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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