Backstretch Motorsports

Roush Fenway Racing and UPS announced today that David Ragan will be behind the wheel of the No. 6 UPS Ford Fusion in 2009. The official press conference was held at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway infield media center.

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FONTANA, CALIF. (August 30, 2008) — Give Kyle Busch credit for being a quick study.

Nudged out of the way and deprived of a win by Carl Edwards in last Saturday’s Sprint Cup race at Bristol, Busch didn’t let Edwards anywhere near his rear bumper in the closing laps of Saturday night’s Camping World RV Service 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Auto Club Speedway.

After a restart with eight laps remaining, Busch pulled away, as he had done consistently all night long, to hold off his nemesis and win the race under caution when Josh Wise wrecked on the white-flag lap.

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Brendan Gaughan, driver of the No. 10 International MAXX Force Diesel Ford F-150, started and finished second during last year’s race at Bristol Motor Speedway. This year he heads to the fast half-mile track with more confidence and seeks to improve his final position by one spot. Gaughan talks about aggressive racing and the uniqueness of the eastern Tennessee track.

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By Reid Spencer

MADISON, Ill. (July 19, 2008) – It took three days for Carl Edwards to get to Gateway International Raceway from his home in Columbia, Mo. – on a bicycle.

Once at the track, however, Edwards picked up his pace considerably for Saturday night’s Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series race. In the final 55-lap green-flag run, Edwards’ No. 60 Ford streaked away from the No. 20 Toyota of Joey Logano, taking the checkered flag 6.877 seconds ahead of the 18-year-old Joe Gibbs Racing phenom.

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Rick Crawford, driver of the No. 14 Power Stroke Diesel by International Ford F-150, participated in NASCAR’s teleconference today in advance of this weekend’s Built Ford Tough 225 presented by the Greater Cincinnati Ford Dealers. Crawford is fifth in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series point standings, just 74 markers behind the leader.

RICK CRAWFORD – No. 14 Power Stroke Diesel by International Ford F-150 – THE NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES COMES OFF A TWO-WEEK BREAK. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW YOU PREPARE DURING THE BREAKS, ESPECIALLY WITH A TIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP RACE? “We’ve appreciated the two-week break. I think all the teams needed it. We battled hard through the first half of the season. The Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International Ford F-Series pick up has been performing well. I think it’s coming to potential now. We’re looking forward to going to Kentucky this weekend for the Built Ford Tough 225. In the couple of weeks that we’ve had off, I’ve been visiting some short tracks and I’ve done some testing at Darlington with the pickups.”

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JOLIET, Ill. (June 4, 2008) – After having one of his most consistent showings last weekend in Topeka, Bob Tasca III looks to continue his move up the NHRA POWERade championship points ladder this weekend in the Route 66 NHRA Nationals.

“With how we qualified and ran in Topeka, we were able to jump back up into the top 10 in points,” said Tasca. “We lost on a holeshot to Gary Scelzi in the second round, but overall for us, it was a great weekend. My team won the Full Throttle award for the first time this year and we earned our best qualifying position of the season.

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Colin Braun, driver of the No. 6 Con-way Freight Ford F-150, heads home to Texas for this weekend’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race. Braun is the only driver in the series to have started every race this season from the top 10. He leads the Raybestos Rookie of the Year standings and is 14th in overall points, just 73 points out of top 10.

COLIN BRAUN – No. 6 Con-way Freight Ford F-150 – “I’m excited to go to back to Texas. Since I lived there and grew up there, I’ve been to a couple of my Dad’s IRL races there at the speedway. I never raced out there myself but I’m definitely excited to go back. Just being in Texas, I love Texas, I know a little bit of the Dallas area and things like that, so it should be a lot of fun. I’m looking forward to it.”

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BILL ELLIOTT – No. 21 Motorcraft Ford Fusion – YOU’VE BEEN COMING HERE A LONG TIME. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS NEW PAVEMENT?

“It’s not the same Darlington. It’s gonna be a little bit harder to race on it because everybody seems to be running closer to the same speed. The new car has probably made that a lot more apparent, but the cars aren’t gonna give up as much and the times are not gonna slow down as much. It’s just different.”

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