Silverado 350 - Official Results
Brendan Gaughan in Victory Lane
Brendan Gaughan in Victory Lane
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Gaughan Makes History at Texas

Brendan Gaughan made NASCAR Camping World Truck Series history Saturday, winning his fourth consecutive race at Texas Motor Speedway Saturday to extend his championship lead over second-finishing Travis Kvapil. Gaughan, driving the Orleans Hotel Dodge, overcame the handicap of a rear-of-the-field start - the penalty for a post-practice engine change. Leading three times for 60 of the race's 146 laps, Gaughan took command on the 104th time around the 1.5-mile superspeedway, passing Rick Crawford off Turn 2. The victory, worth $60,630, was Gaughan's sixth of the season (and eighth of his career) at an average speed of 122.727 mph. Gaughan's fourth TMS victory broke his series tie with Jack Sprague, winner of three straight races at Phoenix International Raceway in 1996-97. The Las Vegas driver, who entered the 22nd race of the season with a 20-point advantage, now heads Kvapil by 30 heading to next Saturday's Advance Auto Parts 200 at Martinsville Speedway. Kvapil, also a rear starter after a happy hour accident damaged his IWX Motor Freight Chevrolet beyond repair, brought his backup mount to second at lap 133. The finish was Kvapil's 18th consecutive top-10 performance, matching Ron Hornaday Jr.'s 1996 single season mark. Ted Musgrave, No. 3 in the championship standings, finished third in the Mopar Performance Dodge to fall 73 behind Gaughan. Raybestos Rookie leader Carl Edwards was fourth in the Superchips Ford with Bud Pole winner Andy Houston overcoming a lap 98 spin on the backstretch to salvage fifth in the Team ASE Racing/Carquest Dodge. Jon Wood, Terry Cook, Dennis Setzer, Rick Crawford and Bobby Hamilton completed the top 10 - all but Hamilton on the lead lap. Seven drivers exchanged the lead 14 times - the latter number one short of the series mark at TMS. There were six caution periods consuming 29 laps.
03-01-2005 | Race 22 - Texas Motor Speedway - October 11, 2003

F S # Driver Sponsor / Owner Truck Laps Money Status
1 7 62 Brendan Gaughan Orleans Hotel Dodge 146 $60,630 Running
2 11 16 Travis Kvapil IWX Motor Freight Chevrolet 146 $41,600 Running
3 10 1 Ted Musgrave Mopar Performance Dodge 146 $28,695 Running
4 3 99 Carl Edwards Superchips Ford 146 $19,070 Running
5 1 2 Andy Houston Team ASE / Carquest Dodge 146 $14,670 Running
6 5 50 Jon Wood Graham for President Ford 146 $12,245 Running
7 6 29 Terry Cook Power Stroke Diesel / Oil Mate Ford 146 $12,245 Running
8 13 46 Dennis Setzer Acxiom Chevrolet 146 $11,545 Running
9 8 14 Rick Crawford Circle Bar Motel & RV Park Ford 146 $11,395 Running
10 19 4 Bobby Hamilton Square D Dodge 145 $12,595 Running
11 4 7 Tracy Hines Dodge Motorsports Dodge 144 $8,695 Running
12 14 88 Matt Crafton Menards / Enzyme Magic Chevrolet 144 $10,760 Running
13 15 59 Robert Pressley Harris Trucking/Melling Eng. Parts Dodge 144 $10,660 Running
14 16 03 Eric Jones Team EJP Chevrolet 144 $9,560 Running
15 9 18 Chad Chaffin Dickies Dodge 144 $10,910 Running
16 30 08 Jody Lavender Hartsville Community Bank Chevrolet 143 $11,860 Running
17 22 35 Randy Briggs Arrow Truck Sales Ford 143 $8,020 Running
18 21 15 Patrick Lawler San Antonio Auto Auction / Vokal Ford 143 $10,185 Running
19 20 07 Shane Sieg Auto Air Colors Chevrolet 142 $10,085 Running
20 33 5 Jerry Hill Ware Racing Enterprises Dodge 141 $10,085 Running
21 31 89 Stan Boyd Engineered Victories Chevrolet 140 $7,635 Running
22 27 95 Wayne Edwards NRG Cases / Hi Tech Engines Ford 140 $7,535 Running
23 32 72 Randy MacDonald U.S. Security Chevrolet 140 $8,435 Running
24 29 51 Blake Mallory Ware Racing Enterprises Chevrolet 139 $7,335 Running
25 17 58 Chris Horn seafoamsales.com Chevrolet 136 $7,235 Running
26 25 86 Shane Wallace Lane Automotive / Motor State Perf. Ford 133 $8,135 Running
27 28 53 T.J. Bell Special Wish Foundation Ford 116 $8,035 Crash
28 12 8 Bill Lester Strauss Auto Parts / The Club Dodge 114 $6,935 Running
29 24 49 Shawna Robinson Aaron's Chevrolet 113 $6,835 Engine
30 26 63 David Stover Porter Trucking & Enerpac Ford 78 $6,735 Engine
31 2 75 David Starr Spears Manufacturing Chevrolet 63 $6,605 Engine
32 34 23 Phil Bonifield Red Line Synthetic Oil Chevrolet 53 $6,635 Ignition
33 23 01 Lance Hooper RAS Concrete Construction Ford 50 $6,625 Vibration
34 18 38 Brandon Whitt McMillin Homes Chevrolet 31 $6,615 Heating
35 36 9 Kenny Hendrick Fasscore / Vokal Clothing Ford 14 $6,605 Vibration
36 35 93 Jonathon Price Troxell-MacDonald Racing Chevrolet 7 $6,600 Engine

Failed to Qualify: (1) Loni Richardson (#0).

Time of Race: 1 hour, 47 minutes, 4 seconds
Average Speed: 122.727 mph
Margin of Victory: 1.905 seconds

Bud Pole Award:
Andy Houston, #2 Team ASE Racing/Carquest Dodge, 29.747 seconds, 181.531 mph

Clevite Engine Parts Award:
Kevin Kroyer, #62 Orleans Hotel/Dodge Dodge

Featherlite Long Haul Award:
Brendan Gaughan, #62 Orleans Hotel/Dodge Dodge

Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race Award:
Brendan Gaughan, #62 Orleans Hotel/Dodge Dodge

Raybestos Rookie of the Race Award:
Carl Edwards, #99 Superchips Ford

Waste Management Picking Up Places Award:
Jody Lavender, #08 Albertsons Chevrolet (14 places)

Caution Flags: Laps 2-5 (Debris, Turn 2); 9-15 (Fluid on track); 69-73 (Truck 15 spin, Turn 4); 81-85 (Truck #89 spin, Turn 4); 98-102 (Truck #2 spin, backstretch); 123-127 (Truck #53 accident, Turns 3-4). 6 for 31 laps.

Lap Leaders: Andy Houston 1-15, Ted Musgrave 16-33, Rick Crawford 34-59, Musgrave 60, Houston 61-63, Carl Edwards 64-69, Travis Kvapil 70, Jon Wood 71-74, Edwards 75-76, Brendan Gaughan 77-82, Wood 83-86, Rick Crawford 87-91, Gaughan 92-102, Crawford 103, Gaughan 104-146.

Total Laps Led: Brendan Gaughan 60, Rick Crawford 32, Ted Musgrave 19, Andy Houston 18, Carl Edwards 8, Jon Wood 8, Travis Kvapil 1. 14 Lead changes involving 7 drivers.

Points following this race:
Rank Driver Points -Back
1 Brendan Gaughan 3459  
2 Travis Kvapil 3429 -30
3 Ted Musgrave 3386 -73
4 Dennis Setzer 3342 -117
5 Jon Wood 3186 -273
6 Bobby Hamilton 3132 -327
7 Rick Crawford 3113 -346
8 Carl Edwards 2994 -465
9 Terry Cook 2861 -598
10 Chad Chaffin 2779 -680
11 Matt Crafton 2756 -703
12 Robert Pressley 2464 -995
13 Bill Lester 2403 -1056
14 David Starr 2310 -1149
15 Jason Leffler 2209 -1250
16 Randy MacDonald 2185 -1274
17 Jerry Hill 1882 -1577
18 Jody Lavender 1871 -1588
19 Randy Briggs 1618 -1841
20 Phil Bonifield 1302 -2157

Manufacturers Championship
Points Wins
Dodge 160 (12)
Chevrolet 133 (5)
Ford 125 (5)
Clevite Engine Builder
Kevin Kroyer #62 283
Joey Arrington #1 248
Team Amick #46 232

Waste Management Picking Up Places
Randy MacDonald 49
Randy Briggs 42
Jody Lavender 28
Tony Stewart 26
Stan Boyd 20
Aaron Daniel 20
Tina Gordon 20
Shane Wallace 20
Ken Schrader 17
Eric Jones 16
Doug Keller 16
Doug Mahlik 16
Shane Sieg 16
Jason Leffler 14
David Stover 12
Dennis Setzer 11
Travis Kvapil 11
Bud Pole Award Standings
Brendan Gaughan 3
Ted Musgrave 3
Jason Leffler 2
Jon Wood 2
Terry Cook 2
Chad Chaffin 2
Andy Houston 1
Bill Lester 1
Jimmy Spencer 1

POWERade Pit Championship
(Through 10/4/03)
Orleans Racing #62 1,311
Ultra Motorsports #1 1,314
Xpress Motorsports #16 1,272

Raybestos Rookie of the Year
Carl Edwards 280
Jody Lavender 157
Randy Briggs 153
T.J. Bell 112
Tina Gordon 111

Mobil 1 Command Performance
Brendan Gaughan 6
Ted Musgrave 4
Carl Edwards 3
Dennis Setzer 3
Rick Crawford 1
Travis Kvapil 1
Jason Leffler 1
Jimmy Spencer 1
Tony Stewart 1
Jon Wood 1

NEXT EVENT: ADVANCE AUTO PARTS 200, MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY, Martinsville, Va., 10/18/03, .526-Mile Paved, 200 Laps, 105.2 Miles

NOTE: The above figures are based on team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (10/13/03)