David Ragan News

Buschwhackers Want to Do Double Duty Again in 2008:

Buschwhackers Want to Do Double Duty Again in 2008:

July 23, 2007
The four Nextel Cup drivers also competing full time in the Busch Series this season all say they want to run every race in both series next year, too. Carl Edwards, David Reutimann, David Ragan and Dave Blaney all said they were willing to run the full Cup and Busch

Raybestos Rookie Notes for Gateway:

Raybestos Rookie Notes for Gateway:

July 16, 2007
Brad Keselowski was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the USG Durock 300 at Chicagoland. Keselowski placed 14th and claimed Rookie of the Race honors for the first time this season. He scored his best finish in 21 Busch Series races. David Ragan leads Marcos Ambrose

Rumblings – Chicago Race Notes:

Rumblings – Chicago Race Notes:

July 15, 2007
Tony Stewart dominated the second half of today's USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway and pulled away from Matt Kenseth on the final restart (with 12 to go) for his first win of the season and the 30th of his Cup career (he's in 20th on the all-time win list).

Chicagoland Rookie Notes:

Chicagoland Rookie Notes:

July 12, 2007
#6-David Ragan was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the July 7 Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway. Ragan finished 12th and took top rookie honors for the eighth time this season. He was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in both races at Daytona this season

Raybestos Rookie Notes for Chicago:

Raybestos Rookie Notes for Chicago:

July 10, 2007
Kyle Krisiloff was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Winn-Dixie 250 at Daytona. Krisiloff earned Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the first time this season. David Ragan leads Marcos Ambrose by 14 points (180-166) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering

Rumblings – Daytona Race Notes:

Rumblings – Daytona Race Notes:

July 7, 2007
Jamie McMurray edged Kyle Busch tonight at Daytona International Speedway and took the Pepsi 400 by all of .005 seconds....and it really was closer than that! With the lead changing hands at least three times from turn 4 to the line, McMurray captured his second career

Daytona Rookie Notes:

Daytona Rookie Notes:

July 4, 2007
#6-David Ragan was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the July 1 LENOX Industrial Tools 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway. Ragan scored a 15th-place finish and took top rookie honors for the eighth time this season. #42-Juan Pablo Montoya leads Ragan by

Raybestos Rookie Notes for Daytona:

Raybestos Rookie Notes for Daytona:

July 2, 2007
David Ragan was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Camping World 200 at New Hampshire. Ragan placed 18th and took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the sixth time in 2007. Ragan leads Marcos Ambrose by 13 points (178-165) in the Rookie standings entering

Rumblings – New Hampshire:

Rumblings – New Hampshire:

July 1, 2007
It was Denny Hamlin by an eyelash....Denny Hamlin won his first race of the season today at New Hampshire International Speedway as he barely held on to take the Lenox Industrial Tools 300 over Jeff Gordon....proving (at least for today) that two tires was the way

New Hampshire Rookie Notes:

New Hampshire Rookie Notes:

June 28, 2007
Raybestos Rookie Juan Pablo Montoya won the June 24 Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway. Montoya's first Nextel Cup win came in his 17th career start. His best previous finish was fifth at Atlanta earlier this year and he took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors

Testing update from Milwaukee MORE:

Testing update from Milwaukee MORE:

June 27, 2007
There were no incidents, no speeds reported from Tuesday test at The Milwaukee Mile. Wednesday and Thursday, Richard Childress is scheduled to be at The Milwaukee Mile with all three cars. Ford teams will run part or all of Wednesday to complete their 2-day test. Other

Raybestos Rookie Notes for New Hamphshire:

Raybestos Rookie Notes for New Hamphshire:

June 26, 2007
Brad Coleman was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the AT&T 250 at The Milwaukee Mile. Coleman finished fourth, his second top-five and third top-10 finish in 10 Busch Series starts. He took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the third time in 2007. David Ragan

Some Cup teams testing at Milwaukee today:

Some Cup teams testing at Milwaukee today:

June 26, 2007
Five Ford teams are testing at the The Milwaukee Mile today in preparation for this weeks race at New Hampshire: #21 Wood Brothers w/Bill Elliott; #6 Roush Fenway w/David Ragan; #26 Roush Fenway w/Jamie McMurray; #7-Robby Gordon and #38 Robert Yates w/David Gilliland

Sonoma Rookie Post Race Notes:

Sonoma Rookie Post Race Notes:

June 25, 2007
* #42-Juan Pablo Montoya scored his first Nextel Cup Series victory today [6/24] at Infineon Raceway. His first win came in his 17th career start. Montoya's best previous finish was fifth at Atlanta earlier this year (race #4). * UNOFFICIALLY Montoya leads #6-David

Sonoma Rookie News and Notes:

Sonoma Rookie News and Notes:

June 22, 2007
#15-Paul Menard was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the June 17 Citizens Bank 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Menard finished 12th, his best effort in 10 starts this season, and he took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the third time in 2007. He