R. Sorenson No. 41 Commit Cherry Dodge Advance for Dover International Speedway 09.23.06

Media Contact: Angie Copen, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates,
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Reed Sorenson, No. 41 Commit Cherry Dodge

Dover 200 - Dover International Speedway - 09.23.06 

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No. 41 Commit Cherry Team Fast Facts:

 

*         Seeing Red at Dover:  Reed Sorenson and the No. 41 Chip
Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (CGRFS) Busch team will run the No. 41
Commit Cherry Dodge this weekend at Dover International Speedway in the
Dover 200 on Saturday.  The special red paint scheme will represent the
only cherry flavored stop-smoking aid that is a new line of the
well-known GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Commit nicotine lozenges.  The Commit
Cherry lozenges tackle smoking cravings fast and keep working after the
yearning ceases to help make quit smoking a little tastier.  The special
paint scheme is the fourth run of a five-race partnership between GSK
and the CGRFS Busch team.  One of the GSK stop smoking
products-Nicorette, NicoDerm CQ and Commit-can be seen on board with
Reed Sorenson every weekend as an associate sponsor, but Commit Cherry
will take center stage on the No. 41 Dodge this Saturday.  This is GSK's
second season as a sponsor of CGRFS.  To learn more about the
pharmaceutical company and its products, go to www.gsk.com
<http://www.gsk.com/> .   

 

*         Driving Force at Dover:  In three Busch Series starts at Dover
International Speedway, Sorenson has accumulated some impressive
numbers.  He has a top-10 starting average of eighth place and an
average top-five finish of fifth place.  Sorenson's career best effort
at the Monster Mile was a second-place finish in the June 2005 Busch
race.  His fourth-place finish in the fall Dover race last year scored
him the NASCAR Busch Series Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors and
marked the first top-five finish by a rookie in the fall race since
2001.   

 

*         Sorenson Takes a Break to Help Educate:  Next week, leading
into the NASCAR competition at Kansas Speedway and another special paint
scheme weekend featuring NicoDerm CQ, Sorenson is planning to visit a
local middle school in the Kansas City, Mo., area to help GSK and the
Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids communicate the educational message about
the dangers of smoking.  He will also help recognize some students for
their efforts in increasing prevention and education about nicotine
addiction.  Note: Please contact the CGRFS media relations department
for more information.  

 

*         Time to Quit:  After a successful run with the CGRFS team last
season, GSK launched a "QUIT CREW" program earlier this year that
involves a smoking cessation initiative to help NASCAR team members quit
smoking.  In addition to stomping out the cigarettes inside the NASCAR
garages, GSK also is on a mission to utilize its involvement with the
popular motor sport to help increase awareness for millions of race fans
about effective quit smoking therapy.  Free quit smoking counseling and
the No. 41 NicoDerm CQ race simulator have visited numerous NASCAR races
this year and will be at Dover this weekend in the fan interaction
display area just outside the speedway.  To see a mix of quitting tools
and to learn more about the QUIT CREW program, go to www.quit2win.com
<http://www.quit2win.com/> .

 

*         One-Year Anniversary:  Roger Parkinson, a member of the No. 41
CGRFS Cup team, will be celebrating his one-year anniversary of being
smoke free this Friday, September 22.  Parkinson was an inaugural member
of the CGRFS "QUIT Crew" pilot program in 2005 and quit with the aid of
Commit lozenges.

 

*         Top-10 Team:  The No. 41 CGRFS Busch team took this past
weekend off, along with the rest of the NASCAR Busch Series teams, and
is now heading to Dover International Speedway on a high note after its
most recent run at Richmond International Raceway (RIR) on Friday,
September 8.  Sorenson and the No. 41 team dodged multiple wrecks and
rebounded from a mid-race penalty that Friday night to turn their top-10
start into a top-five finish at RIR.  Best of all, the driver and team
took two steps forward in the NASCAR Busch Series championship
standings, moving up to 10th place overall.  Sorenson is just 67 points
behind ninth-place Johnny Sauter in the driver standings, while the team
is just five points out of ninth in the owner ranks.  

 

*         On the Cup Side:  Sorenson and the No. 41 Target Team finished
17th at New Hampshire International Speedway this past Sunday.  They
held on to their 22nd spot in the point standings and are 67 points out
of 20th and 193 out of 15th in the NEXTEL Cup ranks.  Sorenson also held
on to his third-place position in the Raybestos Rookie of the Year
ranks.  Sorenson has captured rookie of the race honors in five of the
27 races run thus far in '06 (Atlanta - 10th, Martinsville - 12th,
Michigan - fifth, Chicagoland - seventh, Michigan 2 - eighth).

 

*         Chassis:  The No. 41 team will race chassis #453 at the
Monster Mile this weekend.  Sorenson and team most recently ran the car
at Phoenix International Raceway in April when the CGRFS Busch team put
forth an all around impressive run that resulted in a second-place
finish (started fifth).  Before that, the chassis helped the team soar
to its second victory at Gateway International Raceway (Madison, Ill.)
in July 2005, which is the team's most recent visit to the winner's
circle to-date.  

 

Sorenson comments on heading back to Dover International Speedway:  "It
fells good to break back inside the top 10.  I don't think we've been in
there since February or March.  The kind of luck we've had this year
made it seem almost unattainable to get where we are now, but we did it
and there is still more ground to gain before the season ends.  

 

"The last time we were at Dover, we brought the same setup to the track
that we ran there in 2005 and got two top-five finishes, but it felt
like we were almost starting all over again in June.  Brian [Pattie] and
the guys got the car dialed in and helped us get a lot better finish
than I thought we would.  

 

"I was also battling some side pain the last time I raced at Dover.  MRO
[Motor Racing Outreach] helped get me ready to go and the pain subsided
as the race progressed.  I definitely feel pretty good going into this
weekend's run and we're taking a good car that helped us score a
second-place finish at Phoenix earlier this year.  We figured a lot out
in the spring so hopefully we'll be able to capitalize on all of that to
get that first win we've been hunting for all year."

 

Reed Sorenson Dover International Speedway NASCAR Busch Series Stats
(1-mile oval in Dover, Del.)

Date

Race

Start

Finish

Laps Completed

Total Laps

Status

Winnings

06.03.06

Stonebridgeracing.com 200

16

10

200

200

Running

$18,975 

 09.24.05

Dover 200

3

4

200

200

Running

$36,390 

06.04.05

MBNA RacePoints 200

6

2

200

200

Running

$47,490 

Total/Average:

3/8

3/5

600

600

 

$102,855

Track Summary:

3 Starts

 0 Wins

2 Top 5s

3 Top 10

0 Poles

 

 

 

	


 

No. 41 CGRFS Team 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results

Date

Race

Start

Finish

Winnings

Rank/Pts.

Date

Race

Start

Finish

Winnings

Rank/Pts.

Feb. 18

Daytona

13

9

$60,900

9th/138

July 8

Chicago

4

8

$28,750

18th/142

Feb. 25

California

35

11

$33,275

8th/130

July 15

Loudon

7

17

$16,025

19th/112

March 5

Mexico

25

36

$44,640

17th/55

July 22

Martinsville

**9

4

$36,825

16th/160

March 11

Las Vegas

27

10

$42,708

13th/134

July 29

St. Louis

14

4

$31,775

11th/160

March 18

Atlanta

28

42

$17,505

18th/37

Aug. 5

Indianapolis

8

2

$32,775

11th/170

March 25

Bristol

18

27

$21,850

21st/82

Aug. 12

Watkins Glen

35

28

$15,130

11th/79

April 8

Texas

2

13

$23,750

19th/124

Aug. 19

Michigan

34

7

$19,035

9th/151

April 15

Nashville

4

19

$14,150

19th/111

Aug. 25

Bristol

2

42

$19,915

13th/37

April 21

Phoenix

5

2

$55,900

14th/175

Sept. 2

California

17

19

$22,700

12th/106

April 29

Talladega

13

17

$20,000

16th/112

Sept. 8

Richmond

9

5

$21,300

10th/155

May 5

Richmond

9

36

$14,215

16th/55

Sept. 23

Dover

 

 

 

 

May 12

Darlington

23

23

$14,700

17th/94

Sept. 30

Kansas

 

 

 

 

May 27

Charlotte

22

21

$16,050

16th/100

Oct. 13

Charlotte

 

 

 

 

June 3

Dover

16

10

$18,975

15th/134

Oct. 28

Memphis

 

 

 

 

June 10

Nashville

36

23

$16,275

13th/94

Nov. 4

Texas

 

 

 

 

June 17

Kentucky

3

39

$17,370

16th/46

Nov. 11

Phoenix

 

 

 

 

*June 24

*Milwaukee

*11

*26

*$17,200

*20th/85

Nov. 19

Homestead

 

 

 

 

June 30

Daytona

6

40

$19,485

21st/43

 

 

 

 

 

 

Starts

Wins

Top 5

Top 10

Poles

Pts. Total

Winnings

28

0

5

10

0

3,021

$713,178

*Indicates when David Stremme drove the No. 41  

**Indicates when Kevin Hamlin qualified the No. 41

 

 

 

 

	


 

Reed Sorenson 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Totals

 	 
Starts

Wins

Top 5

Top 10

Poles

Laps Led

Pts. Total

Money

27

0

5

10

0

30

2,936

$695,978

									

 

Reed Sorenson NASCAR Busch Series Career Totals

Starts

Wins

Top 5

Top 10

Poles

Laps Led

Money

67

2

18

32

2

481

$2,104,900

 

Reed Sorenson Highlights

First Busch Series Start (Indianapolis, Aug. 7, 2004)                  

First Busch Series Win (Nashville, March 26, 2005)                    

First Busch Series Pole (Nashville, March 26, 2005)                  

First NEXTEL Cup Series Start (Atlanta, Oct. 30, 2005)

2003 ASA Rookie of the Year


1997 Quarter Midgets National Champion

1998-2002 Legends Cars: 84 wins, 152 top fives & 166 top-10 finishes in
183 starts

 

 

No. 41 Commit Cherry Crew:

Name

Crew position

Hometown

Name

Crew position

Hometown

Brian Pattie

Crew Chief

Zephyrhills, Fla.

Ryan Quann

Catch Can Man

Richmond, Va.

Tony Glover

Team Manager

Kingsport, Tenn.

Adam Cooke

Shock Specialist

Zephyrhills, Fla.

Lorin Ranier

Spotter

Prestonburg, Ken.

Dan Chivari

Swing Mechanic

Erie, Pa.

Trevor Lysne

Front Tire Changer

Fergus Falls, Minn.

Bruce Jones

Rear Mechanic

Lakeland, Fla.

Adam Mosher

Front Tire Carrier

Fort Mill, S.C.

Brian Taylor

Front Mechanic

Cuthbert, Ga.

Daryl Lockyer

Rear Tire Changer

Los Angeles, Calif.

Tim O'Brien

Engineer

Lebanon, Ohio

Doug Riepe

Rear Tire Carrier

Danbury, Conn.

Todd Hamm

Engine Tuner

Kutztown, Pa.

Shaun Peet

Jack Man

Nanaimo, B.C

Brandon Stafford

Tire Specialist

Taylorsville, N.C.

Tim Coffey

Gas Man/Transport Driver

Greenwood, Ind.

Shane Bourgeois

Pit Support

Peachtree City, Ga.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angela Copen

Media Relations

Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates

8500 Westmoreland Drive

Concord, NC  28027

Office:  (704) 662-9642 ext 1121

Fax:  (704) 663-0848

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