Vickers charges to front; Wins pole position for 3M Performance 400 presented by Bondo at...

Copyright © 2008 Backstretch Motorsports. All Rights Reserved. If you are not reading this in a news reader, the website you are viewing it on is guilty of copyright infringement. Please report this site through the contact link on Backstretch Motorsports. (digital signature: 6ea9e345f2cca6a2af9e40912785736b (71.197.108.4) ) Brian Vickers reviews practice notes (Getty Images)BROOKLYN, Mich. (Aug. 15, 2008) — Brian Vickers charged to the front in practice speeds Friday and then maintained that speed to win the pole position for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 3M Performance 400 presented by Bondo at Michigan International Speedway. Vickers, driving the No. 83 car, knocked two-time defending NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson off the pole by a wide margin. Vickers posted a speed of 188.536 miles per hour to blow past... [read full story]