NASCAR veteran Brendan Gaughan will make his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut in the Gaughan drives the No. 62 South Point Hotel & Casino Tundra at Iowa Speedway this weekend. Gaughan has met the lively Iowa Speedway fans twice before, racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. However, this will be his first Truck Series event at the track built by longtime friend Rusty Wallace. Gaughan says he doesn’t dislike short tracks, on which he has collected one of his eight wins (Milwaukee), but he just feels more at home on the larger tracks. One part about Iowa that he knows he’s looking very forward to is the fan base. “Iowa race fans are great. That’s one thing I’ve learned about the racing fans is that in the Midwest , the fans they love their racing,” said Gaughan. Brendan Gaughan holds eight Truck Series victories to go along with his two K&N Pro Series West championship titles. He currently ranks 10th, 60 points behind the leader, in the 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver’s points standings.(Germain Racing PR)(7-14-2011)
