R. Sorenson No. 41 Commit Cherry Dodge Advance for Dover International Speedway 09.23.06
Media Contact: Angie Copen, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, 704-662-9642, acopen@ganassi.com Reed Sorenson, No. 41 Commit Cherry Dodge Dover 200 - Dover International Speedway - 09.23.06 To view the 2006 Discount Tire Media Guide, please visit www.discounttiremotorsports.com <http://www.discounttiremotorsports.com/> No. 41 Commit Cherry Team Fast Facts: * Seeing Red at Dover: Reed Sorenson and the No. 41 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (CGRFS) Busch team will run the No. 41 Commit Cherry Dodge this weekend at Dover International Speedway in the Dover 200 on Saturday. The special red paint scheme will represent the only cherry flavored stop-smoking aid that is a new line of the well-known GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Commit nicotine lozenges. The Commit Cherry lozenges tackle smoking cravings fast and keep working after the yearning ceases to help make quit smoking a little tastier. The special paint scheme is the fourth 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 Commit Cherry will take center stage on the No. 41 Dodge this Saturday. 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/> . * Driving Force at Dover: In three Busch Series starts at Dover International Speedway, Sorenson has accumulated some impressive numbers. He has a top-10 starting average of eighth place and an average top-five finish of fifth place. Sorenson's career best effort at the Monster Mile was a second-place finish in the June 2005 Busch race. His fourth-place finish in the fall Dover race last year scored him the NASCAR Busch Series Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors and marked the first top-five finish by a rookie in the fall race since 2001. * Sorenson Takes a Break to Help Educate: Next week, leading into the NASCAR competition at Kansas Speedway and another special paint scheme weekend featuring NicoDerm CQ, Sorenson is planning to visit a local middle school in the Kansas City, Mo., area to help GSK and the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids communicate the educational message about the dangers of smoking. He will also help recognize some students for their efforts in increasing prevention and education about nicotine addiction. Note: Please contact the CGRFS media relations department for more information. * Time to Quit: After a successful run with the CGRFS team last season, GSK launched a "QUIT CREW" program earlier this year that involves a smoking cessation initiative to help NASCAR team members quit smoking. In addition to stomping out the cigarettes inside the NASCAR garages, GSK also is on a mission to utilize its involvement with the popular motor sport to help increase awareness for millions of race fans about effective quit smoking therapy. Free quit smoking counseling and the No. 41 NicoDerm CQ race simulator have visited numerous NASCAR races this year and will be at Dover this weekend in the fan interaction display area just outside the speedway. To see a mix of quitting tools and to learn more about the QUIT CREW program, go to www.quit2win.com <http://www.quit2win.com/> . * One-Year Anniversary: Roger Parkinson, a member of the No. 41 CGRFS Cup team, will be celebrating his one-year anniversary of being smoke free this Friday, September 22. Parkinson was an inaugural member of the CGRFS "QUIT Crew" pilot program in 2005 and quit with the aid of Commit lozenges. * Top-10 Team: The No. 41 CGRFS Busch team took this past weekend off, along with the rest of the NASCAR Busch Series teams, and is now heading to Dover International Speedway on a high note after its most recent run at Richmond International Raceway (RIR) on Friday, September 8. Sorenson and the No. 41 team dodged multiple wrecks and rebounded from a mid-race penalty that Friday night to turn their top-10 start into a top-five finish at RIR. Best of all, the driver and team took two steps forward in the NASCAR Busch Series championship standings, moving up to 10th place overall. Sorenson is just 67 points behind ninth-place Johnny Sauter in the driver standings, while the team is just five points out of ninth in the owner ranks. * On the Cup Side: Sorenson and the No. 41 Target Team finished 17th at New Hampshire International Speedway this past Sunday. They held on to their 22nd spot in the point standings and are 67 points out of 20th and 193 out of 15th in the NEXTEL Cup ranks. Sorenson also held on to his third-place position in the Raybestos Rookie of the Year ranks. 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). * Chassis: The No. 41 team will race chassis #453 at the Monster Mile this weekend. Sorenson and team most recently ran the car at Phoenix International Raceway in April when the CGRFS Busch team put forth an all around impressive run that resulted in a second-place finish (started fifth). Before that, the chassis helped the team soar to its second victory at Gateway International Raceway (Madison, Ill.) in July 2005, which is the team's most recent visit to the winner's circle to-date. Sorenson comments on heading back to Dover International Speedway: "It fells good to break back inside the top 10. I don't think we've been in there since February or March. The kind of luck we've had this year made it seem almost unattainable to get where we are now, but we did it and there is still more ground to gain before the season ends. "The last time we were at Dover, we brought the same setup to the track that we ran there in 2005 and got two top-five finishes, but it felt like we were almost starting all over again in June. Brian [Pattie] and the guys got the car dialed in and helped us get a lot better finish than I thought we would. "I was also battling some side pain the last time I raced at Dover. MRO [Motor Racing Outreach] helped get me ready to go and the pain subsided as the race progressed. I definitely feel pretty good going into this weekend's run and we're taking a good car that helped us score a second-place finish at Phoenix earlier this year. We figured a lot out in the spring so hopefully we'll be able to capitalize on all of that to get that first win we've been hunting for all year." Reed Sorenson Dover International Speedway NASCAR Busch Series Stats (1-mile oval in Dover, Del.) Date Race Start Finish Laps Completed Total Laps Status Winnings 06.03.06 Stonebridgeracing.com 200 16 10 200 200 Running $18,975 09.24.05 Dover 200 3 4 200 200 Running $36,390 06.04.05 MBNA RacePoints 200 6 2 200 200 Running $47,490 Total/Average: 3/8 3/5 600 600 $102,855 Track Summary: 3 Starts 0 Wins 2 Top 5s 3 Top 10 0 Poles No. 41 CGRFS 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 2 42 $19,915 13th/37 April 21 Phoenix 5 2 $55,900 14th/175 Sept. 2 California 17 19 $22,700 12th/106 April 29 Talladega 13 17 $20,000 16th/112 Sept. 8 Richmond 9 5 $21,300 10th/155 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 28 0 5 10 0 3,021 $713,178 *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 27 0 5 10 0 30 2,936 $695,978 Reed Sorenson NASCAR Busch Series Career Totals Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Poles Laps Led Money 67 2 18 32 2 481 $2,104,900 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) 2003 ASA Rookie of the Year 1997 Quarter Midgets National Champion 1998-2002 Legends Cars: 84 wins, 152 top fives & 166 top-10 finishes in 183 starts No. 41 Commit Cherry 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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