Dodge Out, Chevrolet In for Gaughan and renamed South Point Racing Team
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Brendan Gaughan announced Tuesday that the team will switch manufacturers in 2007 from Dodge to Chevrolet. In addition the team will change from Orleans Racing to South Point Racing.
"The team is going through a lot of changes and we're trying to get back to winning a championship," said Gaughan. "We really feel like Chevrolet is going to give us the best opportunity to take the South Point Racing team to another level."
Gaughan has campaigned Chevrolets in the past winning two NASCAR championships in Monte Carlos in 2000 and 2001, in the NASCAR Grand National, West Division. Gaughan raced a Chevrolet when he began in the Craftsman Truck Series with his best finish with a Chevy, a third, coming at Mesa Marin Speedway in 2001.
"We're excited," Gaughan said. "We've already been to the wind tunnel three times and our body guy has been working hard on all our trucks to re-body them and fix them up with new Silverado skins. Kevin Kroyer has been working his tail off trying to get us some Chevy engines so we can go test."
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Brendan Gaughan announced Tuesday that the team will switch manufacturers in 2007 from Dodge to Chevrolet. In addition the team will change from Orleans Racing to South Point Racing.
"The team is going through a lot of changes and we're trying to get back to winning a championship," said Gaughan. "We really feel like Chevrolet is going to give us the best opportunity to take the South Point Racing team to another level."
Gaughan has campaigned Chevrolets in the past winning two NASCAR championships in Monte Carlos in 2000 and 2001, in the NASCAR Grand National, West Division. Gaughan raced a Chevrolet when he began in the Craftsman Truck Series with his best finish with a Chevy, a third, coming at Mesa Marin Speedway in 2001.
"We're excited," Gaughan said. "We've already been to the wind tunnel three times and our body guy has been working hard on all our trucks to re-body them and fix them up with new Silverado skins. Kevin Kroyer has been working his tail off trying to get us some Chevy engines so we can go test."