Brian Vickers: The NASCAR Sheriff Is Back in Town at the Food City 500

While it is not news that Brian Vickers will participate in the NASCAR Sprint Cup, albeit on a truncated schedule, in 2012, it is interesting to see him back in the saddle.Vickers, initially through no fault of his own, lost his job in the Sprint Cup last year upon the announcement that Red Bull Racing would no longer exist as a Sprint Cup team in 2012. Kasey Kahne, his teammate at the time, was fortunate that he had already inked a deal to move to Hendrick Motorsports for this current season.One would have thought that Vickers would have done his utmost to race his best and cleanest to try to secure a full-time job with another team for the 2012 season. The opposite proved to be true.Despite seven top-10 finishes and an overall standing of...

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