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My Take On The 6 Car
Coming out of the Roush camp this weekend, David Ragan will drive the 50 car at Dover this weekend along with a more surprising announcement – he’ll drive the 06 3M car at Dover as well, a race originally scheduled to run by Todd Kluever. It would certainly appear that Kleuver’s status for the 6 is in doubt as Roush President Geoff Smith said Saturday that one of the four young drivers in the Roush program – Kluever, Ragan, Danny O’Quinn, and Erik Darnell would drive the 6 for AAA in 2007.
Immediately, you can disregard O’Quinn and probably Darnell. If O’Quinn were a serious contender he wouldn’t have been pulled from the 50. I would actually rank him fourth, because Darnell could still have an opportunity within the next two weeks. Although by then the decision will supposedly be made, so the battle will now boil down to Ragan vs. Kluever.
As I said earlier, I have faith in Kluever. I think given time he could be a very good driver. I’m not wavering on that but Ragan’s age (20) and his recent run of good performances in the Trucks have served notice that he could be the man sooner than later. I have a feeling that Mark Martin will have a say in the outcome. He has taken both Kluever and Ragan under his wing of sorts. At this moment I believe it is 50-50 on who will drive the car next year. Either way, it will be the end of an era. Add to that the fact O’Quinn and Darnell are still there and will be worthy of rides in the next few years, I think a certain Crown Royal driver should be concerned.
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