* David Ragan competed at Pocono Raceway in the ARCA REMAX Series twice in 2005.
* Ragan started 11th in the Pocono 200 on June 11, 2005 and finished 26th.
* Ragan also competed in the Pennsylvania 200 on July 23, 2005 starting fourth and finishing fourth.
* Ragan is currently 26th in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Championship point standings.
* Ragan is currently second in the Nextel Cup Raybestos Rookie of the Year Race. He trails Juan Pablo Montoya by five points.
* Last Spring, Greg Biffle was running second when it was clear he had a tire going down. He pitted under caution and restarted 10th with five laps remaining. Biffle picked up four positions in the closing laps for a sixth place finish.
* Biffle’s sixth place finish in Pocono last season was his fifth top-10 in a streak of seven top-10 finishes in a row.
* This weekend Biffle will pull his first double duty non-companion Busch and Cup race weekend, racing in both Pocono and Nashville. Biffle will be driving the No. 37 Brewco Motorsports entry in the Busch race.
* Biffle was the first driver ever to complete a full season in both series when he ran every Nextel Cup and Busch Series race in 2004.
* Biffle finished sixth last week in Dover and currently sits 18th in the point standings, 96 points out of the top 12.
* This weekend Biffle will run the black and red Dish Network paint scheme.
* Matt Kenseth is the only driver in the NEXTEL Cup Series that has completed every lap to this point in 2007, a total of 4,453.
* Kenseth’s average finish in the NEXTEL Cup Series this season is 8.5, second only to Jeff Gordon.
* Kenseth’s 8.5 average finish this year, makes 2007 tops among that category, so far. By comparison, Kenseth averaged a 9.8 finish in 2006 and a 10.2 finish in 2003, when he won the championship. For his career, Kenseth’s average finish is 14.7.
* Pocono is one of 15 tracks (including North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham) where Kenseth has scored three or more top-five finishes in his career.
* Kenseth has led only 26 laps in 14 races at Pocono, the lowest total number of laps led at any track where Kenseth has eight or more starts.
* Kenseth will be one of the featured drivers this week on DirecTV’s HotPass.
* With a 12.8-average starting position, Pocono Raceway ranks as the best qualifying track for Jamie McMurray.
* McMurray’s average finish at Pocono Raceway is a 19.8.
* In eight starts at the 2.5-mile, tri-oval track, McMurray has one NEXTEL Cup pole and two top-10 finishes.
* McMurray will run the IRWIN Industrial Tools blue and yellow paint scheme in this weekend’s Pocono 500 race.
* McMurray is currently 14th in the NEXTEL Cup point standings and only 24 points out of the “Chase. ”
* Carl Edwards is currently sixth in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series point standings with 1,584 points, 475 points behind leader, Jeff Gordon
* Edwards win at Pocono in June 2005 marked the first win at the track for car owner Jack Roush. It was also the first time Edwards had raced at the track. He’s the only driver to win at Pocono in his first attempt with the exception of Richard Petty who won in 1974 when the inaugural Cup event was held at the 2.5-mile tri-oval.
* In four starts at Pocono, Edwards has one win, two top-five and two top-10 finishes
* Edwards has led a total of 47 laps at the 2.5-mile Pennsylvania track
* This is the first of three consecutive weekends that Edwards will travel to complete both the Cup and Busch races. Next weekend Edwards travels between Michigan and Kentucky and following that he will travel between Sonoma and Milwaukee. This is not new for Edwards, as he has competed full time in both series since 2005
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