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Brendan Gaughan won the Gardner Denver 200 Fired up by Johnsonville at Road America, his first NASCAR Nationwide Series victory in 98 races. Gaughan's victory marked back-to-back victories for Richard Childress Racing in the Nationwide Series.

Brendan Gaughan survived two early off-track excursions and a race in which much of the second half was contested in rain as cars rode on wet weather tires to win Saturday's Gardner Denver 200 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Road America.

The date has been on the calendar for several weeks now and it has finally arrived. Tomorrow (Saturday June 21st) marks the official Grand Opening of 22 Racing’s new motorsport facility in Milverton, Ontario just outside of Stratford.

“It’s been a little while since we won out here, so I feel like you constantly always have to challenge yourself, and just push the limits of your car. Yet, here at Sonoma, you have to be very careful not to overdrive it of course as well. Same ingredients apply; a great race car always helps.

“It’s been a really tough season. It’s been a lot of tough luck and a lot of things that just keep happening. You wonder what’s going to happen next. So it’s been a tough season. But through it all, I feel like the team has done a really good job of staying positive, working on race cars and focusing on the things we have learned to try to get better.

"I value the consistency more than I do having a couple top 3 finishes and then running 20th the next week. So, I do. I feel a lot better about where we’re going right now and the direction across the board; our cars are getting more consistent with all four teams. That’s really what I’m basing how we are as a company right now and I think it translates to each individual team, as well.”

“There’s always pressure in this sport, it doesn’t matter what race you go back to, and especially a race you’ve had success at lately. It’s just a fun weekend. I think that’s the key to success we’ve had with my group and the 5-hour ENERGY Toyota is you just got to take this almost as a vacation.

“It is always good to come back to Sonoma. I missed it last year for a good reason, I was winning at Road America (Wisconsin – NASCAR Nationwide Series), so we will just put that out there (laughs). I missed being here. Being a home race for me, it is nice to see my family, and some friends and all that.

Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion, is virtually assured of a Chase berth with two victories so far this season. Logano spoke with members of the media before today’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice about Sunday’s race at Sonoma Raceway.

“This track is way different than anything we run on because of the elevation changes and then how narrow the course is. Our cars are so big and heavy we need a lot of real estate to slide our vehicles around. It makes a huge challenge and at the end of the day the tires take all the abuse and that is really the magic around here.