Is he any better?
Man, I'd forgotten all about David Ragan's one-man wrecking crew performance last fall at Martinsville. Scene Daily didn't -- its story is here.
The Scene Daily piece, however, casts Ragan 2.0 as a wiser, better version of the guy who ran Ken Schrader into the Turn 1 fence.
Has he improved? The best racing site on the Internet has Ragan's 2007 numbers. Except for a fifth-place finish at Daytona, Ragan has pretty much done little with the No. 6 car except keep it running. He doesn't have a DNF yet this season, but he has qualified poorly (no better than 35th) and he has finished a lap or more down in each of the past three races. At Bristol, he embarrassed the No. 6 team. Roush Fenway Racing spins his three spins here. It's not pretty.
Remember that Martinsville is a COT race, which means Ragan's car is four inches than last year's version -- and so is everyone else's. The Martinsville track, meanwhile, didn't get any wider in the offseason. Throw Juan Pablo Montoya in the mix as well as a few drivers (Burton the elder, Blaney, Vickers, Jarrett) trying to get in the Top 35 Club ...
... I predict carnage. It might not start with Ragan, but I expect to see a lot of the 6 car on Sunday.
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Funny thing is, even with those spins at Bristol he was running 20th until Kahne spun him out the last time. All he needs to do is keep the car running and make laps, that's all anyone should expect this season.
Posted on March 27, 2007 4:40 PM
If only someone would put Brent Sherman in a rid this weekend.
Posted on March 29, 2007 6:36 PM
Brent Sherman? Maybe Chad Chaffin can get the weekend off from Jiffy Lube, too.
Posted on March 30, 2007 11:01 AM