Reed Sorenson, No. 41 Target Dodge Watkins Glen Advance...

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Reed Sorenson, No. 41 Target Dodge

AMD at The Glen - Watkins Glen International Advance - 8/13/06

To view the 2006 Target Racing Media Guide, please visit

www.target.com/pressroom  

 

Target Team Fast Facts:

         New Addition:  Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (CGRFS)
announced last Friday John Fernandez, former Director of Dodge
Motorsports, accepted a new position with the organization to serve as
Managing Director of its Concord racing operation.  Fernandez will
manage all aspects of the organization's racing operation in North
Carolina, including overseeing all four teams, as well as the engine,
fabrication and paint shops.  His move to CGRFS follows a long career
with the DaimlerChrysler Corporation, where he served for 35 years.
Fernandez is also an experienced racer himself, competing in the Sports
Car Club of America (SCCA) in which he claimed four championship titles.
Fernandez earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1972
and MBA in 1977 at the University of Detroit.  He is originally from
Gloversville, N.Y. 

 

        Road Course Results:  Sorenson has one road course start in
NEXTEL Cup Series competition, which came at Infineon Raceway on June
25.  He started the event 41st and took the checkered flag in 29th.
Sorenson has three road course starts in Busch Series competition, two
at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City (14th and 36th) and one
at Watkins Glen (41st).  He suffered from engine problems in both
finishes outside of the top 15.

 

        Chassis:  Crew Chief Jimmy Elledge and the Target Team have
selected chassis #410 for this weekend's NEXTEL Cup Series race at
Watkins Glen.  This is the same car the team used earlier this season at
Infineon Raceway (29th-place finish).

 

        Native New Yorker:  Alex Yonchuk, rear tire carrier and shop
mechanic for the Target team, hails from Syracuse, N.Y.  Yonchuk moved
to N.C. in 1998 and previously worked for Bill Davis Racing and MB2
Motorsports prior to joining Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates in
2004.

 

        NEXTEL Cup Points Report:  Sorenson and the Target team
maintained 23rd in the overall standings after their 30th-place finish
in the last event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.  With a total of 2005
points, the team is 68 points out of 20th and 224 out of the top 15.  

 

        Rookie Round Up:  Sorenson is currently third in the Raybestos
Rookie of the Year standings with 169 points.  He trails leader Denny
Hamlin by 59 points.  Sorenson has captured rookie of the race honors in
four of the 21 races run thus far in '06 (Atlanta - 10th, Martinsville -
12th, Michigan - fifth, Chicagoland - seventh).

 

       Busch Series Update:  Sorenson moved up two positions to 11th in
the overall Busch Series driver standings after his runner-up finish in
the last event at O'Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis.  His total of
2,408 points places him 97 out of the top 10.

 

Reed Sorenson on Watkins Glen...

"I don't have a ton of road course racing experience, but I do enjoy it.
We had to overcome quite a few obstacles at Infineon, but the end result
was respectable considering I had never seen the place prior to race
weekend.  I've got a race under my belt at Watkins Glen in the Busch car
so at least I'll be familiar with the track when we get there Friday
morning.  It's a companion Busch and Cup weekend, so the extra seat time
should benefit both programs.

 

"We had a rough go of it last weekend at Indy and it would be nice to
bounce back with a good run this weekend.  After Watkins Glen, there are
a few tracks coming up where we ran really strong earlier in the season.
I'm really looking forward to these races because I feel like the Target
team is headed for a big turn around and some great things lie ahead."

 

 

        Sorenson's Watkins Glen International Stats (2.45-mile road
course)

Date           Series                 Race
Start     Finish         Laps            Status                Winnings

8/13/05       Busch                 Zippo 200
26           41              43/82          Engine               $23,070

 

 

                                 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

41

30

$147,725

23rd 

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

21

0

1

4

0

$2,178,817

Last updated 8/7/06

	


 

      Sorenson's Cumulative NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Stats:

Starts               Wins                Top 5s              Top 10s
Poles                Winnings

   23                     0                       1
4                    0                    $2,285,358

 

      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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