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Brian Vickers angry with Cup teammate Scott Speed over last-lap Nationwide wreck
By Bob Pockrass - Associate Editor
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Braun Racing's Brian Vickers (right) talks with NASCAR Sprint Cup teammate Scott Speed after Saturday's Nationwide Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
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LOUDON, N.H. – Red Bull Racing teammates Brian Vickers and Scott Speed aren’t teammates in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. And it looked like it Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Speed got into the back of Vickers on the final lap of the Camping World RV Sales 200, sending Vickers into the wall. On the cool-down lap, Vickers tapped the rear of Speed’s car and then it appeared as if Speed brake-checked Vickers and they made more contact.
Vickers got out of his Braun Racing car and walked over to talk to Speed, who drives for Michael Waltrip Racing in the Nationwide Series.
“I don’t know what his deal was,” Vickers said. “He wrecked us. … He said that we slowed down going in the corner and I said, ‘No [expletive].’”
NASCAR officials will review the post-race bumping by Vickers and decide if there will be any penalties next week – although this most likely would be considered different than when Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Casey Mears bumped into each other after the Cup race at Phoenix because Mears spun as a result of his postrace contact.
“It’s a shame,” Vickers said. “We had a really good run going. I don’t know what happened. He just drove in way over his head and wrecked us.”
Speed was running sixth while Vickers was fifth at the time of the incident. Speed finished eighth while Vickers came in 12th.
“We all went into the corner and everyone started to check up,” Speed said. “Brian slowed up more than I could and we both went up the track. I couldn’t stop on time. It was unfortunate for both of us because we were both going to have better finishing positions.”
Mentioned Drivers: Brian Vickers
2009 Sprint Cup Race for the Chase Standings
Driver Standings after the Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 6492 |
| 2 | Mark Martin | -108 |
| 3 | Jeff Gordon | -169 |
| 4 | Kurt Busch | -211 |
| 5 | Tony Stewart | -285 |
| 6 | Juan Pablo Montoya | -289 |
| 7 | Greg Biffle | -321 |
| 8 | Denny Hamlin | -352 |
| 9 | Ryan Newman | -411 |
| 10 | Kasey Kahne | -476 |
| 11 | Carl Edwards | -520 |
| 12 | Brian Vickers | -666 |
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Tom Collins said:
Jun 27, 2009 at 6:27 PMThis is much less posted of the whining that went on with Brian PRICKers.His post race "tapping" was rougher than Jr./Mears whereas cryin Brian had his car under Snot Speeds' car.His post race reaction/interview was a joke and he was crying over a top 5 in a series he has no right driving in.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportAnonymous said:
Jun 27, 2009 at 7:18 PMGO SCOTT SPEED!!! YOU GOT A HUGE LOYAL FAN IN THIS CORNER! **** THAT BRIAN VICKERS.
Report as AbusePS. LEAD MORE LAPS IN CUP WHEN YOU GET THE CHANCE, I ENJOY IT [Martinsville, Talladega, Infineon] LIVE ON NATIONWIDE RADIO/ TELEVISION
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» Confirm Abuse ReportAnonymous said:
Jun 27, 2009 at 7:41 PMIsn't this the same guy that wrecked Jimmy Johnson and Dale Jr. a few years ago. Gimme a break....
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» Confirm Abuse ReportAnonymous said:
Jun 27, 2009 at 9:04 PMSpeed does not want to mess with the Leprechaun.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportDebi Keen said:
Jun 27, 2009 at 9:50 PMWay too funny watching Vickers wreck a car that has his cup sponsor logos all over it. Guess there won't be much information sharing going on between them in the upcoming weeks.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportAnonymous said:
Jun 27, 2009 at 10:19 PMHaha thats a good one #3. I never thought he looked like one until you just mentioned it. I'm with Scott Speed on this one, Vickers never assumes responisbilty for his actions; always blames it on someone else. He's the one who wrecked Johnson and the leader: "Jr" at Talladega a few years ago and tried to say it was Jr's fault for blocking when it was clear Jr made no such attempt then in the Daytona 500 blocks Jr and forces him nearly in the grass and that again was all big bad Jr's fault when it was clearly 50/50.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportAnonymous said:
Jun 27, 2009 at 10:47 PM" always after me lucky charms"
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» Confirm Abuse ReportBILLFAN50 said:
Jun 28, 2009 at 8:01 AMI' am not a fan of either Vickers or Speed, but it looked like Speed was at fault in this one.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportjlanphere said:
Jun 28, 2009 at 8:17 AMVickers THREW Speed under the bus when he said that Speed wrecked him because he was frustrated for running so BAD in CUP. Some team mate !! I wouldn't want someone like that on my team for any amount of money. Vickers, a whiney, no-class, hasn't ran good in Cup either, loser.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportgwen_susie388 said:
Jun 28, 2009 at 8:29 AMFrom the picture...it looks like a stare down competition anyway!
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» Confirm Abuse ReportAnonymous said:
Jun 28, 2009 at 8:37 AMlooks like speed wrecks another person out of a good run...did it at infineon to logano and did it here to his teammate and he also wrecked nemechek at darlington then took his ride...if it wasnt for red bull's coddling of him and sponsoring him in every race he wouldnt be here wrecking everybody
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Jun 28, 2009 at 8:39 AMyeah vickers hasnt run well in cup...hes only 17th in points with two poles in a row
Report as Abusehe had to be in the 84 last year to get speed in the top 35 and speed still fell out and doesnt look hes going to get back in
definetly speed's fault here...you dont wreck your teammate...thats just no class right there
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» Confirm Abuse ReportSS396Chevelle said:
Jun 28, 2009 at 8:43 AMIt was the only high light of yet another boring race.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportgwen_susie388 said:
Jun 28, 2009 at 9:28 AMSS396, that's why I didn't even bother to watch! lol
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» Confirm Abuse ReportAnonymous said:
Jun 28, 2009 at 12:09 PMI smell a payback coming in todays race!!!Go Brian Vickers!!!I hate toyotas not much of a red bull man either,but I love to see a good ol' fashion grudge match!
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» Confirm Abuse Reportcmd122 said:
Jun 28, 2009 at 12:29 PMScott Speed is the "Wrecking King". He's took over Michael Waltrip's job. Has been happening in Nationwide and Cup the last few races.Maybe nobody's noticed.Watch out for Ragan also.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportAnonymous said:
Jun 28, 2009 at 12:30 PMthey both suc. they like wrecking others but don't like being wrecked. he looks more like the notre dame guy, but lucky stars works!
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» Confirm Abuse ReportAnonymous said:
Jun 28, 2009 at 12:37 PMWhy does the NASCAR official have his back turned? Interesting.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportJohn LaFever said:
Jun 28, 2009 at 12:57 PM#17 I think the official is farting in their general direction!
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» Confirm Abuse Reportamalycke said:
Jun 28, 2009 at 1:24 PMmmmmm ... PAYBACK TODAY LATE IN THE CUP RACE. WTF is Vickers talking about, HE is the horrible driver.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportWerner said:
Jun 28, 2009 at 3:47 PMand maybe today Waltrip and a few others are not happy with Speed.....
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» Confirm Abuse Reportamalycke said:
Jun 28, 2009 at 5:20 PMHearing Scott Speed has been replaced at TBR effective immediately. Tony Raines possibly considered driving at Daytona.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportScott said:
Jun 28, 2009 at 5:28 PM#16, also watch out for Leffler... He bounces off off everybody like an arrow without a feather.......
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» Confirm Abuse Reportcmd122 said:
Jun 28, 2009 at 7:53 PM#23, You are so right. Another wrecker a lot of times is Stremme.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportspeedracer578 said:
Jun 29, 2009 at 12:59 AMScott Speed and Brian Vickers. Wow. 2 guys I wouldn't mind seeing rocketed into the craters of the moon. Scott Speed is a purple velvet coat wearing whiny baby who has no business in NASCAR and was dangerous in ARCA and a loser in Formula One. He's only here because of Red Bull's inexplicably uncontrollable desire to paint their name on anything that moves, despite Scott Speed going on record last year that he actually didn't care if he ran in the Cup series or not. Brian Vickers is, well, Brian Vickers. Not much else really needs to be said about him because if you've watched NASCAR since at least 2005 you know all you need to know. I made the same leprechaun joke about Vickers on a different message board after he punted Mike Bliss on the frontstretch to win the 2005 Nextel Open, or whatever it was called back then. Vickers is pretty hypocritical for a guy who owes his only 2 (technically, if you count the non-points win) cup wins in five and a half years to spinning out the leaders on the last lap. That's awesome if they're replacing Scott misnomer-for-a-last-name Speed with Tony Raines. I've always liked him. He seems like a classic journeyman driver who never gets credit for what he was able to accomplish under inferior circumstances.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportAnonymous said:
Jun 29, 2009 at 3:37 PMThis is by far an unfortunate incident. If I was incharge of RedBull's cup program, I would have A.J. and Speed. Vickers is okay, but I think he needs to go to a manners school with Kyle Busch and Robby Gordon!
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