STATESVILLE, N.C. (June 17, 2013) – Before David Ragan climbs into his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car for Sunday’s race at Sonoma Raceway, he’s going to climb into the driver’s seat of the 18-wheeler that will carry that race car 2,700 miles from North Carolina to California.

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The driver of the No. 34 Taco Bell Ford will be at the wheel of the team’s 80-foot, 80,000-pound transporter early Tuesday morning when it pulls out of the Front Row Motorsports race shop for the cross-country trip. Team truck driver Mike Smith, the rig’s primary operator throughout the season, will accompany Ragan and split the seat time during the 42-hour journey.

“I’ve always had a fascination with big trucks,” Ragan said. “I wanted to get my CDL (commercial driver’s license), so I got that a little while ago. And I thought it would be fun to take a trip across the country on the open roads and see everything, and at the same time get to spend some time with my truck driver.”

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