David Ragan
Darlington Raceway
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series: Dodge Avenger 500
Saturday May 12
7:00 PM Eastern on FOX/MRN
Fast Facts
David Ragan spent some time at Darlington Raceway as part of the 2005 “Roush Racing: Driver X” show in a Craftsman Truck.
This will be Ragan’s first NASCAR-sanctioned race at Darlington Raceway.
Ragan is currently 25th in the Nextel Cup Championship point standings.
Ragan is currently second in the Nextel Cup Raybestos Rookie of the Year race. Juan Pablo Montoya has a three-point lead over Ragan after the completion of Richmond’s Jim Stewart 400.
Darlington will be the fifth Car of Tomorrow race of 2007. Ragan finished 26th, 15th, 41st and 20th in the previous four COT races at Bristol, Martinsville, Phoenix and Richmond respectively.
David Ragan
Team: No. 6 AAA Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig
Chassis: Primary: RK-455 Previously ran at Martinsville 2007, finished 15th
Back-up: RK-449 Previously ran at Bristol 2007, finished 26th
Ragan on racing at Darlington Raceway:
“I spent some time at Darlington in 2005 when I was involved in the Roush Racing Gong Show, but I’ve never raced there. I’ve heard it is a pretty wild place so that should make for an exciting night, especially under the lights. I am not too worried about this weekend. I think that our COT program is improving and we have some good cars. The Roush cars always seem to run pretty decent at the track and my teammates have a lot of experience there so I will be turning to them for some input. My goal is to beat our best COT finish of 15th so we’ll see how well I do at making that happen.”
Crew Chief Jimmy Fennig on racing at Darlington Raceway:
“David had a good run last weekend in Richmond. We have a similar deal coming up this weekend with a COT race at a track that David is not too familiar with. We are taking the car that we raced at Martinsville so it should be pretty decent right off the truck. David is quickly learning how to handle racing for 400 or 500 miles in traffic with some very aggressive competitors around him. He has done a good job of missing a lot of the messes and bringing his car home in one piece. We just have to keep it up and keep moving up in the points.”
