Reed Sorenson, No. 41 Target Dodge Dover Advance...

Target Team Fast Facts:

Down with Dover: Sorenson has four starts at "The Monster Mile" - three in Busch Series competition and one in NEXTEL Cup. His Busch stats included a runner-up finish, a fourth-place effort and 10th in the spring of this year. His only NEXTEL Cup start at the track resulted in a 19th-place finish.

Making a Pass: Based on NASCAR's NEXTEL Cup Series loop statistics, Reed Sorenson ranks fourth in the total number of passes (2124) made under green flag conditions through 27 races. His strong points seem to be in the turns where he ranks first in all turns combined with 1207 passes, most of which have come in Turns 2 (275) and Turns 4 (313), categories he leads as well.

CoT Test: Reed Sorenson and his Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates teammate Casey Mears tested the Car of Tomorrow on Tuesday at Nashville Superspeedway.

Chassis: Crew Chief Jimmy Elledge and the No. 41 Target Team have selected chassis #206 for this weekend's NEXTEL Cup event at Dover. Thus far in '06 the team has used the car at the first California race (21st-place finish), Las Vegas (40th), the NEXTEL Open (14th), first Pocono (36th) and Indianapolis (30th). In 2005 the Target team ran this car a total of 11 races with driver Casey Mears. The team recorded six top-10 finishes and two top-five finishes, including a sixth-place effort at Indianapolis and two near victories in the final events of the season at Texas Motor Speedway (fourth) and Homestead-Miami Speedway (fifth).

NEXTEL Cup Points Report: Sorenson and the No. 41 team maintained 22nd in the overall standings after their 17th-place finish in the last event at New Hampshire. With a total of 2722 points, the team is 67 points out of 20th and 193 out of the top 15.

Rookie Round Up: Sorenson is currently third in the Raybestos Rookie of the Year standings with 189 points. He trails leader Denny Hamlin by 71 points and second place Clint Bowyer by 19. Sorenson has captured rookie of the race honors in five of the 27 races run thus far in '06 (Atlanta - 10th, Martinsville - 12th, Michigan - fifth, Chicagoland - seventh, Michigan 2 - eighth).

Busch Series Update: The Busch Series returns to action this weekend at Dover after a one-week hiatus. Sorenson currently sits 10th in the overall Busch Series driver standings and he is only 67 points out of ninth place.

Reed Sorenson on Dover...

"Dover has been a good track for us. We've had really good runs in the Busch car and we had a solid effort in the Cup car there in the spring. Both teams have been performing well the last few weeks, so I expect us to be competitive this weekend. Even though we don't have the best finishes to show for it, there seems to be a lot of momentum building for our programs and I believe a win is in our future for one if not both teams."

"Dover reminds me of a bigger Bristol. It's concrete, high-banked and extremely fast. It's one of those self-cleaning type of tracks, so if something happens in front of you it typically washes to the bottom of the track before you get there. The track is pretty fun to race on, if your car is handling well. If it's off, especially loose on corner exit, then it can be a handful.

Sorenson's Dover International Speedway Stats (1 mile)

Date           Series                 Race
Start     Finish         Laps            Status                Winnings

6/4/06         Nextel Neighborhood                      39            19
400/400        Running            $91,600

                                                     Excellence 400

6/3/06         Busch                 stonbridgeracing.com 200 16
10            200/200        Running            $18,975

9/24/05       Busch                 Dover 200
3             4             200/200        Running            $36,390

6/4/05         Busch                 MBNA RacePoints 200       6
2             200/200        Running            $47,490

 

 

                                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.

31

17

$83,625

22nd 

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

27

0

1

5

0

$2,707632

Last updated 9/18/06

	


 

      Sorenson's Cumulative NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Stats:

Starts               Wins                Top 5s              Top 10s
Poles                Winnings

   29                     0                       1
5                    0                    $2,813,983

 

      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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