David Ragan Advance
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series
LENOX Industrial Tools 300 - Sunday, July 1
2:30 PM Eastern on TNT/MRN
Fast Facts
David Ragan has made two starts at New Hampshire International Speedway. Both in the Craftsman Truck Series
Ragan started 32nd in the truck series in 2004 and finished 21st.
Ragan made his second start in 2006 when he started 25th and finished 11th.
Ragan is currently 25th in the Nextel Cup Series Championship point standings.
Ragan is currently second in the Raybestos Rookie of the Year race. He trails Juan Pablo Montoya by 15 points.
Ragan has visited only two one-mile tracks in the Cup car so far this year with his highest finish being 14th at Dover in early June. This also marks Ragan’s highest COT finish so far in the 2007 season.
David Ragan
Team: No. 6 AAA Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig
Chassis: RK-467 Previous ran at Richmond; finished 20th
RK- 455 Previously ran at Martinsville; finished 15th
Ragan on racing at New Hampshire International Speedway:
“Loudon should be a pretty cool weekend for the Roush Fenway teams. It is the first race that we will have in the Boston area since Jack [Roush] and John Henry teamed up. We are actually going to the Red Sox game on Friday night, which should be pretty cool, so I am really looking forward to it. This weekend will be the eighth COT race so far this year and I think we have made some moves in the right direction since Bristol earlier this year. We went and tested at Milwaukee earlier this week so I think that will help even more going into this weekend. Montoya pulled ahead of us in the Raybestos Rookie points quite a bit last weekend but we are not going to get discouraged there are still plenty of races left.”
Crew Chief Jimmy Fennig on racing at New Hampshire International Speedway:
“We are taking the same car to Loudon that we ran in Richmond where we finished 20th. David’s performance in the Car of Tomorrow is definitely improving and so far this year we have our best finish at a one-mile track in the COT which is what we will be going to this weekend in Loudon. We just need to get out there and finish in the top-10 or 15 so we can work our way up into the points. We have one more week to the halfway point in the season and if the second half goes by as quickly as the first the end will be here before we know it. It is important that we finish these races and get the points right now.”
