BRIAN VICKERS NOTES & QUOTES

VICKERS SHOWS PLATE PROWESS:
Only four NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series drivers -- Brian Vickers, Dale Jarrett, Ryan Newman and Tony Stewart -- posted top-10 results in each of the last two restrictor-place races. Vickers, driver of the No. 25 GMAC Chevrolets, finished seventh in the season-opening Daytona 500 in February and sixth in last fall's Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway event.

HENDRICK GOING FOR SEVENTH 'DEGA WIN:
A Hendrick Motorsports victory this weekend would break a three-way tie in the Talladega record book. With six NEXTEL Cup wins at the track, car owner Rick Hendrick currently shares second overall with Ranier Racing and Dale Earnhardt Inc. Richard Childress heads up the list with nine first-place finishes at the 2.66-mile tri-oval.

'25' TAKING NEW CAR:
The No. 25 GMAC Racing team will field a new car -- Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 372 -- for Sunday's 500-mile NEXTEL Cup event at Talladega.

VICKERS PULLING 'DEGA DOUBLE:
Vickers will drive a No. 57 Ore-Ida Chevrolet on Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway, marking his fourth NASCAR Busch Series race of the year. Vickers, who has already seen Busch Series action at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway, California Speedway and Atlanta Motor Speedway this season, is scheduled to compete in a total of nine Busch Series races in 2006.

BRIAN VICKERS, DRIVER OF THE NO. 25 GMAC CHEVROLETS:
(WHAT POSITIVES CAN YOU TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR 13TH-PLACE FINISH AT PHOENIX?) "What I really liked was the fact that no one ever gave up, everyone remained upbeat and worked hard despite us having some brake issues and being involved in an accident. To finish 13th under the conditions we did provides a lot of encouragement going to Talladega."

VICKERS:
(HOW IMPORTANT IS MOMENTUM IN RACING?) "Momentum is very important in racing, or in any sport for that matter. There are so many variables and people involved that it takes time to get everyone in sync. There's just something about the role momentum plays. Logically, you think it wouldn't matter, but it does. Either way, it's hard work. When you have negative momentum, it takes a ton of effort to turn it around. When you have positive momentum, you have to work hard to maintain it."

VICKERS:
(WERE LESS RIGID BUMPERS NEEDED FOR TALLADEGA TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION TO BUMP-DRAFTING?) "Ninety-plus percent of our wrecks didn't have to do with bump drafting, but some did. For the most part, I think a large portion of the accidents have been caused by door-slamming, cutting people off and trying to block -- not bump drafting. I think the competition will be more boring because it's going to be harder to pass and you're going to see more single-file racing and fewer passes in general. Bump drafting is really what helped us to make passes."