 | | Brian Vickers is 20th in the points after Infineon. Credit: Autostock |
By Dave Rodman, NASCAR.COM
June 26, 2006
12:47 PM EDT (16:47 GMT)
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 Team Red Bull in 2007.  |  | VICKERS HEADLINES | |
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Vickers, who before the Pocono race weekend 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 full time 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 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. | 
