David Ragan
David Ragan ( born December 24, 1985 in Unadilla, Georgia ) is an American NASCAR driver. He drives the Ford Fusion with the number 34 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
Career
Beginnings in motorsport
Ragan drove his first race in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 2004. At the age of 18 he started for Fiddleback Racing at Texas Motor Speedway and was 20 and played in the same year, nine more races. In the former Busch Series, he ran in 2004 for Sadler Bros. Racing Ford 300 and came in at number 31 to the finish. In 2005, Ragan participated in several races in the ARCA Racing Series. His first and only victory he drove a Lanier National Speedway on. In the Busch Series season in 2006 he drove three races for Day Enterprise Racing.
Craftsman Truck Series
In the Craftsman Truck Series season 2006 Roush saw it originally provided that Mark Martin and Ragan share the cockpit of the No. 6 Ford F -150. Ragan should drive the Ford with the number 50, while Martin is traveling in the # 6. His first Top 10 ranking he drove a at Texas Motor Speedway, it was followed by two more. To his first pole position he came on the O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis. At a race in the NASCAR Busch Series, he entered the season for the first time on the California Speedway. His debut in the NASCAR Nextel Cup, he was at Dover International Speedway.
Nationwide Series
Ragan came in 2004 in the NASCAR Nationwide Series repeatedly used. Only in the years 2007 and 2008 he drove a full-time pilot. Ragan was seen in the latter year overall 4, what should be his best result in the series.
Sprint Cup
On 11 October 2006 Roush Racing Ragan announced as full-time driver in the Nextel Cup season 2007. At number 6, sponsored by the AAA, went before the NASCAR veteran Mark Martin. In the remaining 2006 season, he was only able to even compete at Martinsville Speedway, where he did not perform well.
His first season as a full-time driver remained without major highlights. He scored three top - 10 finishes. In the rookie classification Ragan finished second behind Juan Pablo Montoya. The championship he finished ranked 23 in the 2008 season, Ragan showed a significant increase in performance. He just missed the Chase for the Sprint Cup. He drove at Talladega Superspeedway His best race. He started from position 16 and finished the race in 3rd place Overall Ragan came up with 14 top - 10 finishes. In the championship, he finished at the end of the season ranked 13th in the 2009 season, he was unable to match the achievements of the previous year. Only twice he came in the top -10 finish. As a 27 overall he was the weakest driver of his team. After he was in 2010 with only 3 top 10 placings 24, though he were riding no Nationwide race this year, he was finally able to show that more can be stuck in it during the 2011 season. He won the Coke Zero 400 on July 2, 2011, and sat as a place with " wild card " for the Chase, which he, however, after a few bad results could not keep. Not in the Chase - So Ragan came after a fourth place in Richmond - the race just before the decision for the play- offs. At the end of the year, postulated to be the main sponsor UPS, that there would be in the 2012 season, no further partnership between the number 6 and the logistics companies. In January 2012, Ragan signed with Front Row Motorsports and piloted since then the car with the number 34