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Brendan Gaughan in Victory Lane

Brendan Gaughan in Victory Lane
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Gaughan Completes Texas Sweep

Rookie Brendan Gaughan went ahead when Ted Musgrave spun out during a caution with just 14 laps left Friday night and held on to win his second NASCAR trucks race at Texas this year.  Gaughan, whose only other victory was on the same 1.5-mile track in June, is the first two-time winner in the 10 Craftsman Truck Series races at Texas Motor Speedway.  Gaughan, who won with an average speed of 137.73 mph, finished 0.91 seconds ahead of Coy Gibbs in his Chevrolet.  Gaughan became the first repeating NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series winner at Texas Motor Speedway, winning back-to-back races at the track in the same year. The win was his second career win in 24 career starts. In his three starts at T.M.S. he has finished second, first and first, respectively. Gaughan joins Kurt Busch and Kenny Irwin as the only NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series drivers to post multiple wins in their rookie season. “It’s an honor to say that we were the first people to repeat – especially thinking of all the Jack Spragues, Ron Hornadays and all of the people who have run here more than once. Just like the last race this NAPA team was one bad you know what. This team just rocks! Shane Wilson (crew chief) and all of the guys gave me good pit stops all night. Our final two-tire stop went really well. I can’t complain. We had a little bit of an aero-push – the Dodges we know get that aero-push when you get behind people. But some Kevin Kroyer (engine builder) power and a little bit of luck never hurt us, and we ended up picking up another win here. Man, I love Texas.
Race 17 - Texas Motor Speedway - September 13, 2002 Printer Version 

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F S # Driver Sponsor / Owner Truck Laps Money Status
1 5 62 Brendan Gaughan NAPA Auto Parts Dodge 146 $58,430 Running
2 3 20 Coy Gibbs MBNA Chevrolet 146 $41,525 Running
3 2 75 David Starr Spears Manufacturing Chevrolet 146 $28,445 Running
4 4 14 Rick Crawford Circle Bar Motel & RV Park Ford 146 $20,920 Running
5 20 60 Travis Kvapil CAT Rental Stores Chevrolet 146 $14,870 Running
6 7 1 Ted Musgrave Mopar Performance Dodge 146 $12,495 Running
7 11 18 Robert Pressley Dickies / Square D Dodge 146 $12,295 Running
8 8 2 Jason Leffler Team ASE / Carquest Dodge 146 $11,245 Running
9 1 16 Mike Bliss IWX Motor Freight / Knights Inn Chevrolet 146 $12,445 Running
10 10 46 Dennis Setzer Acxiom / Computer Associates Chevrolet 146 $12,495 Running
11 13 4 Joe Ruttman Red Line Synthetic Oil Dodge 145 $10,945 Running
12 14 50 Jon Wood Navy Racing Ford 145 $10,760 Running
13 15 90 Lance Norick Express Personnel Services Chevrolet 144 $10,660 Crash
14 18 07 Jason Small Sunbelt Rentals Chevrolet 144 $10,560 Running
15 26 08 Bobby Dotter Albertsons Chevrolet 142 $10,710 Running
16 28 15 Brian Rose Perry Connection Ford 142 $10,360 Running
17 25 72 Randy MacDonald businessdriver.com Chevrolet 142 $10,270 Running
18 22 79 Jerry Hill RDS Racing Engines Dodge 141 $10,185 Running
19 30 66 Lonnie Cox Carnes-Cox-Higgs Ford 140 $7,835 Running
20 32 73 David Hall Cellution / Intensitee Racewear Chevrolet 132 $7,960 Running
21 29 11 Aaron Daniel Athan Tax & Accounting / Jensen Ford 125 $7,635 Engine
22 12 29 Terry Cook Power Stroke Diesel Ford 115 $8,535 Engine
23 17 88 Matt Crafton Menards / Sealmaster Chevrolet 103 $8,435 Engine
24 9 63 Carl Edwards Mittler Brothers / Smokin' K Ford 98 $7,335 Vibration
25 16 39 Steve Portenga Roto-Rooter Chevrolet 94 $7,235 Valve
26 27 28 Conrad Burr UFA-FDNY / National Peening Chevrolet 79 $7,135 Running
27 24 27 Doug Keller Keller Motorsports Chevrolet 56 $7,035 Valve
28 6 8 Bill Lester Dodge Motorsports Dodge 49 $6,935 Running
29 23 86 Lance Hooper Red Line Synthetic Oil Chevrolet 37 $6,835 Engine
30 21 43 Carlos Contreras Hot Wheels Dodge 29 $6,735 Engine
31 35 25 Barry Bodine Red Line Oil / Lane Automotive Chevrolet 20 $6,645 Overheat
32 33 93 Michael Dokken Troxell Racing Chevrolet 8 $6,635 Rear End
33 31 23 Phil Bonifield Red Line Oil / Motor State Perf. Chevrolet 7 $6,625 Ignition
34 19 89 Stan Boyd Engineered Victories Chevrolet 6 $6,615 Susp
35 34 0 Patrick Lawler Cellution / Intensitee Racewear Chevrolet 0 $6,605 Engine
Failed to Qualify: (0)

Time of Race: 1 hour 35 minutes 24 seconds
Average Speed: 137.736 mph (TRACK RECORD)
Margin of Victory: .913 second

Bud Pole Award:
Mike Bliss, #16 IWX Motor Freight/Knights Inn Chevrolet, 30.051 seconds, 179.695 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:
Rick Crawford, #14 Circle Bar Motel & RV Park Ford

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

Waste Management Picking Up Places Award:
Travis Kvapil, #60 CAT Rental Stores Chevrolet (15 places)

Caution Flags: Laps 104-107 (Truck #66 spin, Turn 4); 116-124 (Debris, Turn 3); 133-138 (Truck #79 spin, Turn 2). 3 for 19 laps.

Lap Leaders: Mike Bliss pole, Coy Gibbs 1-2, David Starr 3-5, Rick Crawford 6-38, Gibbs 39-54, Brendan Gaughan 55-58, Gibbs 59-65, Crawford 66-88, Ted Musgrave 89-132, Gaughan 133-146.

Total Laps Led: Rick Crawford 56, Ted Musgrave 44, Coy Gibbs 25, Brendan Gaughan 18, David Starr 3. 9 changes involving 6 drivers.

Points following this race:

Rank Driver Points -Back
1 Mike Bliss 2562  
2 Rick Crawford 2522 -40
3 Ted Musgrave 2499 -63
4 Terry Cook 2477 -85
5 Robert Pressley 2423 -139
6 David Starr 2422 -140