57 Facts About Brendan Gaughan

William Brendan Gaughan was born on July 10,1975 and is an American former professional racing driver who has competed in off-road and stock cars.

Brendan Gaughan is the grandson of Vegas gaming pioneer Jackie Gaughan, and son of Michael Gaughan, a hotel and casino magnate.

Brendan Gaughan began in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, which was followed by the Busch and Cup Series during the 2000s.

Brendan Gaughan last competed part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No 62 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Beard Motorsports.

Brendan Gaughan is the brother of Las Vegas gaming executive John Gaughan.

Brendan Gaughan earned All-Conference honors as a placekicker on Georgetown's NCAA Division I-AA football team.

Brendan Gaughan was primarily a role player on the basketball team whose jobs were mostly practice related but did see action in 25 games.

Brendan Gaughan's second son William was born on October 11,2012.

In 2011, Brendan Gaughan appeared as a spokesperson for the South Point Casino in an episode of the History Channel series Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy.

In 2015, Brendan Gaughan was a guest analyst for the ARCA Racing Series race at Kentucky.

Brendan Gaughan founded City Lights Shine, a distillery, is involved in his family's South Point Casino business, and owns New Wave Cleaning Solutions.

Brendan Gaughan won his first race in a 1991 Southern Nevada Off-Road Enthusiasts off-road race.

Brendan Gaughan was the Class 10 SNORE champion in 1991,1992, and 1993.

Brendan Gaughan raced in premiere two-wheel-drive trophy truck Class 8 in 1996 and 1997 but did not win either championship as Scott Taylor won both championships.

Brendan Gaughan moved with most SODA drivers to Championship Off-Road Racing at the end of 1997 and raced in the Pro-2 category through 1998 where he finished third behind champion Ricky Johnson and Taylor.

However, Johnson's truck succumbed to crash damage from a previous incident with Jimmie Crowder and Brendan Gaughan took his first win at Crandon in a pro category.

Brendan Gaughan followed the win with a repeat performance the next year at Crandon, this time piloting a Chevrolet.

In 2019, Brendan Gaughan won the Baja 1000's Class 1 category.

Brendan Gaughan made his NASCAR debut in a Truck Series race in 1997 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Brendan Gaughan ran two races in 1998 with the No 20 team, but he failed to finish both races.

Brendan Gaughan attempted his first Busch race at Las Vegas, but he failed to qualify.

Brendan Gaughan then decided to move to stock car racing.

Brendan Gaughan ran in the Winston West Series in 1999, and was the 2000 and 2001 champion on the circuit.

Brendan Gaughan attempted to qualify for a Busch Series race at Pikes Peak International Raceway in 2000, but failed to make the race.

Brendan Gaughan ran seven times in the Truck Series for Bill McAnally and TKO Motorsports, and had two top-five finishes.

Brendan Gaughan drove the No 62 NAPA Auto Parts-sponsored truck to two victories on his way to the Rookie of the Year title.

Brendan Gaughan held the points lead for most of the season, but finished 4th in points after wrecking in the last race of the season with Marty Houston, a teammate of one of Gaughan's rivals for the championship, Ted Musgrave; the collision with Marty validated Gaughan's concerns that Ultra Motorsports had entered extra trucks to serve as roadblocks to help Musgrave, as Marty was one of the extra entries.

Brendan Gaughan finished second in the Rookie of the Year standings and 28th in the final points standings.

Brendan Gaughan finished the season with four Top 10's, including a career-best Top 5 finish at Talladega Superspeedway, where he had been in contention to win before Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Brendan Gaughan did come close to a win at the Glen where he led a total of seven laps in the final 25 laps.

Brendan Gaughan then spun out with 19 laps to go and then broke a transmission, finishing 34th.

Brendan Gaughan was replaced at the end of the season by Travis Kvapil, after team owner Roger Penske was not satisfied with Gaughan's progress in the sport.

Brendan Gaughan finished 19th in the final points standings, with 2 top-five and 7 top-ten finishes.

In 2007, the South Point team switched to Chevrolet Silverados, where Brendan Gaughan returned to the manufacturer which he drove during his efforts in the AutoZone West championships.

In 2008, South Point Racing was to merge with Wyler Racing into Wyler-Brendan Gaughan Racing, fielding the No 60 and No 77 Toyotas.

Brendan Gaughan signed to the drive No 10 Ford F-150 for Circle Bar Racing in the 2008 CTS season.

Brendan Gaughan had five top-tens and finished fifteenth in points.

In 2009, Brendan Gaughan drove the No 62 Chevy for Rusty Wallace Racing in the Nationwide Series.

However, Brendan Gaughan was unhappy with the lagging performance of the team and left the team at the end of the season.

Brendan Gaughan returned to the Truck Series full-time in 2013, driving the No 62 South Point Chevrolet for Childress with crew chief Shane Wilson.

Brendan Gaughan won his first Nationwide Series race at Road America in June 2014 after Alex Tagliani ran out of gas before the final caution.

Brendan Gaughan was very emotional about his win as he was running a car dedicated to his deceased grandfather John Jackie Gaughan.

In 2015, Brendan Gaughan competed full-time in the Xfinity Series for RCR.

Brendan Gaughan drove the No 62 Sprint Cup car for Premium Motorsports in most of the series' races without RCR support.

Brendan Gaughan then failed to qualify for five of the next six after that, and blew a tire and crashed in his only start in this period, at Talladega.

Brendan Gaughan did make the field at Daytona and finished 28th after suffering from a stuck throttle for more than half the race.

Brendan Gaughan successfully made it into the Round of 8 with two top 10s in the first 3 races.

The Round of 8 began with bad luck, as Brendan Gaughan spun through the grass in the first race of the Round of 8 at Kansas, leaving him below the cut line with two races left.

Brendan Gaughan announced he would run his first Daytona 500 since 2004, driving for Beard Motorsports.

Brendan Gaughan finished the 500 in 11th place, earning him starts with Beard at the three remaining Cup Series restrictor-plate races.

Brendan Gaughan then had a dismal first quarter of the Xfinity season, with many mechanical failures and several instances of being swept up in accidents.

Brendan Gaughan did return to the No 75 Cup car at Talladega, finishing 27th.

Brendan Gaughan returned to the No 75 for the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona, where, despite being involved in a couple wrecks, was able to finish 7th.

On December 21,2019, Brendan Gaughan announced that he would retire from racing after the 2020 season.

On February 9,2020, Brendan Gaughan made the field at the Daytona 500 by posting the second fastest qualifying speed of all the non-charter teams.

Brendan Gaughan finished 7th in the race, his best finish in the Daytona 500.

Brendan Gaughan achieved a top-ten finish at the Coke Zero Sugar 400.