2014 Gardner Denver 200 - Nationwide Series

The 14th Race of the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Season heads to Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin at the Road America road course for the running of the Gardner Denver 200. Since this Race made it's debut in the Nationwide Series in 2010, it has provided a lot of entertainment. Last year's race was no exception which included Kenny Habul attempting to kill a sign, and Max Papis bitch-slapping Billy Johnson in the pit lane after the Race. Habul will be returning to this event driving the 20 car at Joe Gibbs Racing, but sadly no Papis.

Entry List:

Entry Car# Driver Sponsor Menu Owner
1 01 Landon Cassill G&K Services 14 Chevy Johnny Davis
2 2 Brian Scott Shore Lodge 14 Chevy Richard Childress
3 3 Ty Dillon Bass Pro Shops 14 Chevy Richard Childress
4 4 Jeffrey Earnhardt teamjdmotorsports.com 14 Chevy Gary Keller
5 6 Trevor Bayne AdvoCare 14 Ford Jack Roush
6 7 Regan Smith TaxSlayer.com 14 Chevy Kelley Earnhardt-Miller
7 9 Chase Elliott NAPA AUTO PARTS 14 Chevy Dale Earnhardt Jr
8 10 Jeff Green Supportmilitary.org 14 Toyota Mark Smith
9 11 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial 14 Toyota J D Gibbs
10 14 Eric McClure Hefty Ultimate / Reynolds Wrap 14 Toyota Mark Smith
11 15 Carl Long Lily Trucking 14 Chevy Rick Ware
12 16 Ryan Reed ADA Pathway to stop Diabetes 14 Ford Jack Roush
13 17 Tanner Berryhill NationalCashLenders.com 14 Dodge Adrian Berryhill
14 19 Mike Bliss TriStar Motorsports 14 Toyota Mark Smith
15 20 Kenny Habul Sun Energy 1 14 Toyota Joe Gibbs
16 22 Alex Tagliani Discount Tire 14 Ford Roger Penske
17 23 Robert Richardson, Jr. Rick Ware Racing 14 Chevy Robert Richardson Sr
18 28 J J Yeley Texas 28 Spirits Stage 13 Dodge James Whitener
19 31 Justin Marks SOL REPUBLIC 14 Chevy Steve Turner
20 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing 14 Chevy Rod Sieg
21 40 Josh Wise(i) Curtis Key Plumbing 14 Chevy Curtis Key Sr
22 42 Dylan Kwasniewski Up & Up 14 Chevy Harry Scott Jr
23 43 Dakoda Armstrong WinField 14 Ford Richard Petty
24 44 Carlos Contreras 38 Special / Ingersoll Rand / VOLI 14 Toyota Mark Smith
25 46 Matt Dibenedetto Curtis Key Plumbing 14 Chevy Curtis Key Sr
26 51 Jeremy Clements Allsouthelectric.com-RepairableVehicles.com 14 Chevy Tony Clements
27 52 Joey Gase Donate Life 14 Chevy Jimmy Means
28 54 Sam Hornish, Jr. Monster Energy 14 Toyota J D Gibbs
29 55 Andy Lally Viva Auto Group 14 Chevy Jimmy Dick
30 60 Chris Buescher Roush Performance Parts 14 Ford Jack Roush
31 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point 14 Chevy Richard Childress
32 70 Derrike Cope YOUTHEORY 14 Chevy Mary Louise Miller
33 74 Mike Harmon TBA 12 Dodge Mike Harmon
34 76 Tommy Joe Martins Cross Concrete Construction 13 Chevy Tommy Joe Martins
35 87 Joe Nemechek(i) JTBD 14 Chevy Andrea Nemechek
36 93 Kevin Lepage JGL Racing 13 Dodge Gregg Mixon
37 99 James Buescher Rheem 14 Toyota Robby Benton

Tagliani's in the #22!  Now I'm hoping that that car will go to victory lane for the fourth consecutive road course!

Kenny Habul is upgrading his sign murdering services.

50% chance of rain around race time.

Could always change but if true....deeedddd

SpeedDemon37 wrote:Tagliani's in the #22!  Now I'm hoping that that car will go to victory lane for the fourth consecutive road course!

Same here.

GO TAGS!

Tags on pole. There saying there could be a chance for rain. Oh boy!!!

inb4 flashback to Montreal 2008, just a complete wash out.

>Be Goodyear
>Makes a race tyre that can't handle a mouthful of saliva
>Makes a rain tyre that can only work without burning off if it's flodding
>??????
>Profit

WE'RE RAIN RACING BOYS!

If only the Cup Series used rain tyres for a Road Course if it would rain.

Dakoda, go back to Dakota.

Welp, Ty Dillon's done something rare: he's managed to piss off Trevor Bayne.

Tag ran out


My heart has broken in half

Andy Lally can win this! Also JJ Yeley P9.

TAG JESUS WHERE DID YOU COME FROM

Damn. Tagliani ALMOST pulled that off. If he hadn't been held up by Chase, he might well have!

That was a super drive by Brendan Gaughan and especially by Kevin O'Connell. Absolutely outstanding showing.

Wow, I may have not seen the finish but I never expected Gaughan to win of all drivers. Good for him though

BWardboy88 wrote:Wow, I may have not seen the finish but I never expected Gaughan to win of all drivers. Good for him though

And he did it by passing Chase Elliott of all people.

That...was...AWESOME!!!


Well deserved win for Gaughn after all that ruckus in the race. And holy crap, where the hell did Tags come from? One minute he's passing Chase and then suddenly, he's just storming by O'Connell.

Oops to NASCAR on ESPN: https://twitter.com/DaleJr/status/480487618136653824

Nice job ESPN, further reminding us of why you will not be covering NASCAR anymore (Regardless of how good a point they made).

Best Nascar race of the year so far. Rain racing, wild battles, crazy moves all the stufs.

Brendan Gaughan wins....Cool to see him win but i'm trying to comprehend this from a 2014 standard, Great though. Tagliani came like a bad outta hell to the front 23RD TO 2ND! He would've had Gaughan by turn 1 if they had one more lap. Kevin O'Connell a 47 year old Trans-am driver finishing 3rd in the RICK WARE car, hell of a drive by O'Connell.

Shout-out also to backmarker-mania ruling the top 10.

Outstanding race, outstanding finish. After all the absurdity with the impending rain before the race had started, that was an exciting race, and some quite dramatic closing stages, what with fuel strategy starting to become a factor and then it all being thrown away with that last yellow, and then Tagliani running out of gas under yellow for the race lead, on top of serving three different penalties on pit road. Speaking of whom, I thought O'Connell had come out of nowhere until I noticed Tagliani went from 23rd to 2nd in two laps. My FaceBook feed tells me that was more impressive than the actual race winner, and I can't argue. Still though, good win Brendan Gaughan.

NASCAR, take notes. This is why we need more road courses on the schedule. I know I'd rather have a Road America Cup date than a Kentucky date and two Texas dates.

If O'Connell and Gaughan had engaged in a battle for the win, that also might've gotten Tags right into the fight.

any word on Seig and Jeffry's wreck?


Like even a description?

Mother of Invention wrote:any word on Seig and Jeffry's wreck?


Like even a description?

That's ESPN for you...

Each freaking week...
Thank God they're leaving!

Mother of Invention wrote:any word on Seig and Jeffry's wreck?


Like even a description?

I think Jeffrey drilled Sieg. My guess.

hope their both ok.

Best NASCAR race of the year. 'Nuff said.

The 2014 Gardner Denver 200 gets a 9.25/10. Absolutely glorious.     

Reminder that a 2012 Dodge finished 5th.

navycook75 wrote:Reminder that a 2012 Dodge finished 5th.

Driven by J.J. Yeley no less.

kensethfan wrote:

navycook75 wrote:Reminder that a 2012 Dodge finished 5th.

Driven by J.J. Yeley no less.

>J.J. Yeley (although not really) almost made it cuppiewinslol.

Alta wrote:

kensethfan wrote:

navycook75 wrote:Reminder that a 2012 Dodge finished 5th.

Driven by J.J. Yeley no less.

>J.J. Yeley (although not really) almost made it cuppiewinslol.

He's a Nationwide driver.

kensethfan wrote:

navycook75 wrote:Reminder that a 2012 Dodge finished 5th.

Driven by J.J. Yeley no less.

in a car fielded by Carl Long too

Holy cow, Tagliani came sooo close! I can't complain though; that was a fantastic race, and a great win for Gaughan. I've been waiting 6 years for another NASCAR rain race! Not to mention Kevin O'Connell racing for the win!