Brendan Gaughan races into Daytona 500
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Brendan Gaughan raced his way into the Daytona 500 Thursday night via the Gander Outdoor Duel No. 2.
With a 15th-place finish, Gaughan will start 30th in the Daytona 500, his fourth start in NASCAR’s season opener and third consecutive.
“It was a big sigh of relief,” Gaughan said to The Racing Experts of making the Daytona 500 for Beard Motorsports.
The team’s highest finish in the Daytona 500 was 11th with Guaghan in 2017.
Joey Logano won the duel.
The 61st Daytona 500 will be televised live on FOX at 2:30 pm E.T.
MISSING THE CUT
Ryan Truex and Joey Gase both failed to qualify for the Daytona 500.
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
Aragon, his wife Feliz, and son Christopher currently reside in Grants, New Mexico, USA.
You can reach Dominic at daragon@theracingexperts.net.