David Ragan
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series: Allstate 400 at the Brickyard
Sunday, July 29 1:00 PM Eastern - ESPN/IMS Radio Network
Fast Facts
David Ragan has never competed at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Ragan has competed on three different 2.5+ mile tracks during the 2007 season: Daytona, Talladega and Pocono. His best finish coming at Daytona where he ended the race in fifth place.
A Raybestos Rookie has finished in the top-10 in each of the past eight consecutive NEXTEL Cup Series races at Indianapolis.
Ragan has been the top finishing rookie in eight of 21 races in the 2007 season.
Ragan is currently 22nd in the NEXTEL Cup Series Championship point standings and is second in the Raybestos Rookie of the Year race. He trails Juan Pablo Montoya by 14 points.
David Ragan
Team: No. 6 AAA Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig
Chassis: RK-394 Brand new car
RK-405 Previously ran at Texas Motor Speedway, finished 35th
Ragan on racing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway:
"Indy is one of the biggest races of the year in the NEXTEL Cup Series. Next to the Daytona 500 it is the most anticipated event of the year. I have never competed at the Brickyard before, but we have been to three 2.5-plus mile speedways this year and we have been fairly decent at those. The thing about the speedways and superspeedways is that they can be so different. Yeah they might be the same distance, but each turn is different and there are grooves and bumps in the track that dictate how you maneuver your way around for four or five hundred miles. We will be running the AAA Insurance paint scheme again this weekend so we are pretty excited about that and all-in-all I'm looking forward to a great weekend."
Crew Chief Jimmy Fennig on racing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway:
"Indy and Pocono are the two large tracks that David will be making laps on for the first time this season. David has done a good job at the bigger speedways this year. The area where we struggle the most is in the draft. He's a young driver out there with little experience on these tracks compared to a lot of these guys. We are going to get hung out there quite a bit, but the most important thing for us right now is to stay out of the wrecks and get all we can. We have been moving up in the points little by little and we would like to be in the top 20 by the end of the weekend."
