David Ragan Food City 500 Race Preview

STATESVILLE, N.C. – Like most drivers, David Ragan circles the Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway race on the calendar as one to look forward to. But this year, he also put a question mark next to it. Without any Sprint Cup Series testing at the .533-mile oval in the new Gen-6 car, the driver says the short track will be the first “wild card” on the 2013 schedule. But he likes his chances. Ragan earned his second NASCAR win at the track in 2009 in the Nationwide Series. He has 12 Sprint Cup starts at Bristol with a top finish of 10th. Sunday’s race will mark the NASCAR debut of Dockside Logistics on the No. 34 Ford. The company provides distribution, warehouse services, port operations and transportation, serving the Southeast from Charleston, S.C.  Comments from Dockside Logistics team driver David Ragan heading to Bristol: “They altered the racetrack a little bit last year. And a lot of what you can do on track depends on what kind of tire Goodyear brings – how you can pass, how you r...