David Ragan in the No. 6 UPS Ford
Qualifying is complete here in Fontana with 48 drivers taking to the two-mile track in Southern California. After heading out as the 16th driver for qualifying, David Ragan and the No. 6 UPS team will start 13th in Sunday’s race.
“I think we’re steps ahead of where we were last year,” said Ragan after his qualifying run. “We’ve still got some work to do. I think that we’ve got a solid car for this weekend. It’s not the best, but we’ve shown improvement from the first practice to qualifying and it picked up some.”
David started 24th last year in this race and finished 14th. Of his four career Cup starts here, he has completed every lap of every race.
As far as the weather today, it was a pretty neat backdrop when all of the cars were out on the track. The sun was shining high above the track and the mountains in the background were snow-capped.
That’s my favorite thing about races out in the West during the early months of the season. It’s cool to be standing on pit lane with warm temps and seeing everyone walking around in short-sleeved shirts, and then look up at the mountains and see snow on the top of them.
The UPS team heads back to the track tomorrow for one final practice before the race. David’s start on Sunday will be his fifth at this race track where he’s never finished lower than 16th.
David will be a guest on RaceDay on Sunday to talk about the race and the No. 6 will also have an in-car camera riding along for the rest of the weekend.
Don’t miss David on TV this weekend!
RaceDay on SPEED: 1:40 p.m. (PT), 4:40 p.m. (ET).
Race on Fox: 3 p.m. (PT), 6 p.m. (ET).
