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

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Reed Sorenson, No. 41 Target Dodge

Subway 500 - Martinsville Speedway Advance - 10/22/06

To view the 2006 Target Racing Media Guide, please visit

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Target Team Fast Facts: 

         Target House Visit:   Sorenson, along with his Target Chip
Ganassi Racing IRL teammates Scott Dixon and Dan Wheldon, is scheduled
to visit Target House on Wed., Oct. 18.  The three will spend the day
signing autographs and playing video games with residents. Funded by
Target and its vendor and celebrity partners, Target House is a unique
long-term housing facility for families with children receiving
life-saving treatment at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital(r).  As
an extension of St. Jude's commitment to care for children regardless of
the family's ability to pay, Target House provides fully furnished
two-bedroom apartments, free-of-charge.  St. Jude is the largest
pediatric cancer research center in the world in terms of the number of
patients enrolled in research protocols and successfully treated.

 

        Testing 1,2,3...Sorenson, along with his Chip Ganassi Racing
with Felix Sabates teammates Casey Mears, Juan Pablo Montoya and David
Stremme, is testing at Homestead-Miami Speedway (HMS) this week.  The
HMS test is the final session of the NASCAR determined testing schedule
of seven tracks for 2006.  Sorenson and Mears (Oct. 16 & 17), Montoya
and Stremme (Oct. 17 & 18).

            *Note:  Sorenson led the first session on Monday with a lap
time of 31.459 sec./171.652 mph.  His teammate 

                         Mears led the second session on Monday with a
lap time of 31.200 sec./173.077 mph.

 

        Moving on to Martinsville:  After a disastrous weekend at Lowe's
Motor Speedway (LMS) in both the NEXTEL Cup and Busch Series races,
Sorenson is hoping to repeat his previous success at Martinsville
Speedway.  In two starts at the .526-mile short track Sorenson has a
12th-place effort in the NEXTEL Cup Series (Raybestos Rookie of the
Race) and a fourth-place finish in the Busch Series, both coming this
season.

 

        Chassis:  Crew Chief Jimmy Elledge and the No. 41 Target Team
have selected chassis #614 for this weekend's race at Martinsville.
This chassis is a product of Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates' new
short track program developed this season.  The car has previously run
at New Hampshire 1 (24th-place finish), Richmond 2 (14th) and New
Hampshire 2 (17th).

  

        NEXTEL Cup Points Report:  Sorenson and the No. 41 team dropped
one position to 25th in the overall standings after an accident
eliminated them from the last event at LMS.  With a total of 2997
points, the team is only 134 points out of 20th.  

 

        Rookie Round Up:  Sorenson is currently third in the Raybestos
Rookie of the Year standings with 193 points.  He trails leader Denny
Hamlin by 73 points and second place Clint Bowyer by 29.  Sorenson has
captured rookie of the race honors in five of the 31 races run thus far
in '06 (Atlanta - 10th, Martinsville - 12th, Michigan - fifth,
Chicagoland - seventh, Michigan 2 - eighth).

 

       Busch Series Update:  Sorenson dropped one position to 10th in
the Busch Series driver standings after his 38th-place finish in the
last event at LMS.  He is only 16 points out of ninth heading into the
next event at Memphis Motorsports Park on Oct. 28.  The Busch Series has
this weekend off.

 

Reed Sorenson on Martinsville...

"Our goal this weekend is to finish a race [smiles].  Really though,
we've had a tough month and we need a good finish to get the Target
team's morale back up and get us pointed in the right direction in the
points.  There are plenty of races left for us to get back inside of the
top 20 and potentially get as high as 17th or 18th.  This team is way
better than our results show, especially in the last few races.  We've
had really fast cars and really bad luck.  That's just the way the
season has gone.   Everyone is putting in 110% and will continue to do
so until the checkered flag at Homestead.  I still believe we can get a
win before the season is over.

 

"We had a great run at Martinsville in the spring, and an even better
run in the Busch car in July.  I really like the track and we're taking
our new short track car.  It's extremely hard to pass so the keys to
being successful there are qualifying up front and maintaining that
track position with some solid pit strategy.  Forward bite off the
corner is also a premium if you're going to have a good run at
Martinsville."

 

 

        Sorenson's Martinsville Speedway Stats (.526 miles)

Date           Series                 Race
Start     Finish         Laps            Status                Winnings

7/22/06       Busch                 Goody's 250
9               4            250/250       Running            $36,825

4/2/06         Nextel Cup         DirecTV 500
25           12           500/500       Running            $85,925 

 

 

                                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

7

11

$102,125

21st 

May 13

Darlington

16

11

$94,375

24th 

Oct. 1

Kansas

26

43

$84,566

23rd 

May 28

Charlotte

23

10

$119,275

20th 

Oct. 8

Talladega

42

39

$76,675

24th 

June 4

Dover

39

19

$91,600

21st 

Oct. 14

Charlotte

9

36

$69,050

25th 

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

31

0

1

5

0

$3,040,048

Last updated 10/16/06

	


 

      Sorenson's Cumulative NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Stats:

Starts               Wins                Top 5s              Top 10s
Poles                Winnings

   33                     0                       1
5                    0                    $3,146,399

 

      Sorenson's Career Highlights

-First NEXTEL Cup Series Top Five (Fifth place, 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 Yonchuk

Rear Tire Carrier

Syracuse, N.Y. 

Rod Bussard

Transport Driver

Everett, Penn. 

Shaun Peet

Jack Man

Nanaimo, B.C

Mark Miller

Transport Driver

New Wilmington, Pa.

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

Hope Mills, NC

							

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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