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Gaughan & team; new strategy for Darlington:

Brendan Gaughan [#62 South Point Hotel & Casino Tundra] and crew chief Bryan Berry agree to have a new team strategy for Darlington that goes along with the aggressive style of the South Carolina track. Bryan Berry and me are trying a new strategy at Darlington. When we unload the South Point Hotel & Casino Tundra at Darlington, we’re going to start practice with a qualifying run and work from there,” said Gaughan, who hopes to combat a personal battle with the new strategy and Germain Racing’s wealth of data and experience. “One of the problems I’ve had in my career is I don’t get up to speed fast enough in practice. I need to start being faster earlier in practice instead of testing the truck for three or four laps and wearing the good off the tires. With Germain Racing, the team has such engineering information and experience in the Truck Series, that when we show up at the race track, there’s no question what kind of Tundra you have. So, we are going to start practice with a qualifying run and build from there.(Germain Racing PR)(3-9-2011)