David Ragan and the No. 6 Scotts Miracle-Gro team left Nashville with a feeling of disappointment after being involved in an early incident, relegating the No. 6 to a 34th-place finish.

Ragan showed in practice he had a truck to contend with, and after qualifying in the 13th position the Scotts crew hoped that they would be able to move up from there. It took only six laps before the first caution of the event would come when the No. 21 truck cut down on Ragan. "The 21 came down on me, I tried to back off but there was nothing I could do," said Ragan of the incident.

Ragan was able to continue on after the incident, but complained of a tight condition on his No. 6 Ford. Ragan's problems were compounded on lap 27 when the No. 9 truck got loose and the field checked up in front of the Scotts Ford. Ragan was unable to get slowed down and ran out of room to escape from running into the truck in front of him, the No. 99 of teammate Erik Darnell.

Ragan would spend a considerable amount of time in the garage area as his crew worked feverishly to make repairs to the Scotts F-150. He would eventually return to the track, 45 laps down to the leader. Crew chief Mike Beam left Ragan on the track just long enough to pass the eliminated truck of Dennis Setzer to gain additional points, but called for the truck to be parked when there were no more positions to be gained. "We don't need to stay out there and get in the way of the rest of the field, we've got nothing to gain by being out there," said Beam. "Bring it to the garage, we'll get it loaded up and head home."

"Everybody just started stacking up getting into turn one, and man, I really hate it for the Scotts Ford F-150 team," said Ragan. "We had an excellent truck for today and we were just biding our time. Like I said, we had a real good truck, and Erik and I were running right there. They just stacked up in front of us, and before I could get checked up there I was in the back of the 99. Luckily they were able to continue on and salvage a good day. Today could have been a big points day for us, but it just wasn't to be. We'll put it behind us and go on to Bristol."

Ragan currently sits 29th in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver points standings despite only competing in 12 of 16 races in 2006. The No. 6 Scotts team sits third in owner points, 176 out of the lead. The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series competes next at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 23.

Mark Martin will return to the seat of the No. 6 Scotts Ford for the 200 lap race.