What is Brian Vickers' Net Worth?
Brian Vickers is an American former stock car and sports car racing driver who has a net worth of $16 million. Between 2001 and 2016, Brian Vickers competed in the NASCAR Busch/Xfinity Series and the Cup Series, and in 2003 he won the NASCAR Busch Series driving for Hendrick Motorsports. In 2010, Vickers began having health issues related to blood clots, eventually leading to the end of his career.
Early Life and Kart Racing
Brian Vickers was born on October 24, 1983 in Thomasville, North Carolina to Ramona and Clyde. He began kart racing at the age of 10, and over the subsequent three years won 80 races and three championships in the World Karting Association. In 1998, Vickers moved to the Allison Legacy Series and won five races during the season. The next year, he competed in the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Racing Series. Vickers subsequently joined the USAR ProCup, in which he was named Rookie of the Year.
Professional Racing Career, 2001-2010
Vickers made his NASCAR Busch Series debut in the 2001 GNC Live Well 250 at Milwaukee, where he finished 37th following a crash. In his three other races that season, he had his best finish at North Carolina, where he came in 25th. Vickers went on to compete in 21 races in the 2002 Busch Series, with his best finish being seventh in the Hardee's 250 at Richmond. His breakout season came in 2003, when he won the Busch Series championship driving for Hendrick Motorsports. Vickers became the youngest Busch Series champion to date, at the age of 20. Also in 2003, he made his NASCAR Cup Series debut in the UAW-GM Quality 500 at Charlotte, finishing 33rd. In the 2004 NASCAR Cup Series, Vickers had two poles and four top tens. He had another strong Cup season in 2005, winning the Nextel Open and taking ten top-tens, including career runs at the Pocono 500 and the Coca-Cola 600. Vickers also competed in some Busch Series races that year.
Kicking off the 2006 Cup season, Vickers finished seventh in the Daytona 500. With nine top tens, he ended up finishing the season in 15th place in points. However, the season was marked by major disputes between Vickers and Hendrick Motorsports, causing Vickers to depart the team after the season. He moved to Team Red Bull in 2007, driving the No. 83 Toyota Camry. In May, Vickers gave Toyota its first-ever top-five finish in the Coca-Cola 600. His success was short-lived, however, as he struggled throughout the remainder of the season and finished 38th in points. Vickers improved in 2008, making three top-fives and six top-tens and finishing 19th in points. He did even better in 2009, taking six poles, four top-fives, and 13 top-tens, and recording his best points finish to date, at 12th in the standings. Notably, his Carfax 400 win was the first victory for Red Bull. Although Vickers had a strong start to the 2010 season, his season ended early due to blood clots that caused him to be hospitalized.
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Professional Racing Career, 2011-2016
Vickers returned to racing in 2011, a season that was marked by his involvement in a pair of major crashes. He concluded the year with seven top-tens and a 25th-place finish in the standings. After the season, Red Bull terminated its Cup Series team, leaving Vickers without a ride. He went on to join Michael Waltrip Racing in 2012, driving the No. 55 Toyota. Additionally, he drove the No. 61 Ferrari in the GTE-AM class in the FIA World Endurance Championship in both the 6 Hours of Spa and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 2013, Vickers broke his 75-race winless streak by winning the Camping World RV Sales 301 at New Hampshire, his third career Sprint Cup Series victory. However, later that year, he was involved in a conspiracy to manipulate the Federated Auto Parts 400, resulting in a fine and points deduction for Michael Waltrip Racing. Vickers's season was subsequently truncated due to the discovery of more blood clots in his leg.
Driving the No. 55 Toyota full-time in 2014, Vickers had his best finish of the year in the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona, where he came in second. At the end of the year, it was announced he would only compete part-time in the 2015 season due to recurring health problems. However, following corrective surgery to repair a hole in his heart and subsequent rehabilitation, Vickers was diagnosed with more blood clots. He began taking blood thinners and announced he wouldn't be able to race again for at least three months. Vickers ultimately didn't race again for the remainder of 2015. Returning in 2016, he became an interim driver for Stewart-Haas Racing in the Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 14 Chevrolet SS. Vickers had his best finish of the year in the STP 500, coming in seventh. The final race of his career was the Duck Commander 500 at Texas in April, where he finished 37th.
Personal Life
In 2013, Vickers married Sarah Kellen. She emerged as a controversial figure when it was revealed in 2019 that she had allegedly served as an assistant in the child sex-trafficking operation run by the late Jeffrey Epstein. According to multiple victim testimonies and court records, Kellen played a significant role in facilitating Epstein's sex-trafficking operations. Kellen was responsible for scheduling and coordinating "massages," a term often used to describe encounters where Epstein sexually abused underage girls. She arranged travel for victims on Epstein's private jets, prepared rooms for these encounters, and, in some instances, took nude photographs of the girls. One victim, known as Carolyn, testified that Kellen scheduled her appointments with Epstein and paid her $500 to pose for nude photographs when she was just 14 or 15 years old. During Ghislaine Maxwell's sentencing hearing in 2022, U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan described Kellen as a "knowing participant in the criminal conspiracy" and "a criminally responsible participant" in Epstein's sex-trafficking scheme. Despite this, Kellen has not been arrested or charged with any crimes. Her immunity from prosecution is partly due to a 2007 non-prosecution agreement Epstein secured with federal prosecutors in Florida, which extended protection to Kellen and other associates. In the spring of 2025, Vickers made his first appearance on social media in many years to announce his divorce from Kellen.
Real Estate
In 2007, Brian paid $4.8 million for a penthouse in New York City's Soho neighborhood. This property sold in 2022 for $6.225 milliion. In September 2021, Brian paid $6.3 million for a luxury condo in Miami Beach.