Brendan Gaughan Pre-Race Report - Nashville

Driver: Brendan Gaughan
Owner: Michael Gaughan
Nashville 200
Nashville Superspeedway
Race: Saturday, August 12 – 4:15 pm
Qualifying: Saturday, August 12 – 12:00 pm
1.333-mile oval, 200 miles/ 150 laps

Notes of Interest: This week the No. 77 Dodge will sport the colors of the Gaughan family owned South Coast Hotel and Casino property. The South Coast, one of Las Vegas’ newest properties, is located on South Las Vegas Boulevard. More information on this full service facility can be found at http://www.southcoastcasino.com/

 

Military Appreciation Program (MAP): The 422 TES (Test and Evaluation Squadron) The 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron is tasked with testing and evaluating state-of-the- art weapons systems, exploiting foreign technologies, and developing leading edge tactics to improve the future combat capability of aerospace forces.

 

The piece: Gaughan will drive Orleans Racing’s T-15
 
The Stats:

Nashville Superspeedway
Date	Start	Finish	LC/TL	Status	Winnings
10-Aug-02	11	6	150/151	Running	$10,850
8-Aug-03	2	5	150/150	Running	$11,075
13-Aug-05	28	6	150/150	Running	$10,275

GAUGHAN ON NASHVILLE: “Nashville has always been a fun track to race at. It’s not a mile-and-a-half and it’s not a mile-and-a-quarter. It’s 1.333 miles, so it’s an odd size. It’s concrete and it’s got decent banking. We always have a ton of grip there. The concrete lends itself to a be a very fast racetrack.

“Ever since we got done with that Chicago test the Orleans Racing team has been very excited. We really think we have a chance to compete for the win there this week. I’m really pumped up about going there.

“This is not the type of place to take Lonestar. We’re taking the T-15 truck, which we tested side-by-side with Lonestar and T-20 at Chicago. We tested all three of them and we all sat down and said, ‘Which one do we want to take?’ We all chose the T-15 out of the list because we think it’s the right truck for Nashville. We think that with some of the characteristics of its handling it’s going to be really, really good at Nashville.

Gaughan on Having South Coast Livery on his Dodge

“Michael Gaughan never really felt comfortable in a corporate situation. The corporate structure just wasn’t for him and he came to an agreement to buy the South Coast. The South Coast will be renamed soon and we’re going to advertise the one property that Michael Gaughan now owns. We’re really excited and here in Las Vegas it’s big news.  We no longer have all the properties that we used to have but we’ve got one and it’s just ours. So we’re going to start advertising the South Coast. It would be kind of neat to get a win at Nashville the first time we put South Coast on the truck.”

Meet the Crew:

Name	Hometown	Shop Duty	Race Day Duty
Tony Liberati	Bellaire, OH	Crew Chief	Crew Chief
Bryan Berry	Homestead, FL	Truck Chief	Truck Chief
Danny Goad	Martinsville, VA	Mechanic / Tuner	Rear Tire Changer
Clint Jennings	Logan, OH	Engineer	Rear Tire Hanger
Jacen Johns	Springfield, MO	Mechanic	Front Tire Hanger
Calvin Gravely	Martinsville, VA	Tire Spec / Fabricator	Jack Man
Bill Caldwell	Culver City, CA	DOT	Fuel Man
Steve Fiedler	Yankton, SD	Truck Driver	Catch Can
Robert Ewing	Las Vegas, NV	Fabricator	Front Tire Changer

 
Listen in on the #77: The team’s primary radio frequency is 451.3371.