Bull-ish on the future
By Mark Ashenfelter
Monday, July 03, 2006
Sometime next season, Brian Vickers might get to drive a Formula 1 car owned by Red Bull. And he could easily become the face of the energy drink now that he's signed to drive the No. 83 Toyota Camry for Team Red Bull when it enters Nextel Cup competition next year.
After three seasons of being seemingly lost in the shuffle behind Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and, to a lesser extent, Kyle Busch the past two years, that idea had to be appealing to the 22-year-old, who earlier this month requested his release from HMS at season's end.
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