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Brendan Gaughan in Victory Lane

Brendan Gaughan in Victory Lane
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Expertly piloting his No. 62 NAPA/Orleans Dodge Ram, Brendan Gaughan scored his first ever NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory before a huge crowd at the O'Reilly 400 at Texas Motor Speedway.   Seated in 10th on the starting grid, Gaughan took over the lead on lap 109 and never really looked back. "This is the greatest thing I've ever won," said an obviously elated Gaughan. "I love this track. We took second here last year and we came in wanting to better it and that's what we did. The Orleans crew gave me an incredible NAPA Dodge. I just drive; they do all the work. To make it even better, we had a lot of NAPA people here and it was a pleasure to bring home my first truck win in front of them."  Running the 167 lap O'Reilly 400 in 1:56:02, Gaughan's margin of victory was 2.364 seconds.  Kvapil, who won at Texas last fall, drove his Chevrolet to second place, 2.36 seconds behind the winner. Gaughan, in his 24th career start, is the ninth winner in as many truck races at the 11/2-mile, high-banked quadoval. "I was really confident when I got into second place that I would be able to run him down," Kvapil said. "I was pretty surprised the way it played out. I really thought in the long run our four tires would pay off. Brendan ran smooth, consistent laps and he definitely earned it."  The final caution came after pole-sitter Jason Leffler spun around and backed into the wall around the first turn on lap 107 of 167. Leffler finished 26th. Series points leader David Starr, who qualified second but had to start at the back of the 35-truck field after an engine change, drove back through the field to finish third. That matched his career-best from last June at Texas, where his family runs a racing school. Starr, who hasn't won in 54 career starts, is the only driver to finish in the top 10 of all seven races this year.  By the end of the 25th lap, Starr had already gotten into the top 10, and he stayed there the rest of the race.  Crawford and Ted Musgrave completed the top five. Crawford is second in season points, 17 behind Starr and just three ahead of Musgrave.  There were eight leaders in the race. Musgrave led the first 10 laps and Crawford was in front for 21 laps.
02-21-2005 | Race 7 - Texas Motor Speedway - June 7, 2002

F S # Driver Sponsor / Owner Truck Laps Money Status
1 10 62 Brendan Gaughan NAPA Auto Parts Dodge 167 $63,000 Running
2 6 60 Travis Kvapil CAT Rental Stores Chevrolet 167 $44,475 Running
3 2 75 David Starr Spears Manufacturing Chevrolet 167 $31,550 Running
4 9 14 Rick Crawford Circle Bar Motel & RV Park Ford 167 $21,350 Running
5 4 1 Ted Musgrave Mopar Performance Dodge 167 $15,500 Running
6 3 18 Robert Pressley Hamilton Racing Dodge 167 $15,500 Running
7 8 88 Matt Crafton Menards / Sealmaster Chevrolet 166 $14,400 Running
8 5 20 Coy Gibbs MBNA Chevrolet 166 $13,650 Running
9 12 50 Jon Wood Navy Racing Ford 166 $13,550 Running
10 11 90 Lance Norick Express Personnel Services Chevrolet 166 $14,750 Running
11 7 8 Bill Lester Dodge Motorsports Dodge 166 $13,350 Running
12 16 16 Mike Bliss IWX Motor Freight / Knights Inn Chevrolet 166 $13,165 Running
13 18 29 Terry Cook Power Stroke Diesel Ford 166 $13,065 Running
14 13 46 Dennis Setzer Acxiom / Computer Associates Chevrolet 165 $12,965 Running
15 15 5 Lance Hooper Diamond Cut Jeans / Blair5.com Dodge 164 $13,165 Running
16 24 89 Stan Boyd Bars Leaks / O'Reilly Chevrolet 164 $10,515 Running
17 19 08 Bobby Dotter Albertsons Chevrolet 164 $12,665 Running
18 22 43 Carlos Contreras Hot Wheels Dodge 164 $12,565 Running
19 31 11 Aaron Daniel Athan Tax & Accounting Ford 162 $11,715 Running
20 26 79 Jerry Hill RDS Racing Engines Dodge 162 $12,365 Running
21 33 55 Tom Powers University of Northwest Ohio Dodge 162 $11,265 Running
22 34 0 Jason White Intensitee Custom Racewear / UTI Chevrolet 160 $9,915 Running
23 23 72 Randy MacDonald Greenfield Truck Center Chevrolet 160 $10,815 Running
24 17 51 Michael Ritch OOIDA Dodge 157 $9,715 Running
25 21 07 Jason Small Sunbelt Rentals Chevrolet 139 $9,615 Engine
26 25 15 Trent Owens Dickies Ford 111 $9,515 Engine
27 1 2 Jason Leffler Team ASE / Carquest Dodge 106 $10,715 Crash
28 28 39 Steve Portenga Roto-Rooter Chevrolet 70 $9,315 Crash
29 29 81 Donnie Neuenberger IHOP / Simply Gourmet Dodge 60 $9,215 Crash
30 32 73 David Hall Intensitee Custom Racewear / UTI Chevrolet 30 $9,115 Oil Pres
31 20 21 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Motorsports Ford 11 $8,990 Ignition
32 27 93 Randy Briggs Amerisuites Chevrolet 11 $8,890 Vibration
33 35 38 Wayne Edwards Roto-Rooter Chevrolet 11 $8,790 Vibration
34 30 86 Phil Bonifield Red Line Oil / Coverall Carports Chevrolet 8 $8,765 Engine
35 14 4 Brian Rose Perry Connection Dodge 3 $8,740 Crash

Failed to Qualify: (0)

Time of Race: 1 hour, 56 minutes, 0 seconds
Average Speed: 129.569 mph
Margin of Victory: 2.364 seconds

Bud Pole Award: Jason Leffler, #2 Team ASE/Carquest Racing Dodge, 29.941 seconds, 180.355 mph

Clevite Engine Builders Award: Kevin Kroyer, #62 NAPA Auto Parts Dodge

Featherlite Long Haul Award: Brendan Gaughan, #62 NAPA Auto Parts Dodge

Gatorade Front Runner Award: Brendan Gaughan, #62 NAPA Auto Parts Dodge

Raybestos Rookie of the Race Award: Brendan Gaughan, #62 NAPA Auto Parts Dodge

Waste Management Picking Up Places Award: Aaron Daniel, #11 Athan Tax & Accounting Ford (12 places)

Caution Flags: Laps 5-8 (#4, 16, 29 accident, Turn 4); 14-17 (#86 stall, Turn 4); 66-70 (#81 accident, Turn 2); 74-78 (#39 accident, backstretch); 88-91 (#16 accident, Turn 1); 108-114 (#2 accident, Turn 1). 6 for 29 laps.

Lap Leaders: Jason Leffler, grid, Ted Musgrave 1-10, Leffler 11-55, Travis Kvapil 56-58, Brendan Gaughan 59, Mike Bliss 60-66, Kvapil 67-70, Rick Crawford 71-91, Robert Pressley 92-99, Crawford 100-108, Gaughan 109-167.

Total Laps Led: Brendan Gaughan 60, Jason Leffler 45, Rick Crawford 30, Ted Musgrave 10, Robert Pressley 8, Travis Kvapil 7, Mike Bliss 7. 10 changes involving 7 drivers.

Points following this race:
Rank Driver Points -Back
1 David Starr 1078  
2 Rick Crawford 1061 -17
3 Ted Musgrave 1058 -20
4 Mike Bliss 1041 -37
5 Jason Leffler 953 -125
6 Robert Pressley 949 -129
7 Dennis Setzer 928 -150
8 Travis Kvapil 915 -163
9 Brendan Gaughan 911 -167
10 Terry Cook 894 -184
11 Jon Wood