BRENDAN GAUGHAN
TEAM: Richard Childress Racing
POINTS: 9th
WINS: 0
TOP 5s: 3
TOP 10s: 14 (career best)
LAPS LED: 14
POLES: 0
WHAT WENT RIGHT: Earned his top-five finishes at Auto Clubs Speedway, Iowa Speedway and Chicagoland Speedway. The last two were in races with minimal Sprint Cup drivers or none in the field ... Improved his average finish by two spots to 13.5 ... Career best 14 top-10 finishes.
WHAT WENT WRONG: After two wins in 2014, Gaughan never finished better than second this season ... Recorded three DNFs in the first nine races of the year ... Finished one spot lower in the points than in 2014
WHAT TO EXPECT IN 2016: At the age of 40, returns to Richard Childress Racing as its senior Xfinity Series driver with the departure of Brian Scott for Sprint Cup ... Will look to better his career best points result of eighth from 2014.