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Brendan Gaughan wins Saturday's Nationwide race

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ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) Brendan Gaughan took the lead after a green-white-checkered restart, then held on to win the rain-soaked and wild NASCAR Nationwide series race at Road America on Saturday.

Alex Tagliani was second, followed by Kevin O'Connell, Chase Elliott and J.J. Yeley as NASCAR drivers got a rare opportunity to race in the rain. It was a disappointing finish for Tagliani, who led in the closing stages of regulation but ran out of gas after a late caution flag came out.

It was the third time in Nationwide history that grooved rain tires have been used in a race; the previous two were in Montreal. NASCAR only uses rain tires on road courses, not on oval tracks.

Pos. No. Driver Points
1 62 Brendan Gaughan 410
2 22 Alex Tagliani 43
3 23 Kevin O'Connell 41
4 9 Chase Elliott # 505
5 28 JJ Yeley 275
6 51 Jeremy Clements 298
7 55 Andy Lally 37
8 1 Landon Cassill 368
9 11 Elliott Sadler 506
10 19 Mike Bliss 34
11 40 Matt Dibenedetto 104
12 54 Sam Hornish Jr. 164
13 7 Regan Smith 516
14 20 Kenny Habul 30
15 44 Carlos Contreras 101
16 2 Brian Scott 459
17 99 James Buescher # 388
18 60 Chris Buescher # 388
19 3 Ty Dillon # 475
20 14 Eric McClure 227
21 16 Ryan Reed # 356
22 39 Ryan Sieg # 227
23 4 Jeffrey Earnhardt 266
24 31 Justin Marks 20
25 43 Dakoda Armstrong # 333
26 42 Dylan Kwasniewski # 334
27 6 Trevor Bayne 453
28 17 Tanner Berryhill # 148
29 74 Bobby Reuse 15
30 52 Joey Gase 235
31 76 Tommy Joe Martins # 124
32 87 Stanton Barrett 12
33 70 Derrike Cope 150
34 46 Ryan Ellis 51
35 15 Carl Long 56
36 10 Jeff Green 85
37 79 Tim Schendel 14
38 93 Kevin Lepage 99

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