David Ragan
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series: Nextel All-Star Challenge
Saturday May 19
7:00 PM Eastern on SPEED/PRN
Fast Facts
David Ragan has competed at Lowe’s Motor Speedway previously in the Busch Series’ race in October of ’06. He started 10th and finished 36th.
Ragan also competed in the Craftsman Truck Series’ race on May 19, 2006. He qualified 12th and finished 25th.
Ragan is currently 26th in the NEXTEL Cup Championship point standings.
Ragan is also second in the Raybestos Rookie of the Year standings. Juan Pablo Montoya leads by four points over Ragan.
David Ragan
Team: No. 6 AAA Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig
Chassis: Primary: RK-201 Last ran at Texas ‘07, finished 39th after being involved in a wreck.
Back-up: RK-405 Previously ran at Texas ‘06, finished 35th after being involved in a wreck.
Ragan on racing in the NEXTEL Open at Lowe’s Motor Speedway:
“Well we are not guaranteed a spot in the All Star race yet so we are going to try to race our way in by competing in the open race earlier on Saturday night. We are taking the car that we ran at Atlanta and Texas earlier this year so hopefully it will be fast and we will be able to get it up front. I have raced a couple of times at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in the Busch car and in the Craftsman Truck not to mention the dozens of Legends car races I have been a part of at the track. It will be nice to be at home for the weekend and still be able to race so I am looking forward to it.”
Crew Chief Jimmy Fennig on racing in the NEXTEL Open at Lowe’s Motor Speedway:
“There are two spots that will be filled from the group that will be competing in the open race on Saturday. One for the winner and one for the runner-up so one of those needs to be David. The car that we took to Texas is the one that we will be running this weekend. We didn’t get much of a chance to see what it could do when we were out in Texas so hopefully we will get more of a chance this weekend. Charlotte can be a little bit tricky, but David has some experience here from other series so that is a plus. We will just go out there, do our best and see where we turn out.”
