David Ragan
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series: Coca-Cola 600
Sunday May 27
5:00 PM Eastern on Fox/PRN
Fast Facts
David Ragan has competed at Lowe’s Motor Speedway previously in the Busch Series Dollar General 300 in October 2006. He started 10th and finished 36th.
Ragan also competed in the Quaker Steak and Lube 200 in a Craftsman Truck on May 19th 2006. He qualified 12th and finished the race in 25th place.
Ragan most recently competed in the Nextel Open on May 19th, 2007. He qualified second for the event and finished 22nd.
Ragan is currently 26th in the Nextel Cup Championship point standings.
Ragan is also second in the Raybestos Rookie of the Year race. Juan Pablo Montoya leads with fours points over Ragan.
David Ragan
Team: No. 6 AAA Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig
Chassis: RK-318 Previously ran at Fontana, finished 16th, and Las Vegas, finished 37th
RK-405 Previously ran at Texas, finished 35th after being involved in a wreck.
Ragan on racing in the at Lowe’s Motor Speedway:
“Last weekend definitely had its ups and downs. On the high side we qualified second for the race and ran well throughout the first segment of the Open. On the low side we spun out in the second segment and didn’t finish the race. So from all of that I would say that I think we will be pretty good at Charlotte once we get a chance to adjust our racecar a little bit. My car was way too loose on Saturday once the temperature dropped a little and we never got the opportunity to adjust for that with such a short race. I like the track and I think I became a little bit more familiar with it after Saturday night so we are looking forward to getting a good finish in and putting on a good show for the Charlotte fans.”
Crew Chief Jimmy Fennig on racing at Lowe’s Motor Speedway:
“We are taking the car that we ran at California and then wrecked at Las Vegas. We got it all fixed up and ready to go again and it should be a pretty good car for the [Coca Cola] 600. We just have to make sure that we stay out of trouble. 600 miles is a long race and there is going to be a lot of wrecking going on between lap 1 and lap 600. We will have to keep our spotter on his toes and keep David out of the messes. We need to get another top-10 or 15 to get David back up there in the rookie race. He learned a little bit about the track this weekend and he is running the Busch car this Saturday before the cup race so that should be a big help.”
