David Ragan News

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2011 Brickyard 400:

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2011 Brickyard 400:

August 1, 2011
For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is CawsnJaws breakdown for Sunday's race. Began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 1:00 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 4:13 PM (all times are EST

UPS honoring Ned Jarrett with special scheme at Brickyard:

UPS honoring Ned Jarrett with special scheme at Brickyard:

June 29, 2011
UPS will pay tribute to Ned Jarrett's recent induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame with a commemorative design on David Ragan's #6 UPS Ford at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The throwback paint scheme was unveiled at Infineon Raceway and resembles Jarrett's 1965 championship

UPS honoring Ned Jarrett with special scheme at Brickyard:

UPS honoring Ned Jarrett with special scheme at Brickyard:

June 29, 2011
UPS will pay tribute to Ned Jarrett's recent induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame with a commemorative design on David Ragan's #6 UPS Ford at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The throwback paint scheme was unveiled at Infineon Raceway and resembles Jarrett's 1965 championship

UPS honoring Ned Jarrett with special scheme at Brickyard:

UPS honoring Ned Jarrett with special scheme at Brickyard:

June 25, 2011
UPS will pay tribute to Ned Jarrett's recent induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame with a commemorative design on David Ragan's #6 UPS Ford at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The throwback paint scheme was unveiled at Infineon Raceway and resembles Jarrett's 1965 championship

UPS honoring Ned Jarrett with special scheme at Brickyard:

UPS honoring Ned Jarrett with special scheme at Brickyard:

June 25, 2011
UPS will pay tribute to Ned Jarrett's recent induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame with a commemorative design on David Ragan's #6 UPS Ford at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The throwback paint scheme was unveiled at Infineon Raceway and resembles Jarrett's 1965 championship

Stock Car Racing named North Carolina’s Official State Sport:

Stock Car Racing named North Carolina’s Official State Sport:

June 22, 2011
With the stroke of a pen Tuesday, June 21st at Charlotte Motor Speedway, North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue signed Senate Bill 322 into law, making stock car racing the official state sport and adding to the legacy of fabulous firsts at the historic 1.5-mile superspeedway

Stock Car Racing named North Carolina’s Official State Sport:

Stock Car Racing named North Carolina’s Official State Sport:

June 22, 2011
With the stroke of a pen Tuesday, June 21st at Charlotte Motor Speedway, North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue signed Senate Bill 322 into law, making stock car racing the official state sport and adding to the legacy of fabulous firsts at the historic 1.5-mile superspeedway

Some Day 1 testing news from Daytona:

Some Day 1 testing news from Daytona:

December 15, 2010
Statement From NASCAR Vice President of Competition Robin Pemberton About Goodyear Tire Test At Daytona International Speedway: "It was a very good day. The teams came well-prepared. Goodyear came well-prepared. The racetrack has a lot of grip. The surface is very

Teams, drivers lined up for Daytona test TODAY:

Teams, drivers lined up for Daytona test TODAY:

December 15, 2010
The Goodyear tire test scheduled for next week at the repaved Daytona International Speedway is an important one for data gathering but not so important that all teams will attend to help the tire manufacturer confirm which tire would perform best for the Daytona 500

Teams, drivers lined up for Daytona test:

Teams, drivers lined up for Daytona test:

December 8, 2010
The Goodyear tire test scheduled for next week at the repaved Daytona International Speedway is an important one for data gathering but not so important that all teams will attend to help the tire manufacturer confirm which tire would perform best for the Daytona 500

Johanna Long wins Snowball Derby:

Johanna Long wins Snowball Derby:

December 6, 2010
Debris littered the half-mile oval one final time Sunday at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, FL. This time, though, no crew was about to clean it up. Pensacola teenager Johanna Long shed tears of joy after hoisting the Tom Dawson trophy to celebrate an historic victory

43rd Annual Snowball Derby:

43rd Annual Snowball Derby:

December 1, 2010
is scheduled to run this weekend, December 5, 2010. The Snowball Derby is a 300-lap super late model stock car race held annually at the half-mile Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, FL. Some current/former Sprint Cup drivers scheduled to race include: David Ragan, Landon

No major changes planned at Roush:

No major changes planned at Roush:

November 28, 2010
While only two of his four teams made it to victory lane in 2010 and accounted for just four of the season's 36 race wins, team co-owner Jack Roush says he doesn't anticipate wholesale changes within the Roush Fenway Racing organization during the offseason. That doesn

Stenhouse Jr. wins Raybestos Rookie of the Year:

Stenhouse Jr. wins Raybestos Rookie of the Year:

November 20, 2010
#6-Ricky Stenhouse Jr. scored a fourth-place finish tonight at Homestead-Miami Speedway, his third top-five and eighth top-10. He was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race and collected top rookie honors for the 13th time in 2010. Stenhouse Jr. overcame the largest point

Some Spotters on the move:

Some Spotters on the move:

November 19, 2010
Silly season is just starting for NASCAR spotters. Keith Barnwell goes from #1-Jamie McMurray to spotting for #56-Martin Truex Jr. Lorin Ranier goes from the #6 Ford of David Ragan to the #1 team and McMurray. Brett Griffin, fomerly Elliott Sadler's sponsor on the #