Vickers gives Red Bull maiden Cup win
16.08.09
Brian Vickers stretched his fuel mileage enough to call Red Bull's maiden Sprint Cup victory at Michigan International Speedway.
Vickers started the racetrack from pole position for the sixth time this year and ran for most of the afternoon as one of the top contenders for victory, although Jimmie Johnson and Stain Martin looked to be the fastest cars of the day, leading more than three quarters of the distance between them.
However, once again at Michigan fuel mileage became a representative in the closing stages of the race and suddenly the fastest cars of the day were forced to get on fuel-saving fashion following their last stop. Johnson led the group of drivers who were short on gas when the green flag waved for the settled restart with 38 laps to go.
The Red Bull Toyota of Vickers briefly took the outdo from Johnson, but then the Hendrick driver regained the lead and both of them started to pull away from third-placed Note down b decrease Martin. From behind, Dale Earnhardt Jr started to quickly move up the field after taking advantage of the last discretion to pit for the final time and therefore had enough to make it to the end.
Source: autosport.com