(By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service)
Posted: Saturday,February 6th, 2010
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Now that racing season is under way, Brian Vickers can slow down and relax a little.
His racecar may be fast, but the pace of Vickers’ offseason life is arguably quicker.
After participating in the NASCAR Sprint Cup awards banquet week in Las Vegas, as one of 12 Chase drivers, Vickers’ schedule accelerated.
“I spent some time in Florida — was home at my parents’ for Christmas,” Vickers said. “I went to New York some. I did some skiing in Park City (Utah) and Aspen (Colorado).”
Brian Vickers, driver of the #83 Red Bull Toyota (Photo by Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR)
Vickers flew to the Bahamas with friends for a New Year’s celebration. A few days later he was attending the wedding of friend and fellow driver Casey Mears in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. After that came a Goodyear tire test at Texas Motor Speedway in mid-January.
Appearances for Austria-based sponsor Red Bull took him to Europe, where Vickers attended the World Cup Downhill ski race in Kitzbuhel, Austria and the Mercedes Formula One launch in Stuttgart, Germany, and appeared on Red Bull TV in Salzburg, Austria. From Austria, he flew to London to see friends and visit the Red Bull Formula One shop.
Next came a trip to San Francisco for a Supercross race before Vickers returned to Florida and made his way to Daytona.
“You’d be hard-pressed to travel more, that’s for sure,” Vickers admitted. “I love to travel, but it’s been nice here being at the track, relaxing and slowing the pace down some.”
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