Brian Vickers - I'll be back.

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A little BV update.....

Brian Vickers plans to race this year


DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Brian Vickers, who will miss the Daytona 500 for the first time since 2007, vows he will be back in a Sprint Cup car in 2012.

In a video posted on Facebook before Saturday's Budweiser Shootout, the former Red Bull Racing driver explained why he doesn't have a ride for the Daytona 500 and what his plans are for the future.

"I'm right now sitting at home, but that's OK," Vickers said in the video. "I've got some great ideas that I'm very excited about. We're working with and talking to several of the sponsors in exploring a lot of options. I'm not going to fill you all in yet, but some options I'm pretty excited about.

"The point of the story is, I plan on being in a race car in 2012, hopefully in a car that I can win with and contend for championships with. I will keep you up to date. There will be more updates to follow, hopefully soon, as to what those plans are."

Vickers did not return messages from ESPN.com. He began his remarks by thanking everyone from fans to media for their support over the past few years. The 2003 Nationwide Series champion explained that he explored many options for this season, but none that "were the right fit."

"It has to be a two-way street and it has to be a fit for them as well as for me, where I feel I can be happy," Vickers said. "But most importantly, (to) compete at a level to win races and contend for championships. Unfortunately, I was not able to find that fit that made sense for me."

Vickers has two wins and 11 poles in 255 Sprint Cup starts. His lone win for Red Bull Racing came at Michigan in 2009, when he made the Chase and finished 12th.

Vickers missed much of the 2010 season after blood clots were discovered in his veins. He returned to finish 25th in points in a 2011 season that ended with an ugly feud with Roush Fenway Racing driver Matt Kenseth.

Vickers and Kenseth got into it initially in the fall race at Martinsville and later at Phoenix after Vickers vowed revenge. He was involved in so many incidents at Martinsville that good friend Jimmie Johnson did not come to his defense.

"After a fourth, fifth time with the same car in the crash, you start thinking about maybe you're the problem," Johnson said.

Vickers said in the video that he tried to organize financial groups to help purchase Red Bull Racing assets after the organization decided to shut down following the season. Once that failed, he looked at several other organizations in need of drivers.

Among the teams that added new drivers after the season were Penske Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports and Phoenix Racing.

"We went from sitting on poles and winning races and contending in the Chase to rushing to the hospital, being out of the race car, back in the car," Vickers said. "Now, unfortunately, I'm sitting at home during the Daytona Bud Shootout, one of my favorite races, by the way."

Vickers said he expects to be at Daytona International Speedway at some point this weekend.
"I can't tell you how much your support over this weekend, and quite frankly the last several years, has meant to me," he concluded in the video. "But I promise you I'll be back in a car and I'm going to contend for wins, and I'm excited about it."
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From here.
 
I hope he does and proves the people wrong who judge him on a few races last year.
 
he's a good driver. i hope he does make it back. he's not the first driver to let his emotions cost him good driving opportunities.
 
I dunno, Bobby. He drives better than many who have CUP rides. He could easily be a teammate of KuBu at James Finch's operation...
 
This turned into a bash thread pretty quick. Vickers is a decent driver who lost his cool after getting knocked around by veterans with more talent and better cars. Perhaps Brians biggest problem was being so pliant and moving over too quick for most of his career. When he was racing for his career last year, those guys he was so obliging to were spoiled and impatient. When he got to Martinsville, he was clearly out of control, but I doubt he really cared at that point.

Just a thought.
 
BobbyFord said:
I don't believe Phoenix Racing will be a threat this year.
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What does that have to do with the price of tea in china?

Robby is talking of driving ability
robbybee said:
I dunno, Bobby. He drives better than many who have CUP rides. He could easily be a teammate of KuBu at James Finch's operation...
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What does that statement have to do with
BobbyFord said:
I don't believe Phoenix Racing will be a threat this year.
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BobbyFord said:
I don't believe Phoenix Racing will be a threat this year.
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As far as PR being a threat, they are a threat to win a race. I believe that.

Kurt Busch, Jimmie Johnson and Tony Stewart are the only men to win races year in, and year out. That's a fact.

As far as PR winning a title, probably not. But, it can be done, give them a couple years, give Kurt the time to pull up his "manties" and get on with what matters, winning races.
 
I wish people would quit ragging on Vickers for what happened with Kenseth. Kenseth blatently and unprovoked wrecked Vickers about 7 times last year, many of them Vickers was running in the top 10, and one or two he had a car good enough to win. Kenseth was the bad guy in those instances. The fact that it took an entire season of that crap happening for Vickers to retaliate says something about the type of clean driver Vickers is. And before people say "well he turned 5 Time to win at Talladega"...show me a driver who hasnt turned someone while going for a win. He is villified, yet guys like Smoke, Gordon, Rowdy, Kurt Busch, Kenseth himself, Biffle, Edwards, etc. etc...have all done the same thing. The duplicity, ignorance, and hypocracy, just astounds me.
 
Spike said:
I wish people would quit ragging on Vickers for what happened with Kenseth. Kenseth blatently and unprovoked wrecked Vickers about 7 times last year, many of them Vickers was running in the top 10, and one or two he had a car good enough to win. Kenseth was the bad guy in those instances. The fact that it took an entire season of that crap happening for Vickers to retaliate says something about the type of clean driver Vickers is. And before people say "well he turned 5 Time to win at Talladega"...show me a driver who hasnt turned someone while going for a win. He is villified, yet guys like Smoke, Gordon, Rowdy, Kurt Busch, Kenseth himself, Biffle, Edwards, etc. etc...have all done the same thing. The duplicity, ignorance, and hypocracy, just astounds me.
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I'm not sure it was 7, but the hypocracy thing is spot on. Imagine if someone had a tantrum on lap 50 at Sonoma like Tony did. He bent up 4 other cars because he didn't want to check up. Then he has the arrogance to announce he will put people in the wall when they block for the rest of his career.
 
Spike said:
I wish people would quit ragging on Vickers for what happened with Kenseth. Kenseth blatently and unprovoked wrecked Vickers about 7 times last year, many of them Vickers was running in the top 10, and one or two he had a car good enough to win. Kenseth was the bad guy in those instances. The fact that it took an entire season of that crap happening for Vickers to retaliate says something about the type of clean driver Vickers is. And before people say "well he turned 5 Time to win at Talladega"...show me a driver who hasnt turned someone while going for a win. He is villified, yet guys like Smoke, Gordon, Rowdy, Kurt Busch, Kenseth himself, Biffle, Edwards, etc. etc...have all done the same thing. The duplicity, ignorance, and hypocracy, just astounds me.
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I'd have to agree with you Spike. I hope Vickers finds a ride
 
BobbyFord said:
Because Robby said that Brian could end up being Kurt Busch's team mate.
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I doubt it, but he could end up being Kurts replacement when he moves on next year.

I think the point some people are trying to make is that Vickers isn't the wrecking ball some are saying he is.
 
Spike said:
I wish people would quit ragging on Vickers for what happened with Kenseth. Kenseth blatently and unprovoked wrecked Vickers about 7 times last year, many of them Vickers was running in the top 10, and one or two he had a car good enough to win. Kenseth was the bad guy in those instances. The fact that it took an entire season of that crap happening for Vickers to retaliate says something about the type of clean driver Vickers is. And before people say "well he turned 5 Time to win at Talladega"...show me a driver who hasnt turned someone while going for a win. He is villified, yet guys like Smoke, Gordon, Rowdy, Kurt Busch, Kenseth himself, Biffle, Edwards, etc. etc...have all done the same thing. The duplicity, ignorance, and hypocracy, just astounds me.
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Very well said Spike.

lisa_c said:
I just don't think Vicker's is that great of a driver. He never showed me anything.
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He's shown more than than a lot of other guys. BV is a NW champ, right? And he has won. He just got a bad rap when he screwed JJ and DJ for the win at Dega. I don't even know if he was shooting to win and just wrecked two other guys. Just Dunno.

These are hard times for a lot of guys. And some guys like BV aren't just going to take any old ride to stay at the track every week. Some guys don't want to do the non competitive thing. Especially when you are a guy like BV and are used to good equipment and good staff. Kurt's a different animal, having won a title and being a perennial winning driver, he's up to taking on a newer challenge. It might be just what he needs.
 
If ability is all that mattered, Vickers would have a Ride and JR wouldn't. It's about how many sponsor $$ you bring to the table, not how good a driver you are.
 
I've never really liked or hated Vickers but he moved to a lot of peoples bad **** list on these forums last season. Personally I don't care if we do or don't ever see him again.
 
sloggie said:
If ability is all that mattered, Vickers would have a Ride and JR wouldn't. It's about how many sponsor $$ you bring to the table, not how good a driver you are.
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Oh please . Junior is a top ten driver , Brian is a long way from that .
 
MOEJOE said:
Kurt Busch, Jimmie Johnson and Tony Stewart are the only men to win races year in, and year out. That's a fact.
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At least put the right man on top of that short list of three, Tony Stewart has won a race in 13 consecutive seasons to their 10. That's impressive as all heck in today's NASCAR world IMO. Only one other driver that is still active achieved a longer consecutive winning streak during his career.
 
Tough economy everyone knows that point. Brian should have known it too, but he in deed closed out 2012 like the wrecking ball. Martinsville was Vickers against the field not just Matt.


Matt did take him and out and that was foolish, but that was near the end of the day, long after Vickers had demonstated idiocy throughout the entire race.


After that race I heard more about a vow to get Matt back, then I heard about wanting to win. So why would any owner want a head case who is unable to understand the objective ( you know that checkerd flag, victory lane etc).


When he fulfilled vow, on the very same day his teamate was doing the right thing (win), the contrasting mentalities are self evident. It should have been easier for Vickers to have the urgency, as in dude you have only two more races, so keep your eye on the ball at Phoneix.


Matt, or Stewart didnt force the idoicy either, Vickers just wasnt focused at one of the most critical times of his career when he needed to impress, he owns that failure.
The world isn't fair, just do your job remember the big picture.


BTW I do not hate Vickers, just stating the obvious.
He will probably be back with a sponsor but that will be the only thing working for him, it wont be an owner that just loves his driving closing the deal.
 
No one even seems to miss him. He's barely been mentioned on any of the NASCAR related broadcasts so far.
 
Spike said:
I wish people would quit ragging on Vickers for what happened with Kenseth. Kenseth blatently and unprovoked wrecked Vickers about 7 times last year, many of them Vickers was running in the top 10, and one or two he had a car good enough to win. Kenseth was the bad guy in those instances. The fact that it took an entire season of that crap happening for Vickers to retaliate says something about the type of clean driver Vickers is. And before people say "well he turned 5 Time to win at Talladega"...show me a driver who hasnt turned someone while going for a win. He is villified, yet guys like Smoke, Gordon, Rowdy, Kurt Busch, Kenseth himself, Biffle, Edwards, etc. etc...have all done the same thing. The duplicity, ignorance, and hypocracy, just astounds me.
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Kenseth has always raced dirty. Why is it everytime he's involved in an incident, it's the other guys' fault. Kenseth deliberately wrecked Tony Stewart a couple times. He intentionally dumped Gordon at Bristol several years ago. He intentionally wrecked Harvick a few times in 2003 and again at Pocono in 2004. He's dumped Vickers a few times prior to that incident at Martinsville. Vickers finally stood up for his rights.

And quite frankly, I'm glad someone put Kenseth in his place.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
Kenseth has always raced dirty. Why is it everytime he's involved in an incident, it's the other guys' fault. Kenseth deliberately wrecked Tony Stewart a couple times. He intentionally dumped Gordon at Bristol several years ago. He intentionally wrecked Harvick a few times in 2003 and again at Pocono in 2004. He's dumped Vickers a few times prior to that incident at Martinsville. Vickers finally stood up for his rights.

And quite frankly, I'm glad someone put Kenseth in his place.
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Sweet jesus, Andy, try to look beyond your own nose even once in a while please. Your favorite is the 2nd dirtiest driver and one the bigest a-holes in ALL of Nascar and you talk **** about others? Come on.
 
Greg said:
Tough economy everyone knows that point. Brian should have known it too, but he in deed closed out 2012 like the wrecking ball. Martinsville was Vickers against the field not just Matt.


Matt did take him and out and that was foolish, but that was near the end of the day, long after Vickers had demonstated idiocy throughout the entire race.


After that race I heard more about a vow to get Matt back, then I heard about wanting to win. So why would any owner want a head case who is unable to understand the objective ( you know that checkerd flag, victory lane etc).


When he fulfilled vow, on the very same day his teamate was doing the right thing (win), the contrasting mentalities are self evident. It should have been easier for Vickers to have the urgency, as in dude you have only two more races, so keep your eye on the ball at Phoneix.


Matt, or Stewart didnt force the idoicy either, Vickers just wasnt focused at one of the most critical times of his career when he needed to impress, he owns that failure.
The world isn't fair, just do your job remember the big picture.


BTW I do not hate Vickers, just stating the obvious.
He will probably be back with a sponsor but that will be the only thing working for him, it wont be an owner that just loves his driving closing the deal.
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One wreck off Kenseth's bumper, two wrecks he was caught up in not of his own doing, one wreck coming when he was passing someone and they chop blocked him and the Kenseth finale.

And just about each time he was caught up in a wreck, Vickers was able to drive up through the field. But nobody talks about the wrecks Jr caused and the amount of slamming he did there.
 
#17D500winner said:
Sweet jesus, Andy, try to look beyond your own nose even once in a while please. Your favorite is the 2nd dirtiest driver and one the bigest a-holes in ALL of Nascar and you talk **** about others? Come on.
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Martin or Harvick?

I call Harvick out when he does wrong. And he didn't even wrong Logano to be fair. Logano and Busch (Pocono 2010, Homestead 2010 respectively) kept chop blocking him. Logano did it with like 3 laps to go in a race. Hate to break it to you, but you chop any driver repeatedly in the closing laps of a race and you're destined for the wall. Logano drives like a butt hole, then whines when other drivers race him too hard. Newman should've cleaned his clock when he had the chance. As for Busch, Busch was blocking the hell out of Harvick to protect Hamlin in the championship chase. I would've done the same thing Harvick did.
 
#17D500winner said:
Sweet jesus, Andy, try to look beyond your own nose even once in a while please. Your favorite is the 2nd dirtiest driver and one the bigest a-holes in ALL of Nascar and you talk **** about others? Come on.
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Oh, biggest a-holes?

Harvick actually treats his fans with respect. And his crew members, most of the time. When Harvick lashes out at his crew, he complains about losing 10 positions on pit road or 22 second pit stops.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
Martin or Harvick?

I call Harvick out when he does wrong. And he didn't even wrong Logano to be fair. Logano and Busch (Pocono 2010, Homestead 2010 respectively) kept chop blocking him. Logano did it with like 3 laps to go in a race. Hate to break it to you, but you chop any driver repeatedly in the closing laps of a race and you're destined for the wall. Logano drives like a butt hole, then whines when other drivers race him too hard. Newman should've cleaned his clock when he had the chance. As for Busch, Busch was blocking the hell out of Harvick to protect Hamlin in the championship chase. I would've done the same thing Harvick did.
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Every driver you mentioned has done no different, better or worse than any of the others you didn't. If we're going to bring up what Kenseth has done to other drivers, then I think we should also mention what THAT driver(s) has also done to others. Not one of the drivers you talked about being wronged by #17 is anyway, shape or forum innocent of the same. Remember what Stewart did to Kenseth a few years back in the 500?

As Vickers, his actions last year speak for themselve, 100%, and what has gone on bewteen other drivers in no way vindcates him.
 
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