NASCAR Busts: Brian Vickers (Hendrick Motorsports) 

Tbh, RedBull coming to NASCAR was the best thing that ever happened to him. He got bought up after winning a title in the lower series but didn’t accomplish a lot until he was cut. He was then picked up by a new team where he was the key focus, could be developed properly and become a winner in time. He was kinda like the late 2000s Daniel Suarez. Who knows what would’ve happened is medical issues didn’t flare up.

I remember after his win, Jimmy Spencer was berating him on TV, then when Vickers appeared on Speed for the traditional winner’s interview, Spencer was the first to congratulate him. Vickernism!

I was at that Talladega race in 2006, sitting on the backstretch grandstands, and that was the greatest thing my buddy and I had ever seen! All the fans were pissed. We were cheering. We knew about Hendrick shutting him out, so we thought it was awesome! Ironically enough, the next year we got to hang out with Brian in the infield at Talladega. I was wearing Red Bull gear. He and a few crew members gave us a case of Red Bull and pretty much hung out with is most of Friday night, saying we were the only Team Red Bull fans they had met. I got Brian’s autograph, but more importantly was the memories created. He is such an awesome, down to earth guy. We were laughing and having a great time.

Now we need NASCAR Busts: David Stremme

starting in the mid 2000's the 25 was one unlucky number....

It was like Casey Mears in the same car... Win a single race and inconsistent results Also Nascar Busts: Coy Gibbs and Mike Dillon

Honestly knowing the surrounding circumstances of his last year with Hendrick I hope he wrecked Johnson on purpose. To have the gall to call him a teammate after you’ve publicly supported excluding him from drivers meetings is so hypocritical it’s not even funny. You can’t support taking away the privileges that come with being a teammate and then expect him to be ok with making the same sacrifices as everyone else.

at Talladega: _“Vickers wants to go…”_ Rick Hendrick 10 seconds later: *_Vickers has to go._* 😐

Vickers had it rough. While I admit I really loved the bad temper he got in the early 10's (see: Martinsville, where he crashed no less than 6 times and would have probably done it again if NASCAR hadn't parked him), he did not have it made. While I never liked the way he got into the All-Star race in 2004, it's hard to blame him for what happened in 2006. I think he's the only one that _really_ knows if that crash was truly an accident, but when you look at everything going on at the time you can certainly sympathize with him. Overall, his career wasn't the greatest, but he certainly had a lot of things that made his efforts a lot more difficult than they had any right to be. Side note: I hope Alabama never changes. Hearing the crowd cheer "Bullshit!" during his interview is something special, even if I don't blame him.

He’s from my hometown, and on a separate note, my fire dept sept fought fire in his house one time. We have a letter and a signed diecast from him in our station thanking us for the work we did. It was before my time tho 😂

Here's a NASCAR Busts Suggestion please? David Stremme Replaced Sterling Marlin in 2006, didn't do nothing, went to Penske a even better team then Chip Ganassi and he still struggled/sucked

Used to be cool with Vickers until I found out who he married.... Grandparents gave me his 2003 Busch series diecast and always thought it was a cool paint scheme... Keep up the great vids!

He was hated much after dumping Jimmie into Jr.

He won his only race with Hendrick by wrecking the most popular driver and his TEAMMATE 😂

JJ and JG: were good with him not being involved in team meetings - he's gone anyway Vickers: Spins JJ and Jr at Dega JJ: Surprised Pikachu face

say what you want but Vickers is always gonna be one of my favorites.

It's kinda hard to feel bad for him after the shit we figured out recently

My favorite was his rampage at martinsville then Matt Kenseth parked him, then Brian was like , “oh he’s got one coming for sure” lol

honestly vickers' biggest problem (at least in his rookie year) was not knowing where the limit was. he'd pump out insanely quick times in qualy but when it came to races, he would always find himself trying to do something that he physically couldn't do. i don't really think he ever found that limit as he continued to have that similar issue going down the road. and although personally, i don't think hendrick was necessarily a bad experience as he learned a lot from it, for someone like him it was never the right fit. had he not had multiple blood clots in the space of 3-5 years, leading to a stop-start career and eventually being forced to retire at 32, then i think we're talking about a driver with the floor of being consistent playoff driver (via win and in) with the ceiling of becoming someone consistently in and around the top5/10 and potentially contending for championships. in all honesty i think he'll forever be one of the greatest what ifs in the modern history of nascar simply because of the talent he showcased early on, and how little time he got to show it in a full-time capacity (only 7 full-time seasons despite having starts in 13).

I'm not going to lie, his first win had me laughing hysterically. The start of his career was *rough*, though. You could say the same about Joey Logano, too. There's a lot of parallels between his on-track career and Jimmy Spencer's.

People berate him but like, no duh he didn't do much at Hendrick. You had Jimmie, Jeff, and Kyle there. That's like looking at Suarez or Jones and calling them a bust for their stints at JGR.

I always thought Brian got an unfair rap based on his 2011 at Red Bull. The guy could drive when his head was right and his 2008 and 09 at Red Bull proved how good he was and could be. I thought his 2012 limited schedule with MWR also really impressed me at the time, he was up the front almost constantly. Unfortunately once his health started playing a role it hurt him long term. The opportunity to go to Joe Gibbs Racing in 2013 didn't work out as well as I thought it would, nor did the full time move to Michael Waltrip Racing. Things never quite worked out in his favour. No doubting he had talent, was just involved in too many incidents.

Brian Vickers won a Busch Grand National Series championship in 2003 with car owner Ricky Hendrick who ended up being a gone too soon the following year.

The only other thing Brian Vickers accomplished at his time with Hendrick in Cup was dumping Mike Bliss to advance into the All Star Race on the final turn

Vickers is not a bust, he won 3 races with different teams in the top series and a Busch championship. If that makes someone a bust then you have a long list of drivers that qualify for that label.. just to name a few Nadeau, Spencer, Craven, Mears, Nemechek, Andretti, Menard,Ragan, Robby Gordon, Montoya, Ambrose, Reutimann, Sadler, Smith etc....

It is back let’s go

He was most consistent when driving for MWR

No dice, 25 was always the throwaway car at Hendrick, especially for drivers like Mears, Vickers, Nemechek, Nadeau, and Craven. I attribute the lack of support for Vickers' lack of success in Cup

Given what I saw, Vickers was a semi bust. He had one roller coaster of a career with Hendrick Motorsports. Poles and crashes and a couple of wins. I think he was good.

Met him at Darlington 2009 got his rookie and red bull cars autograph. He was a cool guy.

Wouldn't mind a busts video on Jack Sprague. 3 time truck series champion but couldn't really cut past that, he got 1 win in the Xfinity series but that's it. I did always like that NetZero car though

I think Ricky Hendrick death was a bigger deal than what what was said. I truly believe Vickers finds success if Ricky lived. Ricky made Brian and I think Rick didn't know how to handle seeing the driver his son found fail and how to reach him. I think he wasn't a bust. I think he is like Steve Park. Not as successful as he should have been but still better than most.

And now…he’s with a wife of epsteins clients

IMO, I wish that Joe Gibbs Racing had bought up the assets of the #83 Red Bull Racing team, signed the entire #83 pit crew and team members to JGR, had Red Bull come on board as the primary sponsor, and signed Brian Vickers to drive a fourth Cup car for Joe Gibbs Racing, starting in 2012. It just would've been a nice opportunity there.

Hey Darian big fan of your channel! So yeah its a shame for how it went for Brian at HMS, but its worse on how his career ended from health issues.

Nascar Bust: Reed Sorenson and for the future, Cole Custer (cup series)

Hey Darian at the end of the season could you please do Bad Seasons Brad Keselowski 2022 just in case?

Vickers held 2 records: Youngest winner in a national stock car circuit, AND youngest National champion. Broken by two guys named Joey Logano and Chase Elliott.

Oh this is unexpected

NASCAR Busts: Quin Houff Championship Seasons: Terry Labonte (1984) Good Seasons: Aric Almirola (2018) Bad Seasons: Brad Keselowski (2022)

How about Paul Menard (DEI) NASCAR Busts, Please? He had all the potential in the Busch Series by winning a race, but when he went up to Cup especially to replace Michael Waltrip, a plate track eficianado, on his way out the door, all the excitement? Immediately out the door, just like that....

Most remember him for 2006 talladega but yea compared to his teammates he was a bust it’s surprising he got 2 more wins with MWR and Red Bull then more with Hendrick

Remember him testing Jeff Gordon's car and turning faster lap times. Just didn't translate to race day I guess.

At least he wasn't as bad as a certain other Brian (Scott) that we know. With Brain Vickers, he just had better drivers to go up against and bad luck. He wasn't the absolute worst.

14:23 BULLSHIT! BULLSHIT! BULLSHIT! BULLSHIT!

Nascar Busts:Joey Logano (Joe Gibbs Racing)

ngl vickers was underrated in MWR and RBR but not HMS

Can you please make one about Kerry Earnhardt #12 Supercuts bush serious ?! Love your channel , I am a huge fan and supporter.! I legit just watch your channel all the time.

When are you going to cover Brian Scott’s Lower Series in “Not a Bust”? Sure he don’t have wins in Xfinity but he had An impressed amount of Top 10s.

As a Brian Vickers Fan this hurts

Only he hit was half the field at martinsville

Proceeds to win 2006 Talladega

14:05 Hated in the HMS fanbase But most hated in the Jr fsn base

Never met him but knew someone who worked for his team doing graphic design.

Owner of one of the greatest moves in nascar at talladega 2006.

I remember their was a home improvement show on speed TV and this couple were big fans of Brian Vickers so the people modeled their house with Brian's stuff. I wonder how that house looks like today

It's a shame really, if NASCAR had a role similar to that of F1 Teams having test drivers I think he could have had a really successful career at that, obviously more behind the scenes than as a full time driver, but his pace could have been a valuable asset which is likely why he was picked to test the CoT.

I still have his national guard 25 diecast, I liked him as a driver, but at the same time he didn't do well enough.

14:25 Lol at the crowd in the background: "BULLSHIT! BULLSHIT! BULLSHIT! BULLSHIT!"...

here from Michael mrucz stream

that music playing I thought for a second I was watching Aiden Millward LOL ❤️🎵🌍🤗🏁

Its crazy because I was checking out the Nations Mall the day before he had his health episode there. I'm kinda glad I didn't see that

Brian Vickers was and will always be a legend for 2 specific nascar memes....

I could not stand when he was running cup. He did more damage for his Hendrick teammates than he ever helped efforts at that organization.

If he didnt have medical issues i believe he woulda had a clint bowyer type career

This driver is one of my favorites. Mostly because of his seeming 'If you're not First you're Last' mentality.

Would we great if you do a video about drivers having vickernism

Can usually guarantee that sparks fly when team mates crash into each other in motorsport. I remember in F1 in 2010, Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber crashed into each other while running first and second. Vettel, who was running in a faster engine mode than Webber, tried to overtake his team mate towards the end of lap 40, but inadvertently moved towards Webber's car before he was properly ahead, leading to the two of them colliding. The German was absolutely furious, letting rip on team radio upon his DNF that race: "***! What the **** are we doing here?! We're working to try to win the championship for **** sake! What a stupid action! I'm going home, **** you all!!"

Brain Vickers is a legend

With the way Ty Gibb’s career is going you should probably do a nascar bust video on his dad and uncle Coy and J.D. Gibbs

Vickers was almost reunited with US Army in end of 2003.

One of my favorite paint schemes on Nascar 2005

I want to see Dale Jr. busts with Hendrick Motorsports. His little success on the track didn't live up the high expectations before joining them with several winless seasons and terrible results at times when Gordon and Johnson were consistently running up front

I have 30 yrs on stock car racing if you watch the Jr vickers Johnson wreck at talladega Johnson pulled out of line vickers had a run as he was closing on Earnhardt Johnson tried getting back in line and caused the wreck. Not vickers

I wish redbull came back to nascar

He had that one testing crash at Rockingham that sounded nasty and I wish there was footage of it since it seems like it was almost impossible to survive

Upcoming busts: Hailie Deegan. So far in 40 races with only 2 top 10 finishes. She was hyped beyond oblivion before she entered the truck series, so much so Nascar put her name in the FullReplay of her debut race. But the only time you know she is in the race is when she is involved in someone else's crash.

Bust???? If Vickers had retired in 2006(after Hendrick) I would agree, but he didn't. Vickers won some poles, had some good runs, won a few races, AND even won the Busch title! Even Dale Jr couldn't win with Lance McGrew. Who knows what could've been if not for Red Bull closing and the blood clots later in his career. Wanna hear a bust? JJ Yeley! Now THAT'S a bust.

This needs context: NO ONE and I mean NOOOOO ONNNNEEEEEE ever drove that 25 car to success. It was like the perennially cursed Hendrick outfit.

That blood clot stuff that ended his career was tough stuff to deal with.

14:00 That race would've came down to Vickers and Johnson depending on what the 25 decided to do at the checkered flag but overall I didn't think Vickers was a bust. He had his moments and fair share of crashes.

I have a feeling he wrecked Jimmie on purpose given his conduct towards Vickers. Can't say Jimmie didn't deserve it either.

Brian vickers to me is similar to pastor Maldonado

I would love to see the rise and fall of redbull racing. such promise in that team and then they were just gone.

Tbh, vickers had no reason to help Jimmie around jr at dega in 06. Not only was he being barred away from the team but people forget that Jimmie was in the same exact position at the race at dega earlier in the year but completely left vickers hanging coming to the white flag

hmm, well perhaps if he had made the move in the 2006 Talledega sooner then when he did perhaps the fans wouldn't be using him as a bullseye for target practice. (I saw someone post a comment like this so I'm just repeating it)

I wasn’t even mad vickers wrecked dale and Johnson that was awesome

Not to mention in his personal life his wife was tied up into some shady stuff which a lot of people say is the real reason he retired.

I had forgotten how many times Vickers crashed in that 25 car!

Alternate title- A shorter version of the 3 hour video kamikaze games made about Brian Vickers

Little Gran Turismo 2 music!

Should've spent at least another year in the Busch Series, but then again anyone who races the #25 after Ken Schrader left was bound to fail.

gt2 soundtrack is the best

Next do one for Casey Mears

Still my favorite driver though

He wasn't a bust. Busts are drivers that that don't live upto the hype. Can anyone say Danica. Maybe the biggest bust (no pun intended) in nascar if not in all sports. Amazing how good looks and a major sponsorship overrides talent.

Brian vickers is The last generations Ricky stenhouse.

Bad Seasons: Red Bull Racing’s 83 Team (2010)

Brian Vickers as a bust at Hendrick is kinda a stretch as he was solid in 2005 and 2006 sure he didn't win much but people forget Kyle Busch only won 3 times from 2005 to 2006 so it wasn't like Brian was a massive failure. Vickers was a solid driver maybe not a title contender but he could get the most out of his equipment as Vickers to me reminded me a lot of Johnny Benson with his driving style to when everything goes right he could be a top 10 points driver. Blood clots unjustly ruined the mans career but he wasn't as much of a bust as other drivers could be labeled as. The real busts in Cup would be the guys like Randy Lajoie or Casey Atwood or Kevin Lepage or David Stremme. Vickers to me was solid and the only real issue I have with him is his post racing career with his wife and ties to Epstein. Brian had to know quite a bit of that and that's not a good look at all.

This is the way we trash our cars, trash our cars, trash our cars...