Grand Am: Gaughan second at Montreal

Brendan Gaughan and Andy Lally finished second in the GT division of the Rolex Grand Am series and carried the banner for the NASCAR contingent.

Our View Now Gaughan will switch gears and race in the Nationwide Series on Sunday. This improves his odds in the heavier cars, but with so many road racing veterans in the field, he might still be considered only as filler.

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N'Wide: Trouble brewing for Wallace sponsor

According to NASCARDaily.com, trouble is brewing for one of Rusty Wallace's sponsors. "At last count, 40 Attorneys General were actively involved in pursuing criminal complaints against US Fidelis," they report.

Our View: There is also a nice mugshot of the CEO of the company at the above link, listing his record of Theft, Burglary, Forgery and Counterfeiting.

Even in these tough economic times, teams have an ethical obligation to the fans not to advertise fraudulent products and services. Kevin Conway has sponsorship from a male enhancement product named Extense that is also under scrutiny.

N'Wide: Kentucky lineup, with avg. start/fin

Qualification at Kentucky Speedway was about perfection. Joey Logano won last year's edition of this race from the pole and he's picking up where he left off. He'll lead the field to green with a lap of 174.865 mph and should be considered one of the favorites to win Saturday night.

The only other driver in his league was teammate Kyle Busch, who had the other car that broke the 174 mph mark. That gives Joe Gibbs Racing a perfect sweep of the front row and these two drivers will be each other's toughest competition.

The next four spots were all taken by rookies—which is as close to perfection as they are likely to find in their first year. Justin Allgaier qualified third, Michael Annett is fourth, Erik Darnell is fifth and Brendan Gaughan will start sixth.

Lineup, with average start/finish

Start	Driver	Avg. Fin	Avg. Start	Attempts
1	Joey Logano	1.00	1.00	2
2	Kyle Busch	14.67	5.00	4
3	Justin Allgaier		3.00	1
4	Michael Annett		4.00	1
5	Erik Darnell		5.00	1
6	Brendan Gaughan		6.00	1
7	Ricky Stenhouse Jr		7.00	1
8	Trevor Bayne		8.00	1
9	Brad Keselowski	4.00	11.00	2
10	Carl Edwards	22.50	9.40	5
11	Jason Leffler	19.25	16.20	5
12	Stephen Leicht	5.50	15.00	3
13	Steve Wallace	16.67	13.25	4
14	John Wes Townley		14.00	1
15	Scott Lagasse Jr		15.00	1
16	Jason Keller	16.57	11.63	8
17	Bobby Hamilton Jr	22.33	10.57	7
18	Burney Lamar	25.50	20.33	3
19	Kevin Hamlin	21.00	24.00	2
20	Kenny Wallace	23.33	23.71	7
21	Mike Bliss	12.75	14.40	5
22	Mark Green	23.50	28.00	5
23	Michael McDowell		23.00	1
24	Shelby Howard	27.00	21.50	2
25	Brandon Whitt		25.00	1
26	Chris Horn	38.33	37.25	4
27	Kevin Conway		27.00	1
28	Derrike Cope	31.00	31.50	2
29	Morgan Shepherd	42.25	32.60	5
30	Scott Wimmer	6.40	19.33	6
31	Johnny Chapman	36.00	34.00	2
32	Kenny Hendrick	26.33	33.75	4
33	Danny O'Quinn Jr	30.50	17.00	3
34	Brad Baker	18.00	38.50	2
35	Stanton Barrett	30.50	30.00	5
36	Ken Butler III		36.00	1
37	Eric McClure	34.33	38.25	4
38	Tony Raines	8.50	29.40	5
39	Chad Blount	22.00	30.50	2
40	Mike Harmon	38.67	34.50	4
41	Brian Keselowski	35.00	38.50	2
42	Kelly Bires	13.00	26.33	3
43	Justin Hobgood	38.00	32.00	2
DNQ	Jeff Green	31.00	2.00	1
DNQ	J C Stout
DNQ	Benny Gordon
DNQ	Blake Bjorkland
DNQ	Kevin Lepage	18.00	24.50	2
DNQ	Travis Kittleson

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N'Wide: Gaughan crew chief suspended for racial slur

Brendan Gaughan's crew chief Bryan Berry has been suspended from NASCAR for using a racial slur against rival Marc Davis, according to NASCAR.com. This came as the culmination of an incident in the pits; Davis is a black teenage driver racing for Braun last week.

Our View: First Gaughan runs into Davis while that driver was pulling behind the wall with a blown engine, then his crew chief verbally assaults him. So much for the good guy image Gaughan was trying to develop.

Incidents like this can set NASCAR back decades.

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N'Wide: Logano wins Dover pole

On the one-year anniversary of his first Nationwide start, Joey Logano won the pole for the Heluva Good 200 at Dover with a speed of 155.959 mph.

Our View: Nine of the top-10 qualifiers are Cup regulars. Only Brendan Gaughan in ninth does not have a fulltime ride.

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