Reed Sorenson, No. 41 Target Dodge Indy Advance

Media Contact: Patrick Rogers, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates,
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Reed Sorenson, No. 41 Target Dodge

400 at the Brickyard - Indianapolis Motor Speedway Advance - 8/6/06

 

To view the 2006 Target Racing Media Guide, please visit

www.target.com/pressroom  

 

Target Team Fast Facts:

         On Display:  Reed Sorenson will be at the Children's Museum of
Indianapolis on Thurs., Aug. 3 from 10-11 a.m. for the unveiling of its
motorsports display that includes both the No. 41 Target NEXTEL Cup car
and the no. 10 Target IRL car.  Chip Ganassi Racing and Target donated
the cars, which will be on display through the winter.  The event is
open to the public and media, and the museum is located at 3000 N.
Meridian St., Indianapolis, Ind., (317) 334-3322.

 

        Fastest at Indy Test:  Reed Sorenson and the No. 41 Target team
turned in the fastest lap during the second day of testing at
Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 12.  Forty-two drivers and teams
were on hand and 65 cars turned laps around the famed 2.5-mile oval
dubbed "The Brickyard".  Sorenson's lap of 49.480 sec./181.892 mph was
also the fastest overall of the two-day test session in preparation for
the 13th annual Brickyard 400 on Aug. 6.  Sorenson's Chip Ganassi Racing
with Felix Sabates teammates David Stremme and Casey Mears turned the
13th- and 26th-fastest laps respectively.

 

        Homeboy:  Target team mechanic and rear tire changer Jason
Sheets hails from Indianapolis.

 

        Dodge Racers on the Circle:  Reed Sorenson will be participating
in the Dodge Racers on the Circle event at Monument Circle in downtown
Indianapolis on Thurs., Aug. 6.  He will be signing autographs from
7-7:30 p.m. with fellow Dodge driver Jeremy Mayfield.  For more
information go to www.wibc.com/station/dodgeracers2006.aspx.    

 

        Chassis:  Crew Chief Jimmy Elledge and the Target Team have
selected chassis #206 for this weekend's NEXTEL Cup Series race at "The
Brickyard."  This season the car previously ran in the first Pocono
race, the NEXTEL Open, Las Vegas and California, with its best finish
coming at California (21st).  The Target team ran this car a total of 11
races in 2005 with driver Casey Mears.  The team recorded six top-10
finishes and two top-five finishes, including a sixth-place effort at
Indianapolis and two near victories in the final events of the season at
Texas Motor Speedway (fourth) and Homestead-Miami Speedway (fifth).   

 

        Just Down the Road:  Sorenson's double duty efforts, competing
in both the NEXTEL Cup Series and Busch Series, take him just a few
short miles down the road from Indianapolis Motor Speedway to compete in
Saturday night's Busch Series event at O'Reilly Raceway Park at
Indianapolis. 

*  Sorenson made his first-career Busch Series start at the track in
2004 and captured his second-career pole position  

   there in 2005.  

 

        NEXTEL Cup Points Report:  Sorenson and the Target team fell one
position in the overall standings to 23rd after their 26th-place finish
in the last event at Pocono.  With a total of 1982 points, the team is
53 points out of 20th and 203 out of the top 15.  

 

        Rookie Round Up:  Sorenson is currently third in the Raybestos
Rookie of the Year standings with 168 points.  He trails leader Denny
Hamlin by 55 points.  Sorenson has captured rookie of the race honors in
four of the 20 races run thus far in '06 (Atlanta - 10th, Martinsville -
12th, Michigan - fifth, Chicagoland - seventh).

 

       Busch Series Update:  Sorenson moved up three positions to 13th
in the overall Busch Series driver standings after his fourth-place
finish in the last event at Gateway International Raceway.  His total of
2,238 points places him 164 out of the top 10.

 

Reed Sorenson on Indy...

"Making my first start at Indy ranks right up there with starting my
first Daytona 500.  The track is world renowned and racing there means
you've reached the highest level in whatever form of racing you are
competing in.  To actually get a win there would put me in a category
with some of the best racers there are.  I'm very excited about this
weekend's race and I'm anxious to get on track.


 

"We had a really strong test there a couple of weeks ago and hopefully
we'll be one of the better cars when we unload on Friday morning.  All
of the teams tested there and have since made changes to their cars, so
we'll just have to wait and see how we stack up.  My teammate Casey
Mears and the Target team scored the pole there in 2004, finished sixth
there last year with the same car we're racing and Jamie McMurray
finished third there in 2003 driving the No. 42, so Chip Ganassi Racing
with Felix Sabates teams know how to get around the place.  Chip
(Ganassi) has an Indy 500 win, and it would be awesome to give him a
Brickyard 400 trophy."

 

 

        Sorenson's Indianapolis Motor Speedway Stats (2.5-miles)

Date           Series                 Race
Start     Finish         Laps            Status                Winnings

*No Prior Starts

 

 

                                 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Results

Date

Race

Start

Finish

Winnings

Pts. Pos.

Date

Race

Start

Finish

Winnings

Pts. Pos

Feb. 19

Daytona

22

29

$262,908

29th 

July 16

New Hamp.

9

24

$92,550

22nd 

Feb. 26

California

29

21

$97,875

24th 

July 23

Pocono

23

26

$73,625

23rd 

Mar. 12

Las Vegas

36

40

$85,300

32nd 

Aug. 6

Indianapolis

 

 

 

 

Mar. 19

Atlanta

15

10

$89,225

25th 

Aug. 13

Watkins Glen

 

 

 

 

Mar. 26

Bristol

22

22

$92,450

27th 

Aug. 20

Michigan

 

 

 

 

Apr. 2

Martinsville

25

12

$85,925

24th 

Aug. 26

Bristol

 

 

 

 

Apr. 9

Texas

13

13

$126,675

19th 

Sept. 3

California

 

 

 

 

Apr.22

Phoenix

34

40

$68,700

24th 

Sept. 9

Richmond

 

 

 

 

Apr. 30

Talladega

41

26

$89,825

24th 

Sept. 17

New Hamp.

 

 

 

 

May 6

Richmond

24

23

$77,025

26th 

Sept. 24

Dover

 

 

 

 

May 13

Darlington

16

11

$94,375

24th 

Oct. 1

Talladega

 

 

 

 

May 28

Charlotte

23

10

$119,275

20th 

Oct. 8

Kansas

 

 

 

 

June 4

Dover

39

19

$91,600

21st 

Oct. 14

Charlotte

 

 

 

 

June 11

Pocono

35

36

$68,750

24th 

Oct. 22

Martinsville

 

 

 

 

June 18

Michigan

25

5

$98,350

20th 

Oct. 29

Atlanta

 

 

 

 

June 25

Infineon

41

29

$79,500

21st 

Nov. 5

Texas

 

 

 

 

July 1

Daytona

37

34

$89,600

24th 

Nov. 12

Phoenix

 

 

 

 

July 9

Chicago

18

7

$116,525

21st

Nov. 19

Homestead

 

 

 

 

Starts

Wins

Top 5

Top 10

Poles

Winnings

20

0

1

4

0

$2,031,092

Last updated 7/24/06

	


 

      Sorenson's Cumulative NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Stats:

Starts               Wins                Top 5s              Top 10s
Poles                Winnings

   22                     0                       1
4                    0                    $2,137,633

 

      Sorenson's Career Highlights

-First NEXTEL Cup Series Top Five (Michigan, June 18, 2006)

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

-First Busch Series Win (Nashville, Mar. 26, 2005)

-First Busch Series Pole (Nashville, Mar. 26, 2005)

-First ARCA win (Michigan, June 2004)

-2003 ASA Rookie of the Year

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

-1997 Quarter Midgets National Champion

 

Target Crew:

 

 

 

 

 

 	 
Name

Crew position

Hometown

Name

Crew position

Hometown

Jimmy Elledge

Crew Chief

Redding, Calif. 

Doug Spees

Tire Specialist

Toledo, Oh.

Tony Glover 

Team Manager

Kingsport, Tenn. 

Jesse Sanders

Pit Support

Coupeville, Wash. 

Jeff Vandermoss 

Car Chief

Green Bay, Wis. 

Lorin Ranier

Spotter

Prestonsburg, Ky.

Bobby Burrell

Front Tire Changer

Huntersville, N.C. 

Travis Alexander

Engine Specialist

Walla Walla, Wash. 

Marty Forcier

Front Tire Carrier

Superior, Mich. 

Tim Smith

Engineer

Cope, S.C.

Jason Sheets

Rear Tire Changer

Indianapolis, Ind. 

Roger Parkinson

Pit Support

San Diego, Calif. 

Alex Yonchok

Rear Tire Carrier

Syracuse, N.Y. 

Rod Bussard

Transport Driver

Everett, Penn. 

Shaun Peet

Jack Man

Nanaimo, B.C

Mark Miller

Transport Driver

 

Randy Hildreth

Gas Man

Charlotte, N.C. 

Shane Bourgeois

Pit Support

Peachtree City, Ga.

Eric Hoyle

Catch Can Man

Asheville, N.C. 

Mike Chance

Pit Support

 

								

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Media Relations

Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates

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