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Brendan Gaughan, No. 62 South Point Hotel & Casino Toyota Camry Michigan International Speedway CARFAX 250 Preview
Press Release
· Like his teammate Wallace, Brendan Gaughan is also a former event winner at MIS, having won the 2003 NASCAR Truck Series race there. In his six Truck Series starts at MIS, Gaughan has three top-five finishes, with an average finish of 9.0.
· Despite suffering several weeks of bad luck, Gaughan enters Michigan ranked ninth in the driver standings and has scored four top-ten finishes in his last nine Nationwide Series starts.
· The primary car for Gaughan this weekend is RWR-051, which competed at Daytona with Gaughan aboard. His backup car this weekend is RWR-053, which has yet to see action in the Nationwide Series.
· RWR’s best Nationwide Series finish at MIS came in 2004, when Rusty Wallace drove the team’s Duraflame No. 66 to a sixth-place finish.
· David Stremme dominated the 2006 ARCA Racing Series race at Michigan for RWR, literally lapping the entire field en route to his first ARCA victory.
· Team owner Rusty Wallace’s success at MIS is well-noted, having scored five wins, 15 top-fives and 21 top-tens there throughout his illustrious driving career.
- Rusty Wallace Racing Press Release
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