Veteran NASCAR driver Brendan Gaughan will compete in ten races on the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule, driving Richard Childress Racing’s #33 Chevrolet Impala, and in eight races on the 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule, driving RCR’s #2 Chevrolet Silverado. Gaughan’s Nationwide and Truck Series races will be sponsored by South Point Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, with the exception of two Nationwide Series events which will be sponsored by Menards. The Las Vegas native’s 18-race schedule will kick-off with the Truck Series event at Daytona International Speedway and includes visits in both series to his home track of Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Gaughan’s Nationwide Series events include races at Iowa Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Dover International Speedway and Phoenix International Raceway among others. His Truck Series line-up includes events at Texas Motor Speedway, where he is a four-time winner, Bristol Motor Speedway, Talladega Superspeedway and others, as well as the 2012 season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The complete crew chief and remaining driver lineup for the #33 Nationwide Series team and the #2 Truck Series team will be announced at a later date.(Richard Childress Racing PR)(12-8-2011)
