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NASCAR Cup Series: David Ragan retires

By Asher Fair

DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA - AUGUST 31: David Ragan, driver of the #38 Shriners Hospital for Children Ford, climbs into his car during qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on August 31, 2019 in Darlington, South Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA - AUGUST 31: David Ragan, driver of the #38 Shriners Hospital for Children Ford, climbs into his car during qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on August 31, 2019 in Darlington, South Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) /
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With the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season in the books, David Ragan has retired from full-time competition following a 14-year career.

Front Row Motorsports’ David Ragan announced in mid-August that the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season would be his final season of full-time competition in the series.

With the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway now in the books, the 33-year-old Unadilla, Georgia native has officially retired from full-time competition.

Ragan began competing in the Cup Series in the 2006 season when he drove in two races for Roush Racing (now Roush Fenway Racing) and failed to qualify for two others driving for No Fear Racing. In the 2007 season, he landed his first full-time ride with Roush Fenway Racing.

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Since the start of the 2007 season, Ragan has competed in each and every one of the 468 races that have been contested.

Ragan drove for Roush Fenway Racing from the 2007 season through the 2011 season, securing his career-high finish of 13th place in the championship standings in the 2008 season as well as the first victory of his career at Daytona International Speedway in July of 2011.

He then landed a ride with Front Row Motorsports, where he drove from the 2012 season through the 2014 season and in the 2015 Daytona 500. He earned the second victory of his career at Talladega Superspeedway in May of 2013.

Following the 2015 Daytona 500, he drove for Joe Gibbs Racing as the replacement for the injured Kyle Busch in nine races. He finished out the 2015 season driving for Michael Waltrip Racing before landing a ride with BK Racing for the 2016 season. He returned to Front Row Motorsports ahead of the 2017 season and has driven for them ever since.

Ragan retires having competed in 470 races. He recorded 40 top 10 finishes, of which 15 were top five finishes and two were victories, and he took two pole positions, both in the 2011 season. He led 169 of the 130,344 laps that he completed and recorded an average starting position of 24.9 and an average finishing position of 24.3.

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We wish David Ragan nothing but the best as he steps away from racing full-time and embarks upon his post-NASCAR life; for the first time in 14 years next year, driving a stock car will not be his full-time job, and it will certainly be an adjustment for him.

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