David Ragan
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series: Crown Royal presents the Jim Stewart 400
Saturday May 5
7:00 PM Eastern on FOX/MRN
Fast Facts
David Ragan competed in the Kroger 200, a Craftsman Truck Series race, back in September of 2004. He started 35th and finished 35th after being involved in a wreck.
Ragan is currently 26th in the Nextel Cup Championship point standings and 2nd in the Nextel Cup Raybestos Rookie of the Year race.
This will be Ragan’s first career Busch Series Race at Richmond International Raceway
David Ragan
Team: No. 6 AAA Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig
Chassis: Primary: RK-467 Brand new car
Back-up: RK-449 Previously ran at Bristol, finished 26th
Ragan on racing at Richmond International Raceway:
“Richmond will be our fourth Car of Tomorrow race this season and so far we have had some pretty good races in the new cars. The guys in the shop have been working real hard to get the setups for these cars figured out and they are getting better each race. We had a good weekend in Talladega so hopefully we will be able to carry that momentum over into this weekend. We are hanging in there in the series points and in the Raybestos Rookie race so we look forward to gaining some more ground this weekend.”
Crew Chief Jimmy Fennig on racing at Richmond International Raceway:
“David did a good job last weekend in Talladega. I think he learned some valuable lessons about camaraderie on the race track and that the role of being a rookie can be frustrating at times. All in all the team did a great job preparing the race car for the weekend and David did well on track. This weekend is another COT race so we have to sort of switch gears to get our car running well. David doesn’t have a ton of experience at Richmond but he has had some fairly good finishes on the short tracks so far this year so I think he will be okay.”
