2006 UAW Ford 500 Wild Finish Brian Vickers Wins

At the 2006 Fall race at Talladega, Brian Vickers gets into Jimmie Johnson and collects Dale Earnhardt Jr on the final lap enroute to his first career win in the NEXTEL Cup Series.

This video was on MT89's second channel which is gone now so credit goes to MT89Motorsports and NBC.

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[pacmancucumber1783]

I'm sick of people saying Vickers wrecked both of them. He pulled down to help his teammate, and he mistimed it. There's no way in about 0.5 seconds he thinks of a move to wreck both of them. Very simple if you ask me.

[z71pack]

Jimmie Johnson won the championship the next 5 years, Dale Jr. is still most popular, so Vickers won this day but Jimmie was the real winner lucky this didn't cost him the title that year.

[racing202]

Benny Parsons in the booth calling the race with Wally Dallenbach analyzing/announcing it would've been great. Could never stand Bill Weber. He would always try to act like the smart one in the booth. I mean, just look at the video here. It shows it.

[XxSiiCkXKiilZxX]

great race. this is where vickers started his train of wrecking people.... as it showed in 2011 when he wrecked about half of the races..

[nascarfanatic2425]

@pacmancucumber1783 I agree dude. Vickers was trying to help J.J., and he just barely clipped Jimmie Johnson. If you look at the replay again, Vickers just barely touched Jimmie. Bet ya with any money, if Vickers wrecked Jimmie intentional, either A) he would've wrecked with them or B) Jr. wouldn't have gotten wrecked.

[RDarth]

This is my favorite Wally Dallenbach call of all time:

"OHHHH NOHOHO!"

Classic.

[rickycwsmall]

I'll always remember this race. If I'm not mistaken this was the weekend before thanksgiving. On my Wife's side of the family we all get together the weekend before to celebrate thanksgiving. No one on her side knows or cares anything about racing. But since we were all at my house I had it on the big screen. Now I'm setting at the kitchen table with a loaded fork on pause half way to my mouth when Dale Jr. Takes the white flag. Keep in mind there's about twenty kin folk between me and the TV.

[xJohnx228x]

They couldve finished this race under green but because JR spun, we had the throw out the caution... Even if JR hits the wall, yellow is out. Whats the point? He is never gonna win another race! XD

[nascarfanatic2425]

@CarMan792 No arguement there. Fox is the best of the 3. It's the only place you can find DW, the Digger Camm, and it's the home of the Daytona 500.

[CarMan792]

@nascarfanatic2425 I agree. BP was great, funny and knew what was going on. At least they got rid of Bill Weber. I could not stand him and his cliches every race. Alan Bestwick is good and I am glad he is in the booth with ESPN and not the pit road hauler anymore. Fox has the best coverage though.

[nascarfanatic2425]

@CarMan792 There were only 2 people for NBC/TNT that knew what they were talking about, and that was BP and Alan Bestwick. RIP BP, and Bestwick's with ESPN now.