Reed Sorenson, No. 41 Target Dodge New Hamp. Advance...

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Reed Sorenson, No. 41 Target Dodge

Sylvania 300 - New Hampshire International Raceway Advance - 9/17/06

To view the 2006 Target Racing Media Guide, please visit

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Target Team Fast Facts:

         Back to Normal:  The familiar red and white Target paint scheme
returns to the track this weekend after a one-week hiatus.  Last
weekend's Nicorette paint scheme was the last primary special paint
scheme change for the No. 41 Target car this season.  

   

        Optimistic Return:    Sorenson and the Target team had one of
their best NEXTEL Cup Series performances to date in the last event at
New Hampshire.  After qualifying ninth, Sorenson ran in the top-five for
more than half of the 300 laps and led a total of 31 laps. Headed for a
third-place finish, an untimely last-lap caution forced the Target team
to pit for fuel prior to a green-white-checkered finish, relegating
Sorenson to 24th.   

 

        Chassis:  Crew Chief Jimmy Elledge and the No. 41 Target Team
have selected chassis #614 for this weekend's NEXTEL Cup event at New
Hampshire.  This is a new short track car prepared this season and it
ran last weekend at Richmond (14th-place finish).  The Target team also
used this chassis in the first New Hampshire event (24th).

  

        NEXTEL Cup Points Report:  Sorenson and the No. 41 team jumped
one position to 22nd in the overall standings after their 14th-place
finish in the last event at Richmond.  With a total of 2610 points, the
team is 66 points out of 20th and 205 out of the top 15.  

 

        Rookie Round Up:  Sorenson is currently third in the Raybestos
Rookie of the Year standings with 186 points.  He trails leader Denny
Hamlin by 65 points and second place Clint Bowyer by 21.  Sorenson has
captured rookie of the race honors in five of the 26 races run thus far
in '06 (Atlanta - 10th, Martinsville - 12th, Michigan - fifth,
Chicagoland - seventh, Michigan 2 - eighth).

 

       Busch Series Update:  Sorenson moved up two positions to 10th in
the overall Busch Series driver standings after his fifth-place finish
at Richmond.  He is only 67 points out of ninth place.  The Busch Series
is off this weekend.

 

        Wrapping up the IRL:   Sorenson's Target Chip Ganassi Racing
counterparts in the IRL IndyCar Series Dan Wheldon and Scott Dixon
finished first and second respectively in the series finale last weekend
at Chicagoland Speedway.  Moreover, Wheldon tied for first in the
championship standings but eventual champion Sam Hornish Jr. got the
nod, having more total wins.  Dixon finished fourth in the standings,
and the result was the second one-two finish of the season for the duo
after Dixon led Wheldon to the line in Nashville.  Overall the Target
team recorded four wins, three poles, 19 top-five finishes and 24 top 10
finishes. 

 

        50th Open Wheel Win:  Wheldon's victory last weekend at
Chicagoland marked the 50th open wheel win for Target Chip Ganassi
Racing (1990-2006), covering both the CART and IRL series. The win came
just a few weeks after Grand American Sports Car Series drivers Scott
Pruett and Luis Diaz delivered Chip Ganassi Racing Teams, Inc. its
historic 75th win.

 

Reed Sorenson on New Hampshire...

"We were a legitimate contender for the win in the last New Hampshire
race, but we had to forfeit our track position because of the last lap
caution.  We weren't going to make it on fuel so we had to pit prior to
the green-white-checker.  We're taking the same car and it's a new short
track car that we're very pleased with.  We ran it last week at Richmond
and it performed very well.  We kept losing track position by getting
blocked into the pits, but overall the car was pretty solid in the
handling department.  I appreciate the guys getting it turned around for
this weekend and I expect to be equally as good, if not better, than we
were the first time at New Hampshire.  And, we'll have better fuel
mileage this time around."   

 

 

        Sorenson's New Hampshire International Speedway Stats (1.058
miles)

Date           Series                 Race
Start     Finish         Laps            Status                Winnings

7/16/06       Nextel Cup         Lenox Industrial                    9
24            308/308        Running            $92,550

                                                                Tools
300

7/15/06       Busch                 New England 200   7            17
199/200        Running            $16,025

7/16/05       Busch                 New England 200 15           14
201/201        Running            $26,035

 

 

                                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

29

14

$79,500

22nd 

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

26

0

1

5

0

$2,624,010

Last updated 9/12/06

	


 

      Sorenson's Cumulative NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Stats:

Starts               Wins                Top 5s              Top 10s
Poles                Winnings

   28                     0                       1
5                    0                    $2,730,358

 

      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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