R. Sorenson No. 41 NicoDerm CQ Smart Control Dodge Advance for the Food City 250 at BMS 08.25.06
Media Contact: Angie Copen, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, 704-662-9642, acopen@ganassi.com Reed Sorenson, No. 41 NicoDerm CQ Smart Control Dodge Food City 250 - Bristol Motor Speedway - 08.25.06 To view the 2006 Discount Tire Media Guide, please visit www.discounttiremotorsports.com <http://www.discounttiremotorsports.com/> No. 41 NicoDerm CQ Smart Control Team Fast Facts: * Smart Control at Bristol: The No. 41 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (CGRFS) Busch entry will take on a new look this weekend at Bristol Motor Speeedway to represent NicoDerm CQ Smart Control-which is a GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) nicotine patch that helps smokers, who wish to quit smoking, work through their withdrawal from nicotine. The special paint scheme is the third 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 NicoDerm CQ Smart Control will take center stage on the No. 41 Dodge this Friday. 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/> . Please note: If you would like a rendering of the paint scheme, please contact the CGRFS media relations department. * First in NASCAR History: The entire partnership between GSK and CGRFS is part of the only smoking cessation sponsorship in NASCAR history that features the brands Nicorette nicotine gum, NicoDerm CQ nicotine patches and Commit nicotine lozenges. This unique NASCAR sponsorship also features the first-of-its-kind "QUIT Crew" program that provides quit smoking counseling to NASCAR teams and fans. More than 140 NASCAR team members, officials and media, including several from the CGRFS organization, have enrolled in the program. Free quit smoking counseling and the No. 41 NicoDerm CQ race simulator have visited numerous NASCAR races this year and will be at Bristol this weekend. For more information, go to quit2winracing.com. * 41 is a Top-10 Team: After finishing seventh in last Saturday's Busch race at Michigan International Speedway (MIS), the No. 41 CGRFS Busch team moved up to ninth in the NASCAR Busch Series owner standings with a total tally of 2,723. Sorenson took one step up into 11th place with 2,638 points and is only 46 points out of the 10th-place position in the Busch driver standings. * On the Cup Side: Sorenson and his No. 41 Target team started the GFS Marketplace 400 at MIS last Sunday in 28th. In 200 laps they were able to charge up to an eighth-place finish with a fast race car and flawless pit stops. The great conclusion propelled the Target team up two positions, into 21st, in the overall standings. With a total of 2,329 points, the team is 20 points out of 20th and 155 out of the top 15. In two NEXTEL Cup races at MIS this season, Sorenson and the Target team have recorded one top-five and two top-10 finishes that equals an average seventh-place finish for the young driver at the two-mile track. His most recent solid performance at MIS also helped him secure the Raybestos rookie-of-the-race honors for the fifth time this season. Sorenson is currently third in the Raybestos Rookie of the Year standings with 181 points. He trails leader Denny Hamlin by 56 points. Sorenson has captured rookie of the race honors in five of the 23 races run thus far in '06 (Atlanta - 10th, Martinsville - 12th, Michigan - fifth, Chicagoland - seventh, Michigan 2 - eighth). * Chassis: Brian Pattie and the No. 41 NicoDerm CQ Smart Control team are returning to Bristol Motor Speedway with the same chassis they have raced at the Tennessee track two out of the last three times they've competed there-chassis #451. The chassis helped the No. 41 team post a third-place finish there in April 2005, and this past March they were working on scoring their third top 10 of the season when a late-race hit from another car dealt them a 27th-place finish instead. Sorenson comments on heading BACK TO BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY: "Racing at Bristol is always fun, but is a lot more fun if you're car is good and our Busch car was in March. We had a really good run up to almost the very end there, and then that notorious 'Bristol domino effect' happened. I am not sure what started it all but I know we were running around eighth place and cars started checking up. I got the car slowed down but the guy behind me didn't so I went spinning around on the track. Luckily, I kept the car off the wall and was able to finish the race but definitely not where we should've finished. We only had about 50 laps left in the race to recover from the setback, which at Bristol isn't much time. "That race in March was just kind of crazy, too, because of the snow, but we had a good time with it. Some of the guys on my team built a snow man that was pretty famous by the end of the night but it was fun and definitely a first for me to see that at the track." "The thing about Bristol is when your car gets a little bit off, it's a hand full and it is very easy to get into some interesting situations there, but I learned a lot there in March, especially in the Cup race. Our car was tore up pretty bad and we still ended the race okay. It is just a really small place where the smallest or most simple mistake can turn your run upside down." Reed Sorenson Bristol Motor Speedway NASCAR Busch Series Stats (.533-mile oval in Bristol, Tenn.) Date Race Start Finish Laps Completed Total Laps Status Winnings 03.25.06 Sharpie Mini 300 18 27 298 300 Running $21,850 08.26.05 Food City 250 42 11 252 252 Running $31,775 04.02.05 Sharpie Professional 250 6 3 256 256 Running $46,538 Total/Average: 3/22 3/13.7 806 808 $100,163 Track Summary: 3 Starts 0 Wins 1 Top 5 1 Top 10 0 Poles No. 41 NicoDerm CQ Smart Control 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 April 21 Phoenix 5 2 $55,900 14th/175 Sept. 2 California April 29 Talladega 13 17 $20,000 16th/112 Sept. 8 Richmond 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 25 0 4 9 0 2,723 $649,263 *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 24 0 4 9 0 30 2,638 $632,063 Reed Sorenson NASCAR Busch Series Career Totals Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Poles Laps Led Money 64 2 17 31 2 481 $2,040,985 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) 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 No. 41 NicoDerm CQ Smart Control 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. 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