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You may have heard of him, you may not. If you haven’t, I must tell you about this impressive 23 year old from Poway, California.

A protégé of Kyle “Rowdy” Busch, Brian Ickler started racing in his early teen years, not in a kart, Bandelaro, or Legends car, but off-roading. Ickler is the youngest winner of the Baja 1000 (his respective class, not the overall winner), which is sort of like the Daytona 500 for off-road racing in California. No doubt at that age he was impressive, fellow stock car drivers to win the SCORE (Southern California Off Road Enthusiasts) rookie of the year includes Robby Gordon and Jimmie Johnson. Gordon went on to become a three time winner in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Johnson of course, is a three time champion.

Surely Brian had those same aspirations, but not getting too far ahead of himself, he attended Buck Baker’s driving school in an attempt to grasp stock car racing. After running a couple years in the Busch West Series, Ickler’s accolades were finishing 5th in the 2006 Toyota All-Star Showdown, and he finished second at Infineon Raceway, second to Sprint Cup driver Brian Vickers. In 2007, he finished fourth in the points standings and earned three wins.

Moving quickly, it was time to takeover the east coast.

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