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June 29, 2006
Harrah's to Sponsor Brendan Gaughan at Kansas
I think this deal is somewhat curious. Why? Because the Gaughan family is heavily involved with the casino business in Las Vegas and normally the #77 truck carries a paint scheme advertising one of their own properties, The Orleans. But this week at Kansas Brendan Gaughan's #77 will sport a Harrah's North Kansas City Hotel and Casino paint scheme. Of course being that this particular Harrah's is in Kansas City it's not a direct competitor with The Orleans, but indirectly they do compete with each other. So to me that stikes me as odd that they would end up on Brendan's truck.
Of course as Brendan noted in the press release, he's long been good friends with Robby Gordon, who Harrah's regularly sponsors so there is somewhat of a connection there. Still, it's not lilke Robby drives for Orleans Racing. However, he did shake down a truck for Brendan during a practice recently, so perhaps there's a possiblity that he could race a truck for them at some point, though I had never gotten the impression that Robby was anxious to race in any truck races.
In the end, since the #77 truck has no primary sponsor perhaps it simply came down to a matter of money and that Orleans Racing needed some.
Posted by silverdsl at June 29, 2006 08:56 PM