“NASCAR” Brian Vickers Signed Presspass Embossed Trading Card Todd Mueller COA

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Up for auction “NASCAR” Brian Vickers Signed Presspass Embossed Trading Card Todd Mueller COA.
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Brian Lee Vickers
(born October 24, 1983)
is an American professional
stock car
and
sports car
racing driver. He last drove the No. 14
Chevrolet SS
for
Stewart-Haas Racing
as an interim driver in the
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
for the injured
Tony Stewart
. He won the
2003 NASCAR Busch Series
championship driving for
Hendrick Motorsports
. Vickers was also among the first series of full-time drivers for
Toyota
after the manufacturer first entered the
Sprint Cup Series
. Vickers' career has been marred by a series of health issues since 2010 that have included
blood clots
and heart problems. Vickers began running go karts in 1994. Over the next three years, he won eighty races in the
World Karting Association
, and won three championships, including the 1995 championship against three-time winner Mike Schwartz. In 1998, he moved to the
Allison Legacy Series
, and won five races during the course of the season. After competing in the NASCAR
Dodge Weekly Racing Series
in 1999, he moved to
USAR ProCup
; and was named Rookie of the Year. He won two races in 2000. In 2001, he won five more races and finished second in points. Vickers made his
Busch Series
debut in the
2001
GNC Live Well 250
at
Miwaukee
in the No. 29 car; owned by his father
Clyde Vickers
' BLV Motorsports team. He qualified thirtieth and finished thirty-seventh after a crash. Vickers ran three more races that season; his best finish being 25th at
North Carolina
. In
2002
, Vickers began running the Busch Series in his father's No. 40
Dodge Intrepid
. He drove in twenty-one races, competing for
Rookie of the Year
honors;
his best finish was seventh in the
Hardee's 250
at
Richmond
, his only top ten of the season on his way to finishing thirtieth in series points.