Backstretch Motorsports

BROOKLYN, Mich. (Aug. 15, 2008) — Brian Vickers charged to the front in practice speeds Friday and then maintained that speed to win the pole position for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 3M Performance 400 presented by Bondo at Michigan International Speedway.

Vickers, driving the No. 83 car, knocked two-time defending NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson off the pole by a wide margin. Vickers posted a speed of 188.536 miles per hour to blow past Johnson’s 187.028 mph. Elliott Sadler and Dale Earnhardt Jr. will occupy the second row with Jeff Gordon and Patrick Carpentier comprising row three.

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Jimmie Johnson clearly grasped the emphasis on winning during the 2007 season.
The proof is in the numbers. During the 2007 Race to the Chase – the 10 races preceding the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup – Johnson posted two wins and an average finish of 12.5.
Those numbers were his best over the same 10-race span since the Chase’s inception in 2004.

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Coca-Cola 600
Lowe’s Motor Speedway
Qualifying Fast Facts

Pole Winner: Kyle Busch
Age: 23
Team: No. 18 M&M’s Toyota
Owner: Joe Gibbs
Crew Chief: Steve Addington

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Vickers’ No. 83 team wins Sprint Pit Crew Challenge

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Brian Vickers’ team kicked off NASCAR’s All-Star week activities by winning the Sprint Pit Crew Challenge on Thursday night, beating Denny Hamlin’s team in a battle of Toyotas in the final round.

Vickers’ crew, which includes a former college football player and two former college hockey players, changed four tires, filled the car with fuel and pushed it 40 yards in 22.902 seconds to collect the $70,000 first prize.

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