Reed Sorenson, No. 41 Nicorette Dodge Richmond Advance...

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Reed Sorenson, No. 41 Nicorette(r) Dodge

  Rock & Roll 400 - Richmond International Raceway Advance - 9/9/06

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Nicorette Team Fast Facts:

         Paint Scheme:  Sorenson will be sporting a different look this
weekend at Richmond, driving the No. 41 Nicorette(r) Dodge.  The special
Nicorette(r) paint scheme is another part of the only smoking cessation
sponsorship in NASCAR history featuring the brands Nicorette(r) nicotine
gum, NicoDerm(r) CQ(r) nicotine patches and Commit(r) nicotine lozenges.
This unique NASCAR sponsorship also features the first-of-its-kind "QUIT
Crew" program that provides quit smoking counseling and information to
the NASCAR community.  Over 170 NASCAR team members, officials and
media, including several employees from the Chip Ganassi Racing with
Felix Sabates organization, have enrolled in the program.  Free quit
smoking counseling is also available to race fans at the Winner's Circle
Exhibit located in the fan walk area at 30 NASCAR races including
Richmond this weekend.  For more information on Nicorette(r) and its
NASCAR programs, go to quit2winracing.com.  The Target scheme will
return next weekend in New Hampshire.

 

        Another CGRFS Title:  Following nine grueling hours of endurance
racing at the inaugural Discount Tire Sunchaser at Miller Motorsports
Park, Scott Pruett put the finishing touches on a fourth-place finish
with co-drivers Luis Diaz and Target IndyCar pilot Scott Dixon to secure
the Rolex Sports Car Series Team Championship for Chip Ganassi Racing
with Felix Sabates for the second time in three years. To learn more, go
to www.chipganassiracing.com <http://www.chipganassiracing.com/>    

 

        Chassis:  Crew Chief Jimmy Elledge and the No. 41 Team have
selected chassis #614 for this weekend's NEXTEL Cup event at Richmond.
This is a new short track car prepared this season and it last ran at
New Hampshire.  Sorenson led a total of 31 laps in the event and was
running in the top five when he was forced to pit for fuel as a late
caution resulted in a green-white-checkered flag finish.    

 

        NEXTEL Cup Points Report:  Sorenson and the No. 41 team fell one
position to 23rd in the overall standings after their 21-place finish in
the last event at California Speedway.  With a total of 2489 points, the
team is 99 points out of 20th and 196 out of the top 15.  

 

        Rookie Round Up:  Sorenson is currently third in the Raybestos
Rookie of the Year standings with 183 points.  He trails leader Denny
Hamlin by 67 points and second place Clint Bowyer by 20.  Sorenson has
captured rookie of the race honors in five of the 24 races run thus far
in '06 (Atlanta - 10th, Martinsville - 12th, Michigan - fifth,
Chicagoland - seventh, Michigan 2 - eighth).

 

       Busch Series Update:  Sorenson moved up one position to 12th in
the overall Busch Series driver standings after his 19th-place finish in
the last event at California.  He is only 34 points out of 10th place.

 

Reed Sorenson on Richmond...

"I've been looking forward to running the car we're taking to Richmond
since the New Hampshire race.  It's definitely one of our best cars and
probably the best handling car I've had in a race this season.  We were
a legitimate top-five team and had a shot at winning it for sure before
we had to pit for gas because the race went long.  Richmond is an
awesome track and there is going to be plenty of excitement there this
weekend with about five or six teams fighting to secure a spot in the
Chase.  We'll be giving it all we have, and hopefully we'll be just as
good as we were at New Hampshire if not better.

 

"We almost had one last week at California.  There was so much going
through my mind those last few laps that I could barely drive.  It's
unfortunate that we came up a couple laps short, but it was totally the
right call.  You have to take chances like that sometimes to get a win.
We were close and put ourselves in position to get a victory and that's
all I can ask for."

 

 

        Sorenson's Richmond International Raceway Stats (.75 miles)

Date           Series                 Race
Start     Finish         Laps            Status                Winnings

5/6/06         Nextel Cup         Crown Royal 400                  24
23            399/400        Running            $77,025

5/5/06         Busch                 Circuit City 250
9             36            228/250        Accident           $14,215 

9/9/05         Busch                 Emerson Radio 250              15
7             253/253        Running            $30,535

5/13/05       Busch                 Funai 250
9               31           248/253         Running            $15,530

 

 

                                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

10

36

$90,315

22nd 

Apr. 9

Texas

13

13

$126,675

19th 

Sept. 3

California

34

21

$98,175

23rd 

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

25

0

1

5

0

$2,544,507

Last updated 9/4/06

	


 

      Sorenson's Cumulative NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Stats:

Starts               Wins                Top 5s              Top 10s
Poles                Winnings

   27                     0                       1
5                    0                    $2,650,858

 

      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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