Brian Vickers

American racing driver
NASCAR driver
Brian Vickers
Vickers at Martinsville Speedway in 2016
BornBrian Lee Vickers
(1983-10-24) October 24, 1983 (age 40)
Thomasville, North Carolina, U.S.
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight157 lb (71 kg)
Achievements2003 NASCAR Busch Series Champion
NASCAR Cup Series career
323 races run over 14 years
2016 position42nd
Best finish12th (2009)
First race2003 UAW-GM Quality 500 (Charlotte)
Last race2016 Duck Commander 500 (Texas)
First win2006 UAW-Ford 500 (Talladega)
Last win2013 Camping World RV Sales 301 (Loudon)
Wins Top tens Poles
3 78 12
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
148 races run over 12 years
2013 position10th
Best finish1st (2003)
First race2001 GNC Live Well 250 (Milwaukee)
Last race2013 Dollar General 300 (Charlotte)
First win2003 Kroger 200 (IRP)
Last win2003 Stacker 200 Presented by YJ Stinger (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles
3 78 4
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2012
TeamsAF Corse
Best finish6th in class
Class wins0
Statistics current as of April 10, 2016.

Brian Lee Vickers (born October 24, 1983)[1] is an American professional stock car and sports car racing driver. He last drove the No. 14 Chevrolet SS for Stewart-Haas Racing as an interim driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for the injured Tony Stewart. He won the 2003 NASCAR Busch Series championship driving for Hendrick Motorsports. Vickers was also among the first series of full-time drivers for Toyota after the manufacturer first entered the Sprint Cup Series.

Vickers' career has been marred by a series of health issues since 2010 that have included blood clots and heart problems.

Racing career

Early years

Vickers began racing go-karts in 1994. Over the next three years, he won eighty races in the World Karting Association, and won three championships, including the 1995 championship against three-time winner Mike Schwartz. In 1998, he moved to the Allison Legacy Series, and won five races during the course of the season. After competing in the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Racing Series in 1999, he moved to USAR ProCup; and was named Rookie of the Year. He won two races in 2000. In 2001, he won five more races and finished second in points.

Vickers made his Busch Series debut in the 2001 GNC Live Well 250 at Milwaukee in the No. 29 car; owned by his father Clyde Vickers' BLV Motorsports team. He qualified thirtieth and finished thirty-seventh after a crash. Vickers ran three more races that season; his best finish being 25th at North Carolina. In 2002, Vickers began running the Busch Series in his father's No. 40 Dodge Intrepid. He drove in twenty-one races, competing for Rookie of the Year honors;[2] his best finish was seventh in the Hardee's 250 at Richmond, his only top ten of the season on his way to finishing thirtieth in series points.[3]

2003

After a lack of funding for his family-owned team, Vickers was hired to replace Ricky Hendrick in the No. 5 GMAC-sponsored Chevrolet owned by Hendrick Motorsports.[4] In 2003, Vickers won three races and the championship by fourteen points over David Green. Vickers became the then-youngest champion in Busch Series history at only 20 years old. Vickers made his Cup debut in the 2003 UAW-GM Quality 500 at Charlotte; qualifying 20th and finishing 33rd in the No. 60 Haas Automation-sponsored Chevy. He ran four more races that season in Hendrick's No. 25 UAW/Delphi-sponsored Chevy; qualifying in the Top 5 each time, but posting only one Top 20 finish.

2004

Vickers' crew working on his 2004 car.

In 2004, Vickers ran the No. 25 in the Cup Series full-time carrying sponsorships from Ditech and GMAC. He won two poles, had four Top 10s, and finished third behind Kasey Kahne and Brendan Gaughan for Rookie of the Year.

2005

In 2005, Vickers won the Nextel Open exhibition race. He was right behind Mike Bliss on the last lap. Rather than make a move to go around Bliss, Vickers ran into the back of the No. 0, spinning him out. Vickers went on to win. That qualified him for the annual Nextel All-Star Challenge, in which he finished third. Vickers finished the year seventeenth in Cup points with ten top tens including career runs at the Pocono 500 and the Coca-Cola 600. He also returned to the Busch Series in a limited capacity in 2005, and finished third at Watkins Glen in the No. 5. He drove five other races in the No. 57.

2006

Vickers started out the 2006 season with a seventh-place finish in the Daytona 500. He went on to finish fifteenth in points with nine top tens, including a win at Talladega. However, the season was marred by conflicts within Hendrick Motorsports. On June 25, Vickers announced that he would leave Hendrick and drive for the new Team Red Bull in 2007. In the UAW-Ford 500, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was leading with Jimmie Johnson in second and Vickers in third on the final lap. Going down the backstretch, Johnson attempted to pass Dale Jr. on the inside and Vickers tried to follow Jimmie and bump draft him past Earnhardt. Unfourtunately, Vickers was too late to follow Johnson to the inside and instead hooked Jimmie in the right rear causing Johnson to turn right into Dale Jr. and the two went spinning down to the infield to bring out the caution. Vickers went on to score his first victory. Johnson was livid with Vickers, and both he and his crew chief Chad Knaus questioned Vickers' motives with the bump,[5] leading Knaus to state that Vickers had "run out of talent" prior to wrecking his teammate.[6] Fortunately for Vickers, Jimmie Johnson ended up winning the 2006 NEXTEL Cup Series Championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway leaving that race at Talladega behind. In 2006, Vickers also won a one-off race for Hendrick in the Autozone West Series at Sonoma.

2007

2007 Nextel Cup car

In 2007, Vickers drove the No. 83 Red Bull-sponsored Toyota Camry for the new Team Red Bull, with crew chief Doug Richert, as a teammate to A. J. Allmendinger. This season started out poorly when Vickers suffered a blown tire during his qualifying race for the Daytona 500; causing him to fail to qualify. The next week, the team regrouped, however, and scored a tenth-place finish in their first outing, the Auto Club 500 at California, which was coincidentally Toyota's first top 10 in the Cup Series. Two weeks later, Vickers led Toyota's first lap in the Cup series at Atlanta.

On May 27, 2007, Vickers gave Toyota its first top five ever in the Coca-Cola 600. Toyota brought a new engine to Charlotte, and Vickers showed its potential and surprised many by leading more than seventy laps of the race and having the dominant car. However, towards the end of the race, the power steering of the vehicle began to fail, and eventually ceased operation completely. The team's luck continued to decline as Vickers soon blew a tire and slid into the turn four wall. Immediately as Vickers entered pit road, the caution flew for debris on the track; supposedly from his car. This was a saving grace, as it allowed the No. 83 car to stay on the lead lap; albeit off the pace and out of contention for the win. Richert managed to salvage the race through pit strategy; enabling Vickers to score a fifth-place finish.

Late in the 2007 season, Richert was fired from Team Red Bull and replaced by Randy Cox, who was formerly employed on Team Red Bull's Research and Development team. Vickers struggled for the remainder of the season as Team Red Bull began to focus on developing its Car of Tomorrow program, which would start competing full-time the next season. The resulting inattention to its "current car" program severely hampered Vickers' efforts during the remaining races of that platform.[citation needed] It was another problem in a long line for the entire Red Bull organization, as Vickers finished thirty-eighth in points and failed to qualify for thirteen races while his teammate Allmendinger missed nineteen races and finished forty-third. One of Vickers' failures to make the race was due to a disqualification from the lineup of the 2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300, after his car failed post-qualifying inspection three times. Overall, Vickers scored one top five and five top tens in 23 starts with an average finish of 25.1 along with 5 DNFS.

2008

2008 Sprint Cup car

In 2008, Vickers, with new crew chief Kevin Hamlin, qualified for the fiftieth running of the Daytona 500 after racing himself in the field with an eleventh-place finish in the Gatorade Duel. He went on to make the next four races with an average finish of twenty-first including a ninth-place finish at Atlanta.

Vickers' pit crew won the 2008 Pit Crew Challenge during the All-Star weekend. Vickers went on the next weekend and led sixty-one laps in the Coca-Cola 600 before he lost his left rear wheel and crashed about halfway through the race. Vickers then followed up with a 2nd-place run at Pocono to Kasey Kahne. Vickers made every race that season in 2008 scoring three top fives and six top tens with an average finish of 20.7 while finishing an improved 19th in the standings.

2009: Only Chase Appearance

2009 Sprint Cup car

For the 2009 season, Vickers got a new crew chief: Ryan Pemberton. It was announced he has picked up an additional sponsor in Mighty Auto Parts.

Vickers' season began with controversy in the Daytona 500. Dale Earnhardt Jr. got a run on the backstretch to the inside of Vickers, but Vickers blocked. Earnhardt Jr. clipped the left rear fender; getting Vickers loose sending him into the field. Vickers said after the race that Earnhardt should have been black-flagged. Earnhardt later stated that he was unaware that Vickers was a lap down, and that both were fighting for the Lucky Dog position. Earnhardt later apologized.

Vickers won the pole for the Auto Club 500, but had to go to the rear because of an engine change. Vickers went on to finish 10th.

Vickers ran in the top five all day during the Kobalt Tools 500. In the final laps, Vickers was chasing down Kurt Busch for the win, but Robby Gordon blew a tire to bring out the caution; allowing Jeff Gordon and Carl Edwards to catch Vickers on the restart. Vickers finished 5th.

Vickers won his second pole of the season for the Crown Royal 400 at Richmond. Vickers would finish fifteenth in that race.

On June 10, 2009, Team Red Bull conducted a promotional pit stop in New York City. Brian pulled the No. 83 Red Bull Toyota to the side of the road and the team changed four tires in Times Square with traffic still moving around them.

Vickers won his third pole of the season for the Lifelock 400 at Michigan. Vickers never led a lap in the race, and earned a ninth-place finish.

Vickers won his fourth pole of the season for the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma. Vickers finished sixteenth in that race.

Vickers won his fifth pole of the season for the Lifelock.com 400 at Chicagoland. Vickers finished seventh in the race.

Vickers won his sixth pole of the season at Michigan. He also won the pole for the Carfax 250. In the Nationwide race, he and his former teammate Kyle Busch were racing hard for the lead on the final lap; allowing the NASCAR rookie Brad Keselowski to pass both of them for the win. After the race, Busch confronted Vickers on pit road accusing him of rough driving.[7]

Vickers at a merchandise trailer

The next day, Vickers won the Carfax 400 from the pole for his second career Sprint Cup victory, Red Bull's first victory, and Toyota's first victory at Michigan. He did so after a late race gamble of not coming in to pit during the race's final caution. On the final restart, Vickers was first and Jimmie Johnson was second. With a little over forty laps to go, Vickers stayed behind Johnson most of the time; trying to save fuel. With just over three laps to go, Johnson ran out of fuel, while Vickers barely had enough to claim the win. This victory was also the first one for Red Bull Racing and the first for Red Bull's sponsorship in NASCAR.

Two days after the win, Vickers signed a multi-year extension with Red Bull.

After finishing seventh in the Chevy Rock and Roll 400 at Richmond, Vickers clinched a spot in the 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup. He would finish twelfth in the standings; his highest points finish to date. His six poles in 2009 were second to Mark Martin's seven for most poles of the year. Vickers also had four top fives and 13 top tens with an average finish of 17.3.

2010

On May 13, 2010, it was announced that Vickers, who had earned three top 10s in the first 11 races, would not be participating in the Autism Speaks 400 at Dover International Speedway due to an undisclosed medical condition, later revealed to be blood clots in his legs and around his lungs.[8] Casey Mears was announced as his replacement. This ended a streak of 87 consecutive starts, which dated back to Atlanta in 2007.[8] Vickers hoped to run a handful of laps before handing the car over to a relief driver in order to earn points, but was not medically cleared.[8]

On May 21, 2010, six days after being released from a hospital for the aforementioned blood clot issue, it was announced that Vickers would miss the remainder of the season. His replacements were Casey Mears, Reed Sorenson, Mattias Ekstrom,[9] Boris Said, and Kasey Kahne.[10] Vickers' abbreviated 2010 season consisted of three top 10s in eleven races.

2011

Vickers during the 2011 Toyota/Save Mart 350

Vickers was cleared to race in 2011. His season started out in the big one at Daytona, where he finished 31st. A week later at Phoenix, he was involved in the big one again when Matt Kenseth and him made contact; triggering a 13-car pileup. Vickers was involved in two other notable run-ins with Kenseth in the fall races at Martinsville and Phoenix as well as run-ins with Tony Stewart at Sonoma, Marcos Ambrose at Richmond, and Jamie McMurray at Martinsville. He would finish the year 25th in points with seven top 10s. After season's end, Red Bull shut down its Cup Series team, leaving Vickers without a ride for 2012. BK Racing bought the assets and offered Vickers a ride for 2012 but he declined, leaving Vickers on the sidelines.

2012

Vickers started the 2012 season without a ride, but it was announced in early March that he would drive the No. 55 Toyota for Michael Waltrip Racing at both races at Bristol, Martinsville, and Loudon, sharing the ride with Mark Martin and Michael Waltrip.[11] In his first race in the No. 55, Vickers dominated the first half of the race, leading for 125 laps. He would eventually finish 5th. On March 30, Michael Waltrip Racing announced that Vickers would drive at Sonoma, and Watkins Glen, expanding his race schedule to eight races in the No. 55.[12] Vickers also drove the team's AF Corse-Waltrip No. 61 Ferrari in the GTE-AM class for the FIA World Endurance Championship at the 6 Hours of Spa and the 24 Heures du Mans. Vickers announced at the fall Martinsville race that he renewed his contract with MWR and will race 9 more times in the No. 55 car next year sharing the ride with Mark Martin (24) and Michael Waltrip (3). Additionally, Vickers will return to the Nationwide Series full-time, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing.[13]

2013

Vickers during the 2013 STP Gas Booster 500

For his 2013 season, Vickers performed well at Bristol. His second ride in the No. 55 at Martinsville was unlucky. He had crashed in the early laps and after repairing his car, got back on the lead lap and then spun around. After again getting back on to the lead lap, on the final lap of the race he passed Danica Patrick for 11th place. Seconds later he was intentionally spun by Kevin Harvick who was angry with Vickers for prior contact. In reply Vickers bumped Harvick when entering pit road after the race was over; he climbed out and the two briefly argued. Vickers ran the No. 11 FedEx Toyota at Texas, Kansas and Richmond for an injured Denny Hamlin. Though Hamlin returned at Talladega for the Aaron's 499, Vickers substituted for him on lap 23, though he was eventually collected in The Big One less than 15 laps after the switch.[14]

Vickers' 2013 Nationwide Series car at Road America

At Sonoma, Vickers started in 34th place in his 3rd ride for MWR in the No. 55 Toyota. He led 4 laps and had a very fast racecar, even though he had to start at the rear of the field because Jason Bowles had qualified the car as Vickers was racing at Road America. While his MWR teammates Martin Truex Jr. and Clint Bowyer ended up in the top ten, with Truex winning, Vickers ended up in 13th place.

Vickers led 63 laps in the Nationwide Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway but finished second to Kyle Busch. Ironically, the next day, Vickers held off Busch to win his third career Sprint Cup Series race during the 2013 Camping World RV Sales 301 at New Hampshire after making a late race pass on Tony Stewart, and retaining the lead on a green-white-checkered finish as Stewart ran out of fuel.[15] For Vickers, this broke a 75-race winless streak (not counting the races he had missed in 2010). On August 13, 2013, Vickers was announced as the full-time driver of the No. 55 for the 2014 and 2015 seasons;[16] on August 19, it was announced that following the release of Mark Martin to substitute for the injured Tony Stewart, Vickers would drive the No. 55 in twelve of the season's final 13 races, the exception being Talladega, where Michael Waltrip will drive the car, as previously scheduled.[17]

After the Federated Auto Parts 400 in early September, Vickers was determined to be one of the drivers involved in an attempt to manipulate the race so Michael Waltrip Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr. would earn a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. The team was fined a record $300,000 and 50 championship points were deducted per car.[18]

On October 14, 2013, it was announced that Vickers would be forced to sit out the rest of the season due to the discovery of a blood clot in his right calf, a similar issue to the one that caused him to sit out much of 2010;[19] Elliott Sadler substituted for Vickers in the No. 55 Sprint Cup car in the final four races of the season.[20]

2014

Vickers driving the 55 at Sonoma Raceway in 2014

In August 2013, Michael Waltrip Racing announced that Vickers would drive the No. 55 full-time starting in 2014.[21] Billy Scott was named Vickers' crew chief, having previously served as lead engineer of the No. 55 team for the past two seasons.[22][23] Vickers' best finish of the year was a 2nd at the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona when the rain came in and Vickers missed a huge 25 car pileup and a 4th at Texas when he took two tires on the final stop.

2015

On December 15, 2014, it was announced that Vickers would miss part of the 2015 season due to health issues. Vickers said that his body had been rejecting an artificial patch which had been inserted in 2010 to fix a hole in his heart. He had corrective surgery in December to repair the hole that was a success, and said that he would need time for rest and rehabilitation. Vickers implied in January that he only would miss a few races.[24] On January 21, 2015, it was announced that Vickers had been medically cleared to return to racing in March, with his season debut expected at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 8.[25][26] It was also announced that NASCAR had granted him a waiver to make him eligible for the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship should he qualify.[26]

Vickers' replacements in the 55 were team boss Michael Waltrip and MWR test driver Brett Moffitt. Before the 2015 Auto Club 400, it was announced that Vickers would again be sidelined because of more blood clots. While Vickers is sidelined, his sponsor on the 55 car will be Janssen Pharmaceutica and their brand of Xarelto. His replacement would again be Moffitt.[27] The same week, Vickers also announced he would be taking blood thinner medication and cannot race for at least three months. On April 28, MWR announced that David Ragan would drive the 55 for the rest of the season. Vickers did not run another race for the rest of 2015.

With his racing future uncertain, Vickers joined NASCAR on NBC as an analyst and worked selected Sprint Cup races on the network during the season.[28]

2016

Vickers' 2016 Cup car for Stewart-Haas Racing

In 2016, Stewart-Haas Racing hired Vickers as an interim driver of its No. 14 Chevrolet SS for all the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events with all sponsors besides Bass Pro Shops (which Ty Dillon was hired for) after Tony Stewart was injured in a sand rail accident.[29] Vickers' best finish of the season was 7th at Martinsville for the running of the STP 500.[30]

Personal life

The son of Clyde and Ramona Vickers,[31] Vickers was born in Thomasville, North Carolina, and now resides in a suburb of New York City.

He is married to Sarah Kellen,[32] user of the alias Sarah Kensington, who is known for her alleged role as the "sex scheduler" in Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking of underage girls. She was given federal immunity under Epstein's non-prosecution agreement.[33] New York federal prosecutors say they aren't bound by a deal signed by Miami federal prosecutors.[34]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NSCC Pts Ref
2003 Hendrick Motorsports 60 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX TAL MAR CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT
33
MAR 49th 379 [35]
25 ATL
43
PHO
13
CAR
24
HOM
34
2004 DAY
39
CAR
16
LVS
23
ATL
21
DAR
23
BRI
35
TEX
12
MAR
13
TAL
27
CAL
29
RCH
8
CLT
15
DOV
23
POC
13
MCH
9
SON
22
DAY
9
CHI
14
NHA
34
POC
14
IND
29
GLN
30
MCH
22
BRI
20
CAL
13
RCH
37
NHA
22
DOV
38
TAL
36
KAN
19
CLT
40
MAR
27
ATL
7
PHO
18
DAR
21
HOM
18
25th 3521 [36]
2005 DAY
21
CAL
21
LVS
43
ATL
6
BRI
12
MAR
35
TEX
34
PHO
5
TAL
37
DAR
16
RCH
32
CLT
31*
DOV
6
POC
2*
MCH
41
SON
34
DAY
29
CHI
4
NHA
11
POC
14
IND
3
GLN
8
MCH
9
BRI
20
CAL
3
RCH
37
NHA
13
DOV
14
TAL
6
KAN
11
CLT
12
MAR
36
ATL
15
TEX
19
PHO
26
HOM
43
17th 3847 [37]
2006 DAY
7
CAL
18
LVS
22
ATL
23
BRI
37
MAR
8
TEX
43
PHO
13
TAL
3
RCH
37
DAR
41
CLT
37
DOV
23
POC
4
MCH
17
SON
14
DAY
18
CHI
13
NHA
17
POC
4
IND
17
GLN
16
MCH
15
BRI
33
CAL
41
RCH
24
NHA
5
DOV
29
KAN
8
TAL
1
CLT
10
MAR
17
ATL
19
TEX
27
PHO
11
HOM
21
15th 3906 [38]
2007 Team Red Bull 83 Toyota DAY
DNQ
CAL
10
LVS
DNQ
ATL
42
BRI
15
MAR
DNQ
TEX
14
PHO
DNQ
TAL
DNQ
RCH
DNQ
DAR
43
CLT
5
DOV
19
POC
35
MCH
41
SON
DNQ
NHA
DNQ
DAY
29
CHI
DNQ
IND
21
POC
29
GLN
41
MCH
8
BRI
DNQ
CAL
8
RCH
24
NHA
43
DOV
16
KAN
DNQ
TAL
39
CLT
DNQ
MAR
DNQ
ATL
10
TEX
23
PHO
21
HOM
42
38th 2065 [39]
2008 DAY
12
CAL
11
LVS
24
ATL
9
BRI
39
MAR
23
TEX
16
PHO
25
TAL
5
RCH
28
DAR
25
CLT
42
DOV
13
POC
2
MCH
4
SON
14
NHA
16
DAY
11
CHI
6
IND
42
POC
28
GLN
18
MCH
7
BRI
20
CAL
12
RCH
36
NHA
35
DOV
31
KAN
15
TAL
35
CLT
18
MAR
11
ATL
21
TEX
18
PHO
42
19th 3580 [40]
84 HOM
32
2009 83 DAY
39
CAL
10
LVS
8
ATL
5
BRI
29
MAR
33
TEX
16
PHO
19
TAL
8
RCH
15
DAR
31
CLT
5
DOV
25
POC
21
MCH
9
SON
16
NHA
35
DAY
7
CHI
7
IND
5
POC
6
GLN
11
MCH
1
BRI
12
ATL
7
RCH
7
NHA
11
DOV
18
KAN
37
CAL
29
CLT
34
MAR
11
TAL
13
TEX
26
PHO
38
HOM
20
12th 5929 [41]
2010 DAY
15
CAL
12
LVS
31
ATL
7
BRI
15
MAR
6
PHO
37
TEX
38
TAL
29
RCH
20
DAR
10
DOV CLT POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH NHA DOV KAN CAL CLT MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 40th 1158 [42]
2011 DAY
31
PHO
30
LVS
10
BRI
36
CAL
8
MAR
17
TEX
27
TAL
38
RCH
10
DAR
34
DOV
5
CLT
18
KAN
16
POC
22
MCH
10
SON
36
DAY
12
KEN
27
NHA
34
IND
15
POC
39
GLN
18
MCH
15
BRI
21
ATL
11
RCH
33
CHI
13
NHA
5
DOV
14
KAN
19
CLT
20
TAL
5
MAR
30
TEX
21
PHO
23
HOM
17
25th 846 [43]
2012 Michael Waltrip Racing 55 Toyota DAY PHO LVS BRI
5
CAL MAR
18
TEX KAN RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON
4
KEN DAY NHA
15
IND POC GLN
43
MCH BRI
4
ATL RCH CHI NHA
9
DOV TAL CLT KAN MAR
8
TEX PHO HOM 35th 250 [44]
2013 DAY PHO LVS BRI
8
CAL MAR
11
SON
13
KEN
31
DAY NHA
1
IND POC GLN
32
MCH BRI
4
ATL
10
RCH
24
CHI
38
NHA
7
DOV
12
KAN
32
CLT
25
TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 78th -502 [45]
Joe Gibbs Racing 11 Toyota TEX
8
KAN
31
RCH
35
TAL
RL
DAR CLT DOV POC MCH
2014 Michael Waltrip Racing 55 Toyota DAY
30
PHO
25
LVS
13
BRI
9
CAL
7
MAR
16
TEX
4
DAR
26
RCH
12
TAL
4
KAN
14
CLT
6
DOV
43
POC
19
MCH
42
SON
14
KEN
26
DAY
2
NHA
21
IND
19
POC
37
GLN
10
MCH
19
BRI
21
ATL
15
RCH
13
CHI
24
NHA
10
DOV
15
KAN
10
CLT
37
TAL
20
MAR
27
TEX
16
PHO
19
HOM
23
22nd 921 [46]
2015 DAY ATL LVS
15
PHO
41
CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT KAN TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 45th 32 [47]
2016 Stewart-Haas Racing 14 Chevy DAY
26
ATL LVS
36
PHO CAL
13
MAR
7
TEX
37
BRI RCH TAL KAN DOV CLT POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA IND POC GLN BRI MCH DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT KAN TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 42nd 86 [48]
- Relieved Denny Hamlin
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
2004 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 35 39
2005 28 21
2006 35 7
2007 Team Red Bull Toyota DNQ
2008 23 12
2009 6 39
2010 22 15
2011 27 31
2014 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 31 30
2016 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 18 26

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NNSC Pts Ref
2001 BLV Motorsports 29 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW
37
GLN CHI GTY PPR IRP
32
MCH BRI DAR RCH
29
DOV KAN CLT MEM PHO CAR
25
HOM 72nd 283 [49]
2002 40 Dodge DAY CAR
25
LVS
20
DAR
37
BRI
14
TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH
7
NHA NZH CLT
26
DOV NSH KEN
32
MLW
28
DAY CHI
31
GTY PPR
21
IRP
19
MCH BRI
38
DAR
37
RCH
DNQ
DOV
13
KAN
39
CLT
28
MEM
13
ATL
12
CAR
21
PHO
11
HOM
34
30th 1914 [50]
2003 Hendrick Motorsports 5 Chevy DAY
42
CAR
8
LVS
13
DAR
7
BRI
14
TEX
25*
TAL
23
NSH
9
CAL
19
RCH
16
GTY
4
NZH
2
CLT
14
DOV
5
NSH
10
KEN
6
MLW
2
DAY
7
CHI
3
NHA
4
PPR
29
IRP
1
MCH
19
BRI
7
DAR
1
RCH
4
DOV
1*
KAN
32
CLT
4
MEM
5*
ATL
31
PHO
3
CAR
6
HOM
11
1st 4637 [51]
2005 Hendrick Motorsports 57 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR
43
RCH CLT
13
DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY
31
CHI NHA PPR GTY IRP MCH
DNQ
BRI CAL RCH DOV
8
KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM
23
60th 654 [52]
5 GLN
3*
2006 57 DAY
32
CAL
9
MXC LVS ATL
7
BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL
4
RCH DAR
12
CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY
2
CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH
16
BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM
13
42nd 1062 [53]
2007 Braun Racing 32 Toyota DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY
13
CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN 53rd 796 [54]
10 MCH
6
BRI
36
CAL
27
RCH
6
DOV KAN
9
CLT MEM TEX PHO
27
HOM
2008 DAY
4
CAL
CLT
5
DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA CHI
4
GTY IRP CGV GLN BRI
9
TEX
37
PHO HOM 36th 1544 [55]
32 LVS
36
ATL
22
BRI NSH TEX
6
PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR DAY
37
MCH
2
CAL
3
RCH DOV KAN CLT
3
MEM
2009 DAY
6
CAL
8
LVS
3
BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL
20
RCH DAR
10
CLT
4
DOV
4
NSH KEN MLW NHA
12
DAY
7
CHI
3
GTY IRP IOW GLN
37
MCH
2*
BRI CGV ATL
13
RCH DOV KAN
28
CAL
2
CLT
4
MEM TEX
7
PHO HOM 20th 2403 [56]
2010 DAY
5
CAL
8
LVS
5
BRI NSH PHO TEX TAL
9
RCH DAR
9
DOV CLT NSH KEN ROA NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT GTY TEX PHO HOM 56th 733 [57]
2011 Turner Motorsports Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX TAL NSH RCH DAR DOV IOW CLT CHI MCH ROA DAY KEN NHA NSH IRP IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI DOV KAN
8
CLT
10
TEX
10
PHO HOM 111th 01 [58]
2012 Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO
2
HOM 114th 01 [59]
2013 DAY
19
PHO
17
LVS
3
BRI
3
CAL
34
TEX
9
RCH
4
TAL
15
DAR
3
CLT
11
DOV
2
IOW
29
MCH
33
ROA
6
KEN
4
DAY
13
NHA
2
CHI
5
IND
4
IOW
3
GLN
3
MOH
5
BRI
34
ATL
15
RCH
7
CHI
6
KEN
7
DOV
4
KAN
29
CLT
31
TEX PHO HOM 10th 970 [60]

Autozone West Series

NASCAR Autozone West Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NAWC Pts Ref
2006 Hendrick Motorsports 17 Chevy PHO PHO S99 IRW SON
1*
DCS IRW EVG S99 CAL CTS AMP 42nd 185 [61]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
2 Despite being ineligible for Cup Series points that season, Vickers was also penalized 50 Cup Series points at fall Richmond for his team's involvement in a race manipulation scheme.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2012 Italy AF Corse-Waltrip United States Rob Kauffmann
Portugal Rui Águas
Ferrari 458 Italia GT LM GTE
Am
294 31st 6th
Sources:[62][63]

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1982  J. Ingram
1983  S. Ard
1984  S. Ard
1985  J. Ingram
1986  L. Pearson
1987  L. Pearson
1988  T. Ellis

1989  R. Moroso
1990  C. Bown
1991  B. Labonte
1992  J. Nemechek
1993  S. Grissom
1994  D. Green
1995  J. Benson Jr.

1996  R. LaJoie
1997  R. LaJoie
1998  D. Earnhardt Jr.
1999  D. Earnhardt Jr.
2000  J. Green
2001  K. Harvick
2002  G. Biffle

2003  B. Vickers
2004  M. Truex Jr.
2005  M. Truex Jr.
2006  K. Harvick
2007  C. Edwards
2008  C. Bowyer
2009  Ky. Busch

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2011  R. Stenhouse Jr.
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2013  A. Dillon
2014  C. Elliott
2015  C. Buescher
2016  D. Suárez

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