Roush Fenway Racing's David Ragan leads muggy Cup practice at Daytona
By Lee Montgomery - Associate Editor
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Roush Fenway Racing's David Ragan led the opening NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice at Daytona International Speedway.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Roush Fenway Racing’s David Ragan led the first NASCAR Sprint Cup practice Thursday, turning a lap of 190.714 mph in the hot, humid conditions at Daytona International Speedway.
Richard Childress Racing’s Casey Mears was second at 190.666, with Ragan’s teammate, Jamie McMurray, third at 190.460. Forty-five drivers took laps in preparation for Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 at the 2.5-mile track.
Last week’s winner at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Joey Logano, was fourth for Joe Gibbs Racing, with Brian Vickers fifth for Red Bull Racing.
The rest of the top 10 were Mark Martin (Hendrick Motorsports), Kyle Busch (JGR), Ryan Newman (Stewart-Haas Racing), Juan Pablo Montoya (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing) and Kurt Busch (Penske Racing).
Regan Smith (Furniture Row Racing) was the fastest of the drivers needing to make the race via qualifying, turning a lap of 185.709 mph.
The Cup series has another practice slated for 6:35 p.m. EDT today.
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4 responses to "Roush Fenway Racing's David Ragan leads muggy Cup practice at Daytona". Post a Comment.
amalycke said:
Jul 3, 2009 at 10:55 AMYet another boring, worthless article by Lee Montgomery as he covers a crappy driver in miserable weather conditions. Shouldn't have even posted this one as only 13 people read this article.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportjbbigrod said:
Jul 3, 2009 at 5:00 PMDon't know how many have read this article. But David is NO crappy driver. He is a very good driver. Yes, he is having problems THIS year, but that should turn around soon. As a matter of fact David does very well at this track. Heck, I might even pick him for my top five. He could very well do it.
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Jul 3, 2009 at 9:47 PMhe's better than some who get all the attention. go david! btw people who only read select articles make themselves ignorant
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Jul 4, 2009 at 12:37 AMYes, look how good he was doing all night in the Nationwide race tonight.
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