Crash Leaves Gaughan 35th in Final NASCAR Race Driver of No. 62 Chevrolet Camaro Collected in Multi-Car Accident at Talladega Date: Oct. 4, 2020 Event: YellaWood 500 (Round 31 of 36) Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway (2.66-mile oval) Format: 188 laps, broken into three stages (60 laps/60 laps/68 laps) Start/Finish: 39th/35th (Accident,…
Brendan Gaughan Talladega G’Night TALLADEGA, Ala. (Sept. 29, 2020) – “You know, I asked my uncle once how I’d know when it was time to stop. You know what he said? ‘The youngsters tell you.’” That quote came from the fictional character, Cal Weathers, in Cars 3, the 2017 Pixar movie that despite featuring talking…
Gaughan Finishes Eighth at Daytona Driver of No. 62 Chevrolet Camaro Earns Another Top-10 at World Center of Racing Date: Aug. 29, 2020 Event: Coke Zero Sugar 400 (Round 26 of 36) Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway (2.5-mile oval) Format: 160 laps, broken into three stages (50 laps/50 laps/60 laps) Start/Finish:…
Brendan Gaughan Mixing a Cool Can of Confidence with Coke Zero Sugar DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Aug. 25, 2020) – In a racing career spanning three decades that intentionally began well off the beaten path in off-road before transitioning to the pavement bullrings of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West and, ultimately, the gleaming showplaces of…
Gaughan Finishes 39th at Daytona Road Course Late-Race Transmission Problems Result in DNF for Beard Motorsports Date: Aug. 16, 2020 Event: Inaugural Go Bowling 235 (Round 23 of 36) Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway (14-turn, 3.61-mile road course) Format: 65 laps, broken into three stages (15 laps/15 laps/35 laps) Start/Finish: 39th/39th…
Brendan Gaughan One More For The Road DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Aug. 10, 2020) – Trivia time! Of the 40 drivers entered in the Go Bowling 235 NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday on the road course at Daytona International Speedway, how many have raced on the twisting circuit that encompasses parts of the 2.5-mile oval? If…
Beard Motorsports has proven to be the little team that could, a modern-day David competing against the Goliaths of the NASCAR Cup Series. Owned by Mark Beard Sr., president of Beard Motorsports and various family businesses, Beard Motorsports has taken a strategic approach to its racing endeavors, forming a technical partnership with Richard Childress Racing (RCR) and running only the superspeedway races at Daytona and Talladega. With cars constructed by RCR and powered by ECR-built engines, Beard Motorsports has scored three top-10 finishes, the most recent being a seventh-place drive in the 62nd Daytona 500.
Beard Motorsports is part passion project and part corporate initiative, with the race team serving to market Beard Oil Distributing and TTS Logistics. Beard Oil Distributing is a third-generation, family-owned company that services the nation’s pipeline construction industry. TTS Logistics is an international freight company delivering an assortment of goods via ground, air and sea.
Gaughan drives for Beard Motorsports, piloting the No. 62 Beard Oil Distributing/South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet Camaro. Gaughan’s City Lights Shine, a whiskey moonshine produced by his 17A Stillery – the first legal distillery in the history of Las Vegas – serves as an associate sponsor.
In addition to Daytona, Gaughan races June 21 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, Aug. 29 at Daytona and Oct. 4 at Talladega for what will be his final NASCAR Cup Series start.
“I love racing, and competing with Beard Motorsports these last few years have made for some of my most enjoyable moments in NASCAR,” said Gaughan, who currently has more than 60 NASCAR Cup Series starts dating back to his rookie season in 2004. “We do a lot with a little, so when we run up front and lead laps, it’s very satisfying because you know all the work that went into it.
“I wouldn’t want my last races as a NASCAR driver to be with any other team. Mark Beard Sr., and his entire family are passionate about racing, and NASCAR in particular. We’re all competitive and want to perform, but we’re going to have fun doing it. That’s how we all got started in the sport – because it was fun. And as I wrap up my career, I’m going to make sure it stays fun.”
