Clyde Vickers Explained

Clyde Vickers is a motorsport industry businessman, and a former stock car racing driver and team owner. Vickers owns CV Products which manufactures and distributes race parts and accessories,[1] as well as several other smaller businesses.

Early life and education

Vickers was raised in Silver Valley, North Carolina and attended high school there. As a young man, Vickers owned a service station in Thomasville, North Carolina and worked as a car salesman in High Point, North Carolina.[2] [3]

Motorsports career

Vickers began stock car racing in 1973 in the Hobby division and later moved into the Late Model Sportsman division, racing at Caraway Speedway and Bowman Gray Stadium.

Vickers raced intermittently into the early 1980s,[4] [5] with downtime caused by financial difficulties. In the mid-1970s he went to work on several NASCAR crews, including those run by Morgan Shepherd and Richard Childress.[6] [7]

In 1988, Vickers founded CV Products, an auto racing and powersports parts company located in Thomasville, North Carolina.[8] [9] Vickers remained active in racing during this period, working as a spotter and crew member for former Winston Cup driver Jimmy Means until 1993.[10] [11]

In 1993, in addition to his work with his new company, Vickers began helping his son Brian Vickers with his career as a Go-Kart racer. The younger Vickers later began racing stock cars at age 13 in the Winston Cup series.[12] [13]

In 2001, Vickers owned a team which raced in the NASCAR Busch Series.[14] in which Brian Vickers was a driver. The team was not a financial success.[15] Brian later went on to drive for other teams and win many races.

In 2007 Vickers also was owner of another motorsport company, Xceldyne.[16] By 2009 the companies had merged and were presented with a North Carolina Motorsports Industry Association award as the best large company.[17]

In 2013 CV Products employed 160 people.[18] That year, Vickers was appointed to the North Carolina Motorsports Council.[19] [20]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.the-dispatch.com/article/19990416/NEWS/904160312 "His woodworking talents help others"
  2. News: Keesler. William. CV Products honored at banquet. 22 May 2013. The Dispatch. February 1, 2007.
  3. News: Wehrle. Bruce. Wayne Covert Tries Something New In Racing. 22 May 2013. The Dispatch. April 26, 1977.
  4. Web site: Pappone. Jeff. Lucky Numbers: NASCAR Dad Clyde Vickers. Red Bull. Red Bull North America, Inc.. 22 May 2013.
  5. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/29952201/ "'Tuneup, 9 Drives To Victory At Trico"
  6. News: Long. Dustin. Morgan Shepherd >>> Life in the fast lane. 22 May 2013. The Virginian-Pilot. July 24, 2005.
  7. Web site: CV Products. North Carolina Motorsports Association. 22 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150228061212/http://northcarolinamotorsportsassociation.org/2012/07/cv-products/. 28 February 2015. dead.
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20160309060747/https://business.highbeam.com/435576/article-1G1-162883120/cv-products-recognized "CV Products recognized.(Racin' Around)"
  9. http://www.nvdaily.com/sports/2013/07/murto-vickers-shows-no-quit-spirit/ "Murto: Vickers shows no-quit spirit"
  10. Web site: Hagey. Justin. Riding the fast track to fame. ESPN. 12 February 2004 . ESPN Internet Ventures. 22 May 2013.
  11. http://www.gaffneyledger.com/news/2008-06-13/sports/048.html "Doing it for dad "
  12. News: Long. Dustin. As his career path twists and turns, Brian Vickers races on. 22 May 2013. USA Today. June 20, 2012.
  13. News: James. Brant. So young, so smart, so fast. 22 May 2013. St. Petersburg Times. October 24, 2003.
  14. http://www.sportsmedia101.com/motorsports/2013/07/15/brian-vickers-scored-a-feel-good-win-and-teaches-to-never-give-up/ "Brian Vickers Scored a Feel Good Win and Teaches to Never Give Up"
  15. http://www.greensboro.com/at-brian-vickers-admires-albert-einstein-paraphrases-winston-churchill-and/article_7ad744ad-1498-5ca4-96d5-7cc3fbebe398.html "AT 19, BRIAN VICKERS ADMIRES ALBERT EINSTEIN, PARAPHRASES WINSTON CHURCHILL AND IS HOOKED ON SCOOBY-DOO. AND NOW TONIGHT HE'LL RACE AS NASCAR'S NEWEST BOY WONDER"
  16. http://www.the-dispatch.com/article/20070201/NEWS/702010333 "CV Products honored at banquet"
  17. http://www.the-dispatch.com/article/20090211/ARTICLES/902110302 "CV Products-Xceldyne Technologies gets industry award"
  18. http://www.dragzine.com/features/behind-the-scenes-cv-products-shop-tour/ "Behind The Scenes: CV Products Shop Tour"
  19. http://www.ncpoliticalnews.com/?p=4794 "Governor McCrory Announces Appointments to North Carolina Motorsports Council"
  20. http://sgrtoday.com/categories/state-government/4562-nascar-whos-who-among-two-dozen-names-to-north-carolina-motorsports-council.html "NASCAR Who's Who Among Two Dozen Named To North Carolina Motorsports Council"

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