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Sam's Town 250 Race Advance
Memphis Speedway - Saturday October 27 |
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Points & Races
• Coming into this week's race #6 Discount Tire team driver,
David Ragan, stands in fifth place in the Busch Series point
standings. He is well within striking distance of fourth place
with four races remaining this season.
• Ragan also holds a strong first place in the Busch series
Rookie-of-the-Year standings, leading second-place Marco Ambrose
by 30 points. David is also vying for the Nextel Cup Rookie of the
year, trailing leader Juan Pablo Montoya by only 19 points. |
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Bush Series Top Ten Standings |
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Rank |
Driver |
Points |
Behind |
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1 |
Carl Edwards* |
4276 |
Leader |
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2 |
David Reutmann |
3638 |
-638 |
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3 |
Kevin Harvick |
3523 |
-753 |
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Jason Leffler |
3451 |
-825 |
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David Ragan* |
3299 |
-977 |
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Bobby Hamilton |
3264 |
-1012 |
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Greg Biffle* |
3136 |
-1140 |
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8 |
Stephen Leicht |
3046 |
-1230 |
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Marcos Ambrose |
2987 |
-1289 |
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10 |
Matt Kenseth |
2981 |
-1295 |
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*Rousch Fenway team drivers |
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Quotes
"I am ready to get to work at Memphis. I feel our short track program
is very solid and I am very optimistic about our chances. I have run at
Memphis once before in the truck series and we came away with a top-10 finish."
Driver David Ragan
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"We are extremely focused for this weekend. I am confident it will be
business as usual when David gets behind the wheel at race time. I feel David
is primed to win this race because of his experience at the track in the truck
series."
Crew Chief Mike Kelley |
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Fast Facts
• Ragan has one start in the Craftsman Truck Series at Memphis.
• Ragan is one of five drivers racing full-time in both the Busch and Cup Series in 2007.
• Ragan has three top-five, eight top-10 and 12 top-15 finishes in the Busch Series this year. |
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Tune In
Fri 10/26 Memphis NBS Practice SPEED 3:00 PM
Fri 10/26 Memphis NBS Final Practice SPEED 5:00 PM
Sat 10/27 Memphis NBS Busch Pole Qualifying SPEED 10:35 AM
Sat 10/27 Memphis NASCAR Busch Series Countdown ESPN2 3:00 PM
Sat 10/27 Memphis NBS: Sam's Town 250 ESPN2 3:30 PM |
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All Times EST. |
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