped the lead in the last 60 laps. Edwards would lose ground to Vickers in Turn 1, only to gain the edge right back in the critical Tunnel Turn.
Edwards joked that it was the most time he had ever spent with Vickers.
"We don't talk much. It was neat," Edwards said. "We were really working each other really hard, I have a lot of respect for him
"He raced a lot more respectable manner than I was ready to and it brought out the best of both of them."
Vickers pitted for the final time on Lap 182, but he only got right-side tires, and he said he didn't have a shot on the final two-lap shootout because Edwards was so much better on old tires.
"I was hoping our tires would cool down and we take him," Vickers said. "The car just got a little tight."
The finish moved Vickers up three spots in the standings to 21st, putting him on the verge of cracking the top 20 for the first time in a year.
Sunday was the first time Vickers had ever scored back-to-back top-10 finishes, and the 21-year-old says it's because of crew chief Lance McGrew, who was reunited with Vickers before the season.
"We had a year apart," said Vickers, who won the 2003 Busch Series title with McGrew. "New shop, new people. We were behind the eight ball the whole time.
"We want to run top-five every week and go after championships in the long run."
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Brian Vickers has as much potential as any driver currently in a team owner's development program -- and the fact that Vickers, 21, drives for Hendrick Motorsports is a powerful trump card for the Thomasville, N.C., pilot.
During January's Preseason Thunder testing at Daytona, Vickers -- the 2003 NASCAR Busch Series champion -- sat down to answer 10 questions not specifically directed at his racing career.
1. What's your dream vehicle that you don't already own?
A Corvette.
Q: Why a Corvette?
I don't know but I think it's because I always heard my dad talking about them when I was growing up. It's not really my dream vehicle, but it's his -- and I'd like to have it just so he could drive it.
It just was always his car that he always wanted as a kid, was a Corvette.
2. If time on the road weren't an issue, what would be your ideal pet?
The one that I have -- a cat, Caesar, because he's low maintenance.
I don't have to take him outside and I can fill his food and water bowls up for two weeks and I don't have to be there, so it's perfect.
3. What's your biggest pet peeve driving on the road?
Slow people driving in the left lane.
Q: What would you do to them if you were behind them?
I'd wreck 'em.
4. Racing means travel, so what is your worst hotel experience?
Probably a hotel in South Carolina, where I couldn't distinguish the carpet from the roaches.
Q: Wow. When was that?
It was in the go-kart days, so it's been a while. It's been a long time.
5. What's your favorite food?
I don't know. What do I eat the most or what's my favorite?
Q: What's your favorite?
I like pizza, but I don't eat it very often.
Q: Any particular kind of pizza?
Just pepperoni pizza.
6. If you had to choose, would it be being honest or being nice?
Honest.
7. What's your fondest childhood memory?
I think Christmas. It would be the last Christmas with my whole family -- my grandfather on my dad's side, before he passed away; and my mom and dad; aunt and uncle; and my other grandparents and all that stuff.
8. What would be your dream date: Where and with whom?
My dream date? Where? Where? Ummm. Man, there are so many places. I like the beach atmosphere, so Saint Bart's is good. And who? I'm not sure.
9. Racing and pranks seem to go hand-in-hand, so what's the worst prank that you either perpetrated or had played on you?
I've had some pretty bad ones. I think when we filled a buddy's car up -- we drilled out his headlights and put ether and a bunch of chemicals in the headlights and taped 'em back up.
So when he turned the lights on it blew the hood and the trunk lid off. It exploded.
Q: Was everything OK?
Brian Vickers: It was a pretty bad fire. The car didn't survive, but he got out in time.
10. What would you consider your "Welcome to NASCAR moment?"
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My welcome to NASCAR moment? More details.
Q: Sort of like when you finally realized you had arrived in NASCAR. Was it screaming fans, winning a race? What was your official welcome into the sport?
In the Busch Series, it was winning the championship. That was a big steppingstone in the NASCAR sport in general.
In the Cup Series, I think it was my first race, racing with Jeff Gordon, because you just grew up watching Jeff for so many years.
And (that was the case with) so many of the other drivers, in general, that you just get out there with, but Jeff in particular because right now he's the most established and the most successful driver still active in the sport.
And you're sitting there racing beside him at 200 miles an hour, and it's like, 'OK, this is pretty cool.' | 