David Ragan, No. 34 MDS Transport Ford Starting Position: 38 Finishing Position: 35 A changing-weather day made for a challenging afternoon on track for David Ragan on Sunday. He started the Brickyard 400 in the 38th spot in a set-up that showed some speed in practice earlier in the weekend. Running the early part of the race under cloudy (and briefly sprinkling) skies, Ragan said his MDS Transport Ford was tight-turning through the corners and loose getting back to the gas. But his No. 34 showed some speed and Ragan was able to advance a few positions in the first 20 laps. A Lap 20 competition caution spread the field apart into various pit cycles, which helped Ragan climb as high as 15th at Lap 51. The sun came out midway through the 400-mile event and seemed to loosen up the handling of the No. 34 while caution periods bunched up the fields pit-stop patterns. The two factors had Ragan dealing with a less predictable car as well as battling from farther back, outside the top 30. Without much help from the weather or the timing of the caution flags, Ragan was in 35th for the final restart of the race. He maintained his spot and crossed the finish in the same position. Comments from MDS Transport team driver David Ragan after the Indianapolis race: Our MDS Ford didnt quite handle the way we wanted it to today. And it never seemed to stay consistent either with the changing track conditions. But our Front Row Motorsports team worked hard at it all day. We just couldnt get it quite where we needed it to be. But were looking forward to going to Pocono next week. We had a good finish there last time and well look to have another good run.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 01:09:38 +0000
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