David Ragan
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series: Dodge Dealers 400
Sunday September 23
1:00 PM Eastern - ABC/MRN
Fast Facts
David Ragan competed in the Autism Speaks 400 at Dover International Speedway in June 2007. He started 31st and finished 14th.
Ragan made is first NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series start at Dover International Speedway in September 2006. He started 37th and finished 42nd after being involved in an accident on lap 47.
Ragan was the top Raybestos Rookie in the June race at Dover.
Jimmie Johnson is the only Raybestos Rookie to win both NEXTEL Cup races at Dover. Johnson swept both events in 2002, and led the most laps in each race. Johnson is the only first-year driver to lead the most laps in the fall race at Dover (four times for 170 laps).
Ragan is currently 21st in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series point standings. He is second in the Raybestos Rookie of the Year Race. Ragan trails Juan Pablo Montoya by 13 points.
David Ragan
Team: No. 6 AAA Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig
Chassis: Primary: RK- 455 Previously ran at Martinsville, finished 15th; Darlington, finished 27th and Bristol, finished 41st)
Back-up: RK- 478 Brand new car, tested at Richmond
Ragan on racing at Dover International Speedway:
“The AAA team has had some good runs lately and we are looking to keep that up. We finished 14th at Dover in June and at that time I believe that was our best finish in the COT up to that point. I think Roush as a whole as improved in the COT and going back to these tracks where we’ve ran well before for a second time if we really work hard we could hopefully have another weekend like Richmond. The pit crew has been improving each and every week so as a team I think we have really come together and the best is yet to come.”
Crew Chief Jimmy Fennig on racing at Dover International Speedway:
“Coming from a one-mile track last weekend in Loudon and heading into another one-mile track at Dover this weekend you would think that set-ups and thing would be very similar, but with the different banking and different characteristics of the tracks there are actually some significant differences in how we will prepare the car. The car we are taking to Dover is the same car that we ran at Bristol and finished in the top-15 at Martinsville in the spring. The AAA team has come along way this year and it is starting to show more and more every week. We just need to get a few more good runs to move up in overall points and put a gap between us and the No. 42 in rookie points.”
