Gray Gaulding makes no bones about the lofty aspirations for his still-budding NASCAR career. "You don't ever want to punt somebody out of the way and cause something early in the race, but if I know I have to move somebody for a win late in the race, that's something I've always done and that's what I'm going to do because I'm here to win," Gaulding says. If the youth movement that may drastically retool the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver roster within the next handful of years continues, Gaulding may find himself riding the wave toward his goal of reaching NASCAR's top level sooner than later. Gaulding, last year's youngest member of the NASCAR Next class, officially returned to the youth initiative Friday at Richmond International Raceway -- just 30 miles from his Colonial Heights, Va., hometown.
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