Player Page

Brian Vickers |

Team: Joe Gibbs Racing-20-NNS
Age / DOB:  (29) / 10/24/1983
Ht / Wt:  5'11 / 170

Latest News

Recent News

Brian Vickers tops the speed chart in the Happy Hour practice session for the Nationwide Series VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway.
He ran a fast lap of 171.124 in the No. 20 Toyota Camry. No. 11 Elliott Sadler, No. 7 Regan Smith, No. 3 Austin Dillon and No. 6 Trevor Bayne rounded out the top five of the 42 cars out on the track. The No. 70, driven by Tony Raines, was the slowest in the final practice session. May 10 - 4:29 PM

Highest Searched Drivers over the last 7 days


Player News

Date:
Brian Vickers - Joe Gibbs Racing-20-NNS

Brian Vickers makes his second start in the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season Sunday at Martinsville Speedway.

He’ll drive Michael Waltrip Racing’s No. 55 Jet Edge Toyota on the Virginia half-mile track. The 29-year-old Thomasville, N.C. native finished 18th and eighth last season at Martinsville behind the wheel of the No. 55 Toyota Camry. Vickers will drive nine races in the No. 55 in 2013 including both races at Bristol, Martinsville and New Hampshire. He will also drive the No. 55 at Sonoma, Watkins Glen and Kentucky. He owns 15 starts at Martinsville with three top-10 finishes and has led 27 laps of competition.-Michael Waltrip Racing
Apr 2 - 12:14 PM
Brian Vickers - Joe Gibbs Racing-20-NNS

Joe Gibbs Racing announces that Brian Vickers will take over behind the wheel of the No. 11 FedEx Toyota Camry in the Sprint Cup Series for the injured Denny Hamlin starting on April 13 at Texas Motor Speedway.

It was previously released that Mark Martin would handle the duties behind the wheel for the No. 11 JGR team while Denny Hamlin recovered from injury. Martin will drive the car in Martinsville, but Vickers will now take over the duties beginning in Texas. Said J.D. Gibbs, president of Joe Gibbs Racing. "We're real happy to have the opportunity to get Brian in our Cup cars and with him driving Nationwide for us we think we have some continuity there that is beneficial."
Source: Joe Gibbs Racing
Mar 30 - 11:59 AM
Brian Vickers - Joe Gibbs Racing-20-NNS

Brian Vickers returns to Bristol Motor Speedway where he made his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut for Michael Waltrip Racing in 2012.

And what a debut it was. Vickers led 125 laps and finished fifth. His success continued throughout the season where he scored three top-five and five top-10 finishes in eight races for the Rodney Childers led No. 55 team. The 29-year-old’s nine-race schedule in 2013 includes: all Bristol, Martinsville, and Loudon races plus the Sonoma, Watkins Glen and Kentucky races. Vickers owns 16 starts at Bristol. He has a career-best finish of fourth which came in August of 2012. He has led 127 laps and has six top-15 finishes.-Michael Waltrip Racing
Mar 12 - 9:11 PM
Brian Vickers - Joe Gibbs Racing-20-NNS

Brian Vickers led the most laps of the Nationwide Series Sam’s Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway earning the 3M Lap Leader award.

The No. 30 Toyota Camry driver started on the pole and led 27 of the 200 laps run. He finished the race in third place. Vickers moved up five spots to seventh in the 2013 NNS points.
Mar 9 - 11:05 PM
Brian Vickers - Joe Gibbs Racing-20-NNS

Brian Vickers will run the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 Dollar General Toyota in this weekend’s Nationwide Series race in Phoenix.

Dollar General will return to the NASCAR Nationwide Series and will compete with a full championship season sponsorship with Brian Vickers at the wheel. Vickers will return to the Nationwide Series on a full-time basis in 2013, 10 years after he won three Nationwide races and became the youngest driver to win the Series Championship at the age of 20. Most recently, Vickers spent the 2012 season driving a partial NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule for Michael Waltrip Racing, where he finished in the top 10 in five starts including three top-five efforts. Since 2003, Vickers has continued to compete in the Nationwide Series, often driving the Dollar General car.
Source: BrianVickers.com
Tue, Nov 6, 2012 09:04:00 AM
Brian Vickers - Joe Gibbs Racing-20-NNS

Brian Vickers was at the top of the speed chart in both Saturday practices leading to Sunday’s Sprint Cup Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway.

His laps of 95.966 mph in the first and 95.874 mph in the Happy Hour practices were the quickest of the cars out on the track for these sessions. No. 24 Jeff Gordon, No. 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 11 Denny Hamlin, No. 42 Juan Pablo Montoya, No. 48 Jimmie Johnson and No. 18 Kyle Busch were others running fast laps today.
Sat, Oct 27, 2012 03:44:00 PM
Brian Vickers - Joe Gibbs Racing-20-NNS

Brian Vickers, Mark Martin and Michael Waltrip will continue to share the driving duties in Michael Waltrip Racing’s No. 55 Toyota in 2013.

MWR announced Friday that Martin will drive in 24 NASCAR Sprint Cup points races, plus the Budweiser Shootout in Daytona and the All-Star race in Charlotte. Waltrip’s three races include the July Daytona race plus both Talladega races. Vickers’ nine races include all the Bristol, Martinsville, New Hampshire and road course events, as well as the Kentucky Speedway race. All three drivers have enjoyed success working with Rodney Childers who will return as crew chief in 2013.-Michael Waltrip Racing
Fri, Oct 26, 2012 07:35:00 PM
Brian Vickers - Joe Gibbs Racing-20-NNS

Brian Vickers leads the first practice for the Sprint Cup Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway.

His lap of 97.679 mph in the No. 55 Toyota was the quickest of the 45 cars out on the track for the first practice session. No. 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 11 Denny Hamlin, No. 24 Jeff Gordon and No. 15 Clint Bowyer were the rest of the top five on the speed chart. No. 37 J.J. Yeley was the slowest.
Fri, Oct 26, 2012 02:15:00 PM
Brian Vickers - Joe Gibbs Racing-20-NNS

Brian Vickers makes his eighth and final appearance of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup season on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway.

The Michael Waltrip Racing driver owns three top-five and four top-10 finishes in just seven races in the No. 55 in 2012. The Rodney Childers led team is 14th in owner points with a driver lineup of Mark Martin, Vickers and Waltrip in 2012. Only 15 drivers have more than the three top-5 finishes that Vickers owns in his seven races. Eleven drivers own a better average finish than Vickers’ 14th-place average.-Michael Waltrip Racing
Thu, Oct 25, 2012 10:29:00 PM
Brian Vickers - Joe Gibbs Racing-20-NNS

Rodney Childers, crew chief on the No. 55 Toyota driven by Brian Vickers in the Sprint Cup Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway wins the Moog Problem Solver of the Race award.

The $5,500 award goes to the crew chief that improves the most from first half of the race to the second half utilizing the 40 best lap times (improved 0.298 seconds). Vickers started the race in fourth position and finished in ninth. After making seven of the 28 races this season as a part-time driver of the No. 55, he is currently 35th in the 2012 point standings.
Sun, Sep 23, 2012 09:07:00 PM
Brian Vickers - Joe Gibbs Racing-20-NNS

In 14 starts at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Brian Vickers owns two-top five finishes and has led 57 laps.

He won the pole for the second race in 2009. Sunday’s race marks the seventh of eight scheduled appearances for Vickers who has earned three top-five finishes in 2012. He finished fifth at Bristol in March and posted fourth-place finishes at Sonoma and at his most recent race in Bristol last month. Vickers shares the No. 55 with Mark Martin and Michael Waltrip. His only remaining Sprint Cup race is at Martinsville on Oct. 28.-Michael Waltrip Racing
Wed, Sep 19, 2012 11:29:00 PM
Brian Vickers - Joe Gibbs Racing-20-NNS

This weekend Brian Vickers returns to Bristol Motor Speedway where he made his NASCAR Sprint Cup debut for Michael Waltrip Racing on March 18.

Vickers led 125 laps and finished fifth on a day all three MWR cars posted top-five finishes. The Thomasville, N.C. native continued to impress in his next four races for MWR in 2012 including a fourth-place finish on the road course in Sonoma. After Bristol, Vickers will drive the No. 55 at New Hampshire on Sept. 23 and at Martinsville on Oct. 28.-Michael Waltrip Racing
Tue, Aug 21, 2012 10:36:00 PM
Brian Vickers - Joe Gibbs Racing-20-NNS

This weekend Brian Vickers makes his fifth start in the No. 55 driving the MyClassicGarage Toyota.

Vickers owns seven starts at Watkins Glen International. His career-best finish of eighth came in August 2005. In four starts this season, Vickers has two top-five finishes. He led 125 laps at Bristol en route to a fifth-place finish. He has an average finish of 10.5 and average start of 16.8. Vickers owns 259 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts. He has two wins (Talladega–2006 and Michigan–2009), 11 poles, 23 top-five and 59 top-10 finishes.-Michael Waltrip Racing
Thu, Aug 9, 2012 07:56:00 PM
Brian Vickers - Joe Gibbs Racing-20-NNS

Brian Vickers owns two top-five finishes in 13 starts an New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

This includes a fifth-place finish on Sept. 25, 2011. He won the pole for the July 17, 2005 race. Sunday marks his 259th career Sprint Cup start. He’ll drive Michael Waltrip Racing’s No. 55 MyClassicGarage Toyota on the one mile oval. The 28-year-old Thomasville, N.C. native owns two top-five finishes in just three starts this season including a fourth place finish at Sonoma on June 24.-Michael Waltrip Racing
Mon, Jul 9, 2012 10:18:00 PM