European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 31 team red Bull discovers its wings Vickers have been Toyota Best Drivers by Jenna Fryer the associated press Allmendinger does everything he can to avoid watching a Sextel cup race on television after Hes failed to make the its a bit easier for Brian Vick who takes off some of the sting by spending the weekend in new York City surrounded by friends As they watch the race go on without either both Are its the most horrible thing Ive Ever had to go Allmendinger by far the toughest thing in my both personally and fortunately for both of neither has had to suffer through it for quite some Allmendinger has qualified for the past six and Vickers has made the past five almost winning at Charlotte last while giving Toyota its highest finish of the sea team red which started the season at the Bottom of the Toyota has slowly separated itself from the others by consistently qualifying for races and inching Vickers close to a coveted spot in the top 35 in the red Bull consider ing where they started Treyve pushed themselves to the top of the Toyota said Lee vice president of Toyota racing its been steady Progress for red which lagged far be photos by Carlos Brian Vickers Crew left steers his red Bull Toyota into the garage at Michigan International Vickers nearly won at Charlotte last month and he and teammate Allmendinger above left have helped team red Bull climb from the Bottom of the Toyota group to the top this Hind its Toyota counterparts when the season Bill Davis racing is an established Lascar team with a Daytona 500 Victory on its and Michael Waltrip had assembled an impressive group of sponsors and an aggressive game plan for his three car but red Bull was starting from although the Organiza Tion has roots in formula to top and various extreme it was new to Lascar and had to Rush to get ready for the 2007 expectations were not very to say the and when Allmendinger and Vickers failed to make the Early no one outside the team was really sur who left the mighty Hendrick organization last sea son to join red missed six of the first 10 new to Lascar after a Success Ful open wheel missed the first four and eight of both insist those Early failures have helped red Bull it was pretty very and hard to Deal said who has had to watch from afar As his former Hendrick teammates have won 10 of 15 races this but As the saying what Doest kill you Only makes you so everybody at the and everybody at it really opened our eyes up and made us focus on what weve needed to be it made us that much More determined to go out there and do the Best we can every Chance we the Effort has been evident in with red Bull finally earning the right to be at the track on race its a Small step in the right general manager Marty gaunt but nothing to celebrate just it seems like we have some but by no Means Are we going to rest on our laurels be cause we made seven gaunt making races helps morale but the reality is we Are sitting on the Edge of a knife and we dont want to say weve accomplished our goals because we Are now qualifying for that just a very Small part of cracking the top that a big part of once we do that and Start making then we will evaluate our getting Vickers into that Elu Sive top 35 is critical for the rest of the it would ensure him a spot in the Field each and give him the luxury of work ing on race setups during the Fri Day practice that data could then be transferred to All who can Only focus on qualifying runs until Hes made the As it stands both Drivers spend All Day Friday working on when they make the both Are behind the Competition in raceway Vickers was the closest to the top 35 of All Toyota Drivers until an Early crash last week at Pocono knocked him 303 Points away from the cracking it was bitterly disappointing because hed been on Pace for a Strong Fin ish before the its a hard thing to Swallow when youre taken out of Conten Tion for a great finish and theres nothing you could have done to prevent Vickers the Only positive thing that came out of this weekend is that we know we can put together a great race car and race up front with the race 16 Mart 350 at inf Neon raceway 11 sunday of extra last race Carl Edwards snapped his 52race wingless Streak at Michigan International he last won a race on last year Jeff Gordon combined patience with a fast race car at inf Neon raceway to grab a record ninth Road course Gor Don took the Lead for the first time on Lap 49 of the 110lap Mart Terry Labonte grabbed the Lead after a Slick fuel but Gor Don moved Back in front on Lap 88 and pulled away for his fifth Victory at Driver to watch with his for Mula one Juan Pablo Montoya is one of the Best Road course racers in the Driver standings after is of 36 races Denny Hamlin Jimmie Matt Jeff Burton Carl Edwards Tony Stewart Kevin dint Martin Kyle Dale Earnhardt Mark Martin Jamie Ryan Kurt Bobby Casey Greg this week 250 at West last race Stephen Leicht took advantage of Carl Edwards late then passed Good Friend Brad Coleman with 13 laps to go to win the Meijer 300 at for his first Busch x last Yean Paul Menard took advantage of a mistake by Jason then held on in the closing laps to win the next race camping world june Lou this week Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 Kvapil stalked Kyle Busch around Michigan International finally passing Tim with one Lap to go to score his first truck Victory since last Yean after winning his first career truck race the previous Johnny Benson made it two in a Row with a Victory in the toy Ronann i rave june for More coverage this Iowa Corn 250 at Newton de 9 last race Sam Hornish finally got in front and the defending Champion stayed there to get his first Victory of the season on june last Yean inaugural next race Sun Trust indy june last race Rookie sensation Lewis Hamil ton did it racing to his second straight Victory in sundays grand the first Black Driver in Fly 61year history has finished All seven races in the top next race French grand july Magny this week grand prix of last race Sebastien Bourdais passed pole Sitter Justin Wilson to Start the 56th Lap on june and cruised to his third straight last year Allmendinger won his Sec Ond straight avoiding major trouble in the Champ car grand prix of next race july Cana standings for other series on Page