David Ragan

Ragan was born in Unadilla, Georgia, the son of former racer Ken Ragan, and began his racing career racing in the Bandolero Series at age 12. Four years later, he began competing in the Goody’s Dash Series with Cam Strader. After one year, he moved to the Legends Pro-Division to race for Mark Martin. He concluded the season by finishing fourth in the point standings. At age 18, Ragan began racing in the Camping World Truck Series, Nationwide Series, and the ARCA Racing Series.

In 2007, he moved the Sprint Cup Series, replacing Mark Martin in the #6, and driving for Roush Fenway Racing. Between 2007 and 2011, he has recorded 30 top-tens in the series.

On July 2, 2011, Ragan won his first career NASCAR Sprint Cup series race, the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. His second win, at Talladega in May 2013, was also the first win for Front Row Motorsports.

Career

1996–2002

Ragan was born in Unadilla, Georgia in December 1985, the son of former racer Ken Ragan.^[2] Ragan started his racing career in the Bandolero Series at age 12. During the following year, he managed to win twelve races and the National Championship. In 1999, he won the National Championship for the second time. In 2001, Ragan began racing in the Goody’s Dash Series with Cam Strader. During the season, the two built late models for Ragan to use in 2002. In 2002, he began racing in the Legends Pro-Division for Mark Martin. At the end of the season, he finished fourth in the final point standings.^[2]

2003–2006

Ragan's No. 6 in 2007

At age 18, Ragan moved to the Craftsman Truck Series (now Camping World Truck Series), as well as the Busch Series (now Nationwide Series) and the ARCA Racing Series. During his first career start in the ARCA Series, he qualified in the second position, but failed to finish the race after having tire failure.^[1] His first race in the Craftsman Truck Series was at Texas Motor Speedway, where he qualified 28th and finished in the 20th position for Fiddleback Racing. During the season, he failed to qualify for one race, and failed to finish six of the ten races he participated in.^[3] Ragan also participated in one Busch Series race at Homestead Miami Speedway, finishing 31st, after starting 36th.^[4] In the following season, he participated in Roush Racing: Driver X as the co-driver of the number 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford F-150 in the Truck Series. After participating in 19 events in the series, he recorded one top-five, eight top-ten finishes, and earned one pole position.^[1]

Also in 2005, Ragan participated in three Busch Series events,^[5] as well as 19 ARCA Racing Series events, where he managed to win one race, and record three pole positions, eight top-five and 11 top-ten finishes.^[6] During the 2006 season, he participated in three Busch Series events,^[7] and two Nextel Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series) events.^[8] He also participated in 19 Truck Series events, where he recorded two pole positions, one top-five and eight top-ten finishes.^[9]

2007–2012

Ragan's car in the garage preparing for the 2009 Pep Boys Auto 500.

For the 2007 season, Ragan moved to the Nextel Cup Series as the driver of the number 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford. He also participated for the NASCAR Rookie of the Year standings in both Nextel Cup and Busch Series, where he managed to finished second in the Nextel Cup Series, while winning the award in the Busch Series.^[2] During the Cup season, Ragan recorded two top-five finishes, with one being in the 2007 Daytona 500, and three top-tens, finishing 23rd in the point standings.^[10]^[11] During the Busch Series season, he earned two pole positions, four top-five and nine top-ten finishes, while finishing fifth in point standings.^[10]^[12] Also in 2007, he participated in one ARCA Racing Series event, where he managed to finish in the fourth position.^[13]

In 2008, he raced in the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series, as well as in two ARCA Racing Series events. In the Cup season, he recorded six top-five and 14 top-ten finishes, while finishing 13th in the final point standings. During the Nationwide season, he managed to get seven top-fives and 21 top-ten finishes. Ragan clinched fourth in the final point standings. One year later in 2009, he participated in only the Cup Series and the Nationwide Series. During the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, he recorded two top-ten finishes and finished 27th in the point standings. However, in the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series season, he won two races, and earned five top-fives and 15 top-ten finishes, while finishing 18th in points.^[10]

During 2010, he only participated in the Sprint Cup Series. He recorded only three top-five finishes and finished 24th in points once the season concluded.^[2] In 2011, he began the year almost winning the Daytona 500, but he got penalized for moving lanes before he crossed the line on the restart with two laps to go.^[10] On May 21, 2011, he won the Sprint Showdown at Charlotte Motor Speedway, passing Brad Keselowski with two laps to go.

He won the Coke Zero 400 on July 2, 2011 for his first career Sprint Cup win after getting a late push from teammate Matt Kenseth.^[14] He was eligible to compete in the "wild card" to get himself into the Chase. After bad finishes a few weeks before the final race before the Chase at Richmond, he finished 4th but was 54 points away from 13th to put himself into a Chase position. At the end of the 2011 season UPS, Ragan’s primary sponsor on the Roush Fenway Racing No. 6 Ford, announced that they would no longer sponsor the #6 and that the company would scale back it’s racing program next season. Leaving the number 6 team without sponsorship and ultimately forced the camp to shut down, making Roush Fenway Racing a 3 car team for the 2012 season.

In January 2012, Ragan signed with Front Row Motorsports to drive the No. 34 Ford for the team in 2012.^[15] He drove for GC Motorsports International in the season-opening Nationwide Series event at Daytona.^[16]

2013

Ragan competes in the 2013 STP Gas Booster 500.

Ragan started the 2013 season without a full-time sponsor, patching together sponsorship week by week. He started the season wrecked at the 2013 Daytona 500 (along with his two other teammates) and had no finish better than 20th in the first nine races. However, during the 2013 Aaron's 499, Ragan took the green-white-checkered restart in 10th place. On the last lap, teammate David Gilliland was able to help push him past Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth, and Carl Edwards to win the race. This was his first win with Front Row Motorsports and the team's first Sprint Cup win,^[17] as well as the first NASCAR win for his sponsor for that race, Farm Rich. The 34 team improved more in 2013 earning sixteen top-25 finishes including the win, a sixth place finish at the fall Talladega race, and a 12th place finish at the Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. However three consecutive engine failures during the Chase dropped Ragan to 28th in points.

Personal life

Ragan is part-owner of David Ragan Ford located in Perry, Georgia.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NSCC	Points
2006	Roush Racing	06	Ford	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV 42	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR 25	ATL		PHO		63rd	88
2006	No Fear Racing	60	Ford																																		TEX DNQ		HOM DNQ	63rd	88
2007	Roush Fenway Racing	6	Ford	DAY 5	FON 16	LVS 37	ATL 33	BRI 26	MAR 15	TEX 39	PHO 41	TAL 17	RIC 20	DAR 27	CLT 37	DOV 14	POC 26	MIC 21	SON 29	NHA 15	DAY 12	CHI 25	IND 16	POC 33	GLN 32	MIC 18	BRI 41	CAL 12	RCH 3	NHA 19	DOV 25	KAN 16	TAL 34	CLT 40	MAR 26	ATL 33	TEX 37	PHO 32	HOM 10	23rd	3251
2008				DAY 42	CAL 14	LVS 7	ATL 23	BRI 21	MAR 11	TEX 13	PHO 27	TAL 4	RCH 17	DAR 5	CLT 12	DOV 15	POC 24	MIC 8	SON 24	NHA 40	DAY 5	CHI 8	IND 14	POC 5	GLN 30	MIC 3	BRI 10	CAL 13	RIC 32	NHA 28	DOV 28	KAN 8	TAL 3	CLT 10	MAR 13	ATL 8	TEX 11	PHO 10	HOM 24	13th	4299
2009				DAY 6	CAL 17	LVS 42	ATL 19	BRI 27	MAR 27	TEX 37	PHO 22	TAL 12	RCH 23	DAR 38	CLT 24	DOV 24	POC 26	MIC 15	SON 33	NHA 38	DAY 13	CHI 25	IND 24	POC 22	GLN 24	MIC 30	BRI 14	ATL 33	RCH 33	NHA 33	DOV 24	KAN 35	CAL 7	CLT 20	MAR 22	TAL 17	TEX 17	PHO 23	HOM 34	27th	3252
2010				DAY 16	CAL 23	LVS 23	ATL 37	BRI 29	MAR 16	PHO 19	TEX 15	TAL 6	RCH 24	DAR 14	DOV 26	CLT 24	POC 26	MIC 34	SON 25	NHA 20	DAY 38	CHI 12	IND 20	POC 14	GLN 25	MIC 11	BRI 32	ATL 19	RCH 23	NHA 22	DOV 24	KAN 16	CAL 32	CLT 10	MAR 17	TAL 21	TEX 8	PHO 25	HOM 20	24th	3599
2011				DAY 14	PHO 36	LVS 22	BRI 16	CAL 22	MAR 8	TEX 7	TAL 39	RCH 4	DAR 21	DOV 28	CLT 2	KAN 13	POC 17	MIC 20	SON 29	DAY 1	KEN 8	NHA 14	IND 23	POC 34	GLN 28	MIC 14	BRI 20	ATL 35	RCH 4	CHI 11	NHA 7	DOV 21	KAN 20	CLT 11	TAL 28	MAR 33	TEX 12	PHO 33	HOM 38	23rd	906
2012	Front Row Motorsports	34	Ford	DAY 43	PHO 25	LVS 21	BRI 23	CAL 31	MAR 24	TEX 35	KAN 30	RCH 32	TAL 7	DAR 28	CLT 35	DOV 21	POC 27	MIC 23	SON 27	KEN 29	DAY 26	NHA 34	IND 28	POC 28	GLN 22	MIC 23	BRI 32	ATL 28	RCH 32	CHI 22	NHA 29	DOV 30	TAL 4	CLT 34	KAN 20	MAR 26	TEX 28	PHO 33	HOM 31	28th	622
2013				DAY 35	PHO 38	LVS 31	BRI 21	CAL 24	MAR 30	TEX 26	KAN 30	RCH 20	TAL 1	DAR 39	CLT 25	DOV 22	POC 37	MIC 25	SON 33	KEN 26	DAY 22	NHA 19	IND 34	POC 21	GLN 21	MIC 24	BRI 12	ATL 23	RCH 29	CHI 26	NHA 29	DOV 25	KAN 36	CLT 30	TAL 6	MAR 43	TEX 42	PHO 35	HOM 29	28th	633
2014				DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	DAR	RCH	TAL	KAN	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	KEN	DAY	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	KAN	CLT	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	-	-

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Season	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NNSC	Points
2004	Sadler Brothers Racing	95	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	GTY	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM DNQ	ATL	PHO	DAR	HOM 31		131st	70
2005	Day Enterprises	16	Chevy	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	NSH	BRI	TEX 39	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW 36	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	GTY 32	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI DNQ	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	97th	168
2006	Roush Racing	50	Ford	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	MAR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL 41	RCH	DOV 18	KAN						92nd	204
2006		6																																CLT 36	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	92nd	204
2007				DAY 43	CAL 18	MXC 14	LVS 24	ATL 20	BRI 13	NSH 36	TEX 5	PHO 35	TAL 4	RCH 14	DAR 13	CLT 25	DOV 32	NSH 7	KEN 8	MLW 12	NHA 18	DAY 34	CHI 19	GTY 5	IRP 18	CGV 19	GLN 21	MCH 21	BRI 6	CAL 10	RCH 39	DOV 32	KAN 34	CLT 6	MEM 3	TEX 17	PHO 23	HOM 33	5th	3739
2008				DAY 9	CAL 12	LVS 10	ATL 16	BRI 8	NSH 21	TEX 8	PHO 5	MXC 22	TAL 18	RCH 4	DAR 27	CLT 9	DOV 29	NSH 5	KEN 7	MLW 4	NHA 6	DAY 9	CHI 13	GTY 10	IRP 9	CGV 13	GLN 9	MCH 36	BRI 25	CAL 9	RCH 5	DOV 9	KAN 3	CLT 12	MEM 8	TEX 5	PHO 14	HOM 23	4th	4525
2009				DAY 8	CAL 5	LVS 26	BRI 19	TEX 4	NSH 7	PHO 6	TAL 1	RCH	DAR	CLT 7	DOV 30	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY 9	CHI 34	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN 8	MCH 4	BRI 1	CGV	ATL 9	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL 9	CLT	MEM	TEX 8	PHO 6	HOM	18th	2632
2011	Randy Hill Racing	08	Ford	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	TAL	NSH	RCH	DAR	DOV	IOW	CLT	CHI	MCH	ROA	DAY	KEN	NHA	NSH	IRP	IOW	GLN	CGV	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX 35	PHO	HOM		133rd	0¹
2012	GC Motorsports International	27	Ford	DAY 27	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX 27	RCH	TAL	DAR	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	CGV	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM			118th	0¹
2014	Biagi-DenBeste Racing	98	Ford	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	DAR	RCH	TAL	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM			-	0¹

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Season	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	NCTC	Points
2004	Fiddleback Racing	67	Ford	DAY	ATL	MAR	MFD DNQ	CLT	DOV	TEX 20	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN 19	GTW 19	MCH 31	IRP 35	NSH 32	BRI 30	RCH 35	NHA 21	LVS 34	CAL	TEX	MAR	PHO	DAR	HOM	32nd	802
2005	Rosenblum Racing	28	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAL	ATL	MAR	GTY	MFD	CLT DNQ	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	KAN	KEN	MEM	IRP	NSH	BRI	RCH	NHA	LVS	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	N/A	-
2006	Roush Racing	50	Ford	DAY	CAL	ATL 22	MAR 34		CLT 25	MFD	DOV		MCH 19							BRI 15	NHA 11	LVS	TAL 7	MAR 20	ATL 6		PHO 17	HOM	24th	2122
2006	Roush Racing	6	Ford					GTY 28				TEX 8		MLW 30	KAN 6	KEN 5	MEM 6	IRP 9	NSH 34							TEX 6			24th	2122

^* Season in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

Rolex Sports Car Series

Grand Touring

(key) Bold – Pole Position. (Overall Finish/Class Finish).

Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series GT results
Year	Team	No.	Engine	Chassis	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Pts
2011	TPN Racing	11		Ford Mustang GT	DAY	HOM	BAR	VIR	LRP	WGL (23/11)	ELK	LGA	NJ	WGL	MON	MDO			83rd	19

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Roush Fenway Racing – David Ragan Bio". Roushracing.com. 1985-12-24. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Biography". Davidragan.com. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
↑ "David Ragan 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
↑ "David Ragan 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
↑ "David Ragan 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
↑ "David Ragan 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
↑ "David Ragan 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
↑ "David Ragan 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results". Racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
↑ "David Ragan 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 "David Ragan Career Statistics". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
↑ "David Ragan 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
↑ "David Ragan 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
↑ "David Ragan 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
↑ "DAVID RAGAN WINS THE 53RD ANNUAL COKE ZERO 400 POWERED BY COCA-COLA". Daytona International Speedway. July 2, 2011. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
↑ Rodman, Dave (January 16, 2012). "Ragan signs with Front Row for 2012 Cup season". NASCAR. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
↑ Butcher, Louis (January 20, 2012). "Villeneuve se rapproche de l’écurie Go Canada Racing". Le Journal de Montreal (in French). Retrieved 2012-02-01.
↑ Hinton, Ed (2013-05-05). "David Ragan wins for the underdogs". ESPN. Retrieved 2013-07-20.

External links

Official website
David Ragan driver statistics at Racing Reference
David Ragan on Twitter

Achievements
Preceded by Danny O'Quinn	NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year 2007	Succeeded by Landon Cassill

Front Row Motorsports

Personnel

Bob Jenkins

Sprint Cup Series

Drivers	(34) David Ragan (35) Eric McClure (38) David Gilliland

Crew chiefs	(34) Jay Guy (35) Charles Dickey, Jr. (38) Pat Tryson

Former drivers

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Nationwide Series	1989: K. Wallace 1990: Nemechek 1991: J. Gordon 1992: Craven 1993: H. Sadler 1994: Benson 1995: Fuller 1996: G. Allen, Jr. 1997: Park 1998: Santerre 1999: Raines 2000: Harvick 2001: Biffle 2002: Riggs 2003: Stremme 2004: Ky. Busch 2005: C. Edwards 2006: O'Quinn 2007: Ragan 2008: Cassill 2009: Allgaier 2010: Stenhouse, Jr. 2011: T. Hill 2012: A. Dillon 2013: K. Larson

Camping World Truck	1996: Reffner 1997: Irwin 1998: Biffle 1999: Stefanik 2000: Ku. Busch 2001: Kvapil 2002: Gaughan 2003: C. Edwards 2004: Reutimann 2005: Kluever 2006: Darnell 2007: W. Allen 2008: Braun 2009: Jo. Sauter 2010: A. Dillon 2011: Coulter 2012: T. Dillon 2013: R. Blaney

Persondata
Name	Ragan, David
Alternative names
Short description	American stock car racing driver
Date of birth	December 24, 1985
Place of birth	Unadilla, Georgia, USA
Date of death
Place of death

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