David Ragan Advance
California Speedway
Auto Club 500 - Feb. 25, 2007
Fontana, Calif.
Fast Facts
David Ragan made his first and only start at California Speedway in the Busch race in September of 2006.
Ragan qualified 9th for the Ameriquest 300 on September 2, 2006 and finished 41st after being involved in a wreck.
Ragan is currently fifth in the Nextel Cup Series points standings.
Ragan currently leads the Raybestos Rookie points standings.
Ragan is the third Raybestos Rookie to score a top-five finish in the Daytona 500. The others: Scott Wimmer (third in 2004) and Jeff Gordon (fifth in 1993).
This will be David Ragan’s 2nd career Busch Series Race at Fontana.
Ragan is one of five drivers racing full-time in both the Busch and Cup Series in 2007.
David Ragan
Team: No. 6 AAA Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig
Chassis: Primary RK- 318 New car, tested at Las Vegas
Backup RK- 405 Previously ran at Texas Motor Speedway, finished 35th after
being involved in a wreck
Ragan on racing at California Speedway:
“The only race that I’ve run at California Speedway was the September Busch race last year and we got involved in a crash when the car in front of us blew a tire. I like the track and I just hope that we will have some better luck this time around. We had a good race last weekend in Daytona so I hope the momentum from that will carry over into this weekend. Sunday’s race will be the Auto Club 500 sponsored by the AAA club of Southern California. AAA has been such a great sponsor, I just hope that we can go out there and give them something to cheer about.”
Crew Chief Jimmy Fennig on racing at California Speedway:
“We had a good race last week. The guys in the shop have built another solid race car so now we just have to take it out there and see what it can do on the track. David has proven that he can compete with what this series has to offer, but that does not give us a reason to slack off. We still have a lot of hard work ahead of us and David still has a lot to learn. I have a lot of confidence in this team and this program so we will just keep working hard to be the best that we can be.”
