BRIAN VICKERS QUICK FACTS
Atlanta Motor Speedway
Nicorette 300
March 8, 2008
· The Nicorette 300 marks
Brian Vickers’ fourth NASCAR
Nationwide Series start at
Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS).
In three previous starts,
Vickers earned his best
start and best finish in the
same event in 2006 when he
started third and finished
seventh in the March 2006
event at AMS. The 2003
Nationwide Series Champion
has completed 97.3% of all
laps possible at Atlanta
Motor Speedway, including 12
laps led. Vickers also has
nine Sprint Cup Series
starts to his credit,
earning three top-10
finishes.
· Vickers is hoping to
ride the momentum of last
weekend all the way to
Victory Lane at Atlanta
Motor Speedway. Capturing
the pole for the No.32 team
last weekend at Las Vegas
Motor Speedway, Vickers had
a car capable of winning the
race but a blown tire and
the resulting damage took
him out of contention. The
No.32 Braun Racing team is
off to a good start in the
2008 season. In three races
to date, the team has earned
two top-five finishes and
one pole award.
· ABF On Board the No.32
at Atlanta Motor Speedway
ABF Freight Co. is in its
third year of sponsorship at
Braun Racing. A partnership
that began in 2006 has been
nothing short of successful.
Last year, ABF etched their
name in the history books
when the ABF Camry captured
the first Toyota Camry pole
in history at California
Speedway. This season, the
ABF Camry will be piloted by
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
veteran, Brian Vickers, in
nine races.
Established 1923, ABF® is
recognized as best-in-class
for safety, security,
technology and
freight-handling, ABF is the
only five-time winner of the
American Trucking
Associations President’s
Trophy for Safety. ABF is
the only carrier to earn
both the Excellence in
Claims/Loss Prevention Award
and the Excellence in
Security Award in the same
year, which ABF accomplished
twice.
Vickers on Racing at
Atlanta Motor Speedway
“We had a pretty good
weekend in Las Vegas. We
were able to capture the
pole and earn a great
position for the start of
the race. Unfortunately we
had a tire blow and we were
in the garage pretty early.
I’m hoping that this week we
can finish what we started
last weekend and be in that
first position again but,
this time during the closing
laps of the race. This is a
great team and I’m really
proud of the effort these
guys put in each week. I’m
confident we will be just as
strong this weekend as we
were in Las Vegas.”
Equipment Information
The No. 32 ABF Racing
team will compete with
chassis #22 in this
weekend’s Nicorette 300.
This is the same chassis
Dave Blaney raced at
Nashville in April and June
and the September Dover
event during the 2007
season. He finished third,
17th and 23rd respectively.