David Ragan
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series: Sharp Aquos 500
Sunday September 2 7:00 PM Eastern - ESPN/MRN
Fast Facts
David Ragan competed at California Speedway in February 2007. He started 39th and finished 16th.
Ragan’s 16th place finish at California Speedway in February is his best finish on a two-mile track this season.
Ragan trails Juan Pablo Montoya by 25 points in the Raybestos Rookie of the Year race.
A Raybestos Rookie has finished in the top-five in all three September races at California Speedway.
David Ragan
Team: No. 6 AAA Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig
Chassis: Primary: RK- 394 (Previously ran at Indy; finished 16th)
Back-up: RK- 201 (Previously ran at Michigan; finished 21st)
Ragan on racing at California Speedway:
“Last weekend in Bristol was pretty tough for the AAA team so I’m really hoping that we can make a comeback in California this weekend and bring home a good finish for AAA. We raced at California back in February and finished 16th so hopefully we can beat that and come home with a top-five. We are taking the same car that we ran at Michigan and finished 18th in a couple of weeks ago so I think we have a car that we could definitely be a good contender with and work on during practice to get it running pretty close to just right.”
Crew Chief Jimmy Fennig on racing at California Speedway:
“We’ve been making steady progress in the points until we took that blow in Bristol last weekend so we desperately need to pull it together and have a good weekend in California. We’ve had a few hiccups in the pits the past couple of weeks so the guys have been working hard to get those few issues worked out and David and I have been going over notes and figuring out where we are missing things. Our second trip to these tracks, we should be leaving with top-five finishes and that’s what we need to do if we plan on being in the top-15 or top-20 in points by the end of the season, which is not that far off.”
