‘You’re Really Rolling There a Lot Faster than You Were a Few Years Back’
“Phoenix is racing like a mile-and-a-half track now. It’s still got a lot of grip, and it’s very fast. You’re really rolling there a lot faster than you were a few years back. It’s a great racetrack. They always pack the stands there. And it’s got the cool characteristic of a short-track size, but the grip allows you to really run hard all day.”It’s interesting, we go back to these racetracks — it’s been maybe eight months since we were there — to see how the track has changed. Obviously they’ve had a hot summer. We’ll see if the track has lost some grip. But we definitely want to have some strong finishes to end our season on. And we’ve learned a lot this year on both the short tracks and the mile-and-a-halfs, which should help us out in these last couple races.”
JUST THE FACTS: Ragan has 15 Sprint Cup career starts at Phoenix International Raceway … He has one top-10 finish at the one-mile oval … His best finish at Phoenix is 10th (2008) …. Taco Bell returns as primary sponsor of the No. 34 Ford for Sunday’s race.
DID YOU KNOW? @DavidRagan had one @NASCAR_Trucks start at @PhoenixRaceway early in his career (2006). He finished 17th. #NASCAR
About Front Row Motorsports
Front Row Motorsports is a race-winning organization competing in the NASCAR’s premier Sprint Cup Series, fielding the No. 34 of David Ragan and the No. 38 of David Gilliland. The team is owned by Bob Jenkins and is headquartered just outside of Charlotte, N.C. FRM was named to INC Magazine’s “INC 5000” list in 2012, recognizing the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. The team’s partnership base is representative of more than $200 billion of the U.S. economy and includes organizations such as Ford Motor Company, CSX Transportation, Love’s Travel Stops, Farm Rich, Taco Bell and Long John Silver’s. Visit teamfrm.com.
