Orleans Racing KC Advance

Driver: Brendan Gaughan
Owner: Michael Gaughan
O’Reilly Auto Parts 250
Kansas Speedway
Race: Saturday, July 1 – 2:15 pm (CDT)
Qualifying: Friday, June 30 – 5:00 pm (CDT)
1.5 -mile oval, 250.5 miles/ 167 laps

Notes of Interest:

Given the high temperatures and humidity during this daytime event hydration will be the word of the week for the Orleans Racing team. To that end extra water and sport type beverages have been hauled to the Midwest facility for the team.

Orleans Racing urges all fans to join them in the hydration battle this weekend at Kansas.

Military Appreciation Program (MAP): This week the colors of the Special Operations Warrior Foundation will ride with the Orleans Racing Team at Kansas.

About the Special Operations Warrior Foundation:

For more than 25 years, the Special Operations Warrior Foundation has been dedicated to providing college educations to the children of special operations forces killed in combat or training missions. The Foundation provides scholarship grants, not loans, along with family, financial and educational counseling. The grants cover tuition, books, fees, room and board. The Foundation currently has more than 100 students enrolled in colleges and universities across the country.

For more information, please visit www.specialops.org.

The piece: Gaughan will drive Orleans Racing’s T1 (Lonestar)

Truck Chief Comment, by Lance Wilson:
“Horsepower and horseplay do not mix!”

Listen in on the #77: The team’s primary radio frequency is 451.3371.