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About two hours after he finished 14th in Sunday's Dodge/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway, Brian Vickers appeared on television to announce he would drive a Toyota Camry for Red Bull Racing in 2007.

Vickers, who little more than a week ago revealed a "mutual" decision to sever his four-year relationship with Hendrick Motorsports, announced a multi-year deal with Red Bull, one of three teams that will race Toyotas next season, on SPEED's Wind Tunnel.

With his result Sunday, Vickers moved up two positions in the Nextel Cup standings to 20th. He has two top-five and four top-10 finishes in 16 starts.

Vickers, who won Saturday's AutoZone Elite Grand National West Series race at Infineon, using a car formerly driven by the late Ricky Hendrick and carrying Hendrick's number and paint scheme, said he was "committed" to Hendrick Motorsports for the rest of the 2006 season.

Red Bull previously announced a limited program of Nextel Cup races at the end of this season using driver Bill Elliott. Toyota is scheduled to make its first Nextel Cup start at the 2007 Daytona 500.
 
we'll see him miss races left and right comes next season, brian is stupid.
 
i disagree. vickers is a quality racer and i think he'll do a good job. congrats to him.
 
Going to a new team with new engines from an established Hendrick team. Hope he does well. I bet there are many drivers who would love to do the exact opposite.
 
Did Jarrett catch this much flack for heading over to a Toyota team?? Doesn't really seem like he did. I'm wondering if it's because he's nearer the end of his racing career while Vickers is just at the start.

I know both would love to win, and neither was getting anywhere with their respective teams. It's not like they're going to Team Kia or something, Toyota has motorsports experience and you know they will do whatever it takes to win.

Everyone says that you can't judge their future on how well they've done in the truck series, but I think it's a good indicator.

I hate to see him leave the team I root for, but hopefully this change will do him some good.
 
TeamHendrick said:
Did Jarrett catch this much flack for heading over to a Toyota team?? Doesn't really seem like he did. I'm wondering if it's because he's nearer the end of his racing career while Vickers is just at the start.

I know both would love to win, and neither was getting anywhere with their respective teams. It's not like they're going to Team Kia or something, Toyota has motorsports experience and you know they will do whatever it takes to win.

Everyone says that you can't judge their future on how well they've done in the truck series, but I think it's a good indicator.

I hate to see him leave the team I root for, but hopefully this change will do him some good.
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I guess you didn't pay attention to the Jarrett threads then, because he caught far MORE hell than BV is.

However I find it odd that people want to automatically claim all the static is because they've moved to Toyota, when in fact for many of us that has no bearing on our opinions. I for 1 am glad Toyota is coming into NASCAR, but think both are stupid for leaving the teams they're with to go to an unknown. And in DJ's case to MWR, that has to be the dumbest move so far.
 
Eagle1 said:
I guess you didn't pay attention to the Jarrett threads then, because he caught far MORE hell than BV is.

However I find it odd that people want to automatically claim all the static is because they've moved to Toyota, when in fact for many of us that has no bearing on our opinions. I for 1 am glad Toyota is coming into NASCAR, but think both are stupid for leaving the teams they're with to go to an unknown. And in DJ's case to MWR, that has to be the dumbest move so far.
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I happen to think that both moves were good ones. Vickers will do well, also he is interested in racing open wheel cars someday , so the hook up with Red Bull will probably get him that chance. DJ is no dummy, he went with MW for the simple fact that it was a good business decision. I still feel the same way i did a few weeks ago that DJ or another driver on MWs' team will get a win in 07.
 
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