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Looks like Brian Vickers’ win Sunday at Michigan was the key — Tuesday Team Red Bull, owned by Austrian Dietrich Mateschitz, finally signed the 26-year-old Thomasville, N.C., racer to a new contract. So Vickers will continue running the Sprint Cup tour with crew chief Ryan Pemberton and general manager Jay Frye. Still no official word, though, if the team will stay with Toyota, though that’s now the expectation. “Brian has been here from the beginning, and he continues to be a vital piece of the puzzle with regards to our ultimate goal of building Red Bull Racing into a consistent contender,” Frye said in announcing the new deal.” — MikeMulhern.net