Reed Sorenson, No. 41 Target Team Bristol Advance...
Sharpie 500 - Bristol Motor Speedway Advance - 8/26/06
Target Team Fast Facts:
Short Trackin' It: Sorenson has 10 NASCAR starts in NEXTEL Cup
and Busch Series competition on the short tracks that appear on the
NEXTEL Cup Series Schedule (Bristol, Martinsville, Richmond). His best
finish is a third-place at Bristol in the Sept. 2005 Busch Series event.
He also has a fourth-place effort at Martinsville (Busch, July 2006) and
seventh at Richmond (Busch, Sept. 2005). His highest short-track finish
in Cup competition to date was 12th at Martinsville in March.
Chassis: Crew Chief Jimmy Elledge and the Target Team have
selected chassis #505 for this weekend's NEXTEL Cup event at Bristol.
This is the same car Sorenson and the Target team finished 19th with at
Dover in June (started 39th).
Tennessean: Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (CGRFS) team
manger Tony Glover hails from Kingsport, Tenn. Glover has been involved
in racing for 33 years, with career highlights including back-to-back
Daytona 500 wins ('94, '95) as crew chief for Sterling Marling, 1991 AC
Delco crew chief of the year and 1992 Western Auto crew chief of the
year.
NEXTEL Cup Points Report: Sorenson and the Target team moved up
two positions to 21st in the overall standings after their eighth-place
finish in the last event at Michigan International Speedway. With a
total of 2329 points, the team is 20 points out of 20th and 155 out of
the top 15.
Rookie Round Up: 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).
Busch Series Update: Sorenson maintained 11th in the overall
Busch Series driver standings after his seventh-place finish in the last
event at Michigan. He is only 46 points out of 10th place.
*Sorenson will be driving the No. 41 NicoDerm CQ Smart Control Dodge in
this weekend's Busch Series race.
Reed Sorenson on Bristol...
"I consider Bristol one of, if not my favorite track on the circuit. I
grew up racing on short tracks and I always look forward to those races
on the schedule, especially Bristol. We had a solid run there early in
the season in the Cup car and we had two really good runs at the track
last season in the Busch car. You have to have a good handling car at
Bristol, but also a lot of luck because anything can happen. There is
plenty of beating and banging, and it's easy to get caught up in someone
else's mess because of the tight racing quarters. It's so much fun
though and I can't wait to get on track.
"The Target team is excited about many of the upcoming tracks. We were
really good at many of them the first time around this season, but
didn't necessarily get the finish we deserved. We're all hoping we can
put it all together the second time around."
Sorenson's Bristol Motor Speedway Stats (.533 miles)
Date Series Race
Start Finish Laps Status Winnings
3/26/06 Nextel Cup Food City 500 22
22 499/500 Running $92,450
3/25/06 Busch Sharpie Mini 300 18
27 298/300 Running $21,850
8/26/05 Busch Food City 250
42 11 252/252 Running $26,275
4/4/05 Busch Sharpie Pro. 250
6 3 256/256 Running $46,488
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
40
12
$83,975
23rd
Mar. 26
Bristol
22
22
$92,450
27th
Aug. 20
Michigan
28
8
$93,035
21st
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
23
0
1
5
0
$2,356,017
Last updated 8/22/06
Sorenson's Cumulative NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Stats:
Starts Wins Top 5s Top 10s
Poles Winnings
25 0 1
5 0 $2,462,368
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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