Brendan Gaughan Pre-Race Report - Homestead

Driver: Brendan Gaughan
Owner: Michael Gaughan
Homestead 200
Homestead Miami Speedway
Race: Friday, November 17 – 8:05 pm
Qualifying: Friday, November 17 – 5:00 pm
1.5-mile oval, 134 laps/ 201 miles

Notes of Interest: This week the “Craftsman Mechanic of the Year” will join the Orleans Racing team at Homestead Speedway. Harold Burton, of Long Island, NY, won the honors in the season long contest by being the best of the best from Dodge’s Weekly Racing Series program. Burton repeats the honor after winning the same accolade in 2005.

The Piece: T1 (Lonestar)
 
The Stats:

Homestead Miami Speedway - Trucks
Date	Start	Finish	LC/TL	Status	Winnings
15-Nov-02	13	11	133/134	Running	$15,225
14-Nov-03	13	29	101/134	Crash	$10,115
19-Nov-05	24	16	133/134	Running	$14,115
Homestead Miami Speedway - Cup Series
Date	Start	Finish	LC/TL	Status	Winnings
21-Nov-04	17	6	271/271	Running	$102,000

Gaughan on Homestead Miami Speedway: “The fans seem to like it. The championship usually comes down to the last race. This is the second largest margin in Craftsman Truck Series history, so this is one of the first times we’ve come to Homestead and not had a real battle to the end. Ever since they rebuilt the place a couple years ago there has been great racing. So the racetrack itself is great to race on. I’ve run well there including in 2003 when we missed out on winning the championship. It’s just a neat place.

“This race team has already got a very aggressive plan for the off season. The January test season has already been decided. We’re going to have six or eight trucks done and our plan is extremely aggressive. In the last two races we’ve had mechanical problems hurt good runs. We need to not have those mechanical problems and get the good finish to close out the season. For the off season we’ve already gotten ourselves to where we’re ahead with bodies ready to go and chassis ready to go and we’re going to stay ahead now. We’ve worked our tails off to get this far ahead and we’re going to stay that way all year.”

Meet the Crew:

Name	Hometown	Shop Duty	Race Day Duty
Bryan Berry	Homestead, FL	Crew Chief	Crew Chief
Robert Ewing	Las Vegas, NV	Truck Chief	Front Tire Changer
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

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