Brendan Gaughan to drive full-time for Premium Motorsports in Cup

Brendan Gaughan will drive the #62 Chevrolet Sprint Cup car of Premium Motorsports starting at Atlanta on March 1. Premium Motorsports is a team that has been formed out of Jay Robinson Racing, who along with Michael Waltrip Racing and the Joe Nemechek-owned Identity Ventures Racing fielded the #66 Toyota in some Cup races in 2014. Before the rebranding, Jay Robinson acquired the #36 Chevrolet team of Tommy Baldwin Racing, whose driver last year was Reed Sorenson. The driver of the #62 Cup car during Speedweeks will be Richard Childress Racing Xfinity and Cup development driver Brian Scott. Premium inherited the number 62 after forming an alliance with RCR when Scott signed to drive their car at Daytona. Gaughan is also a lower-series RCR driver, having driven a #62 truck and Xfinity car for the team in the past few seasons. Gaughan won his first two Xfinity races at Road America and Kentucky in 2014. His rookie season in the Cup series was in 2004 driving the #77 Dodge owned by Doug Bawel.