Reed Sorenson
NNCS Atlanta Advance
Race: Pep Boys Auto 500 on Sunday, October 28
Track: Atlanta Motor Speedway (1.54-mile oval)
Location: Hampton, Ga.
Reed Sorenson and the No. 41 Breast Cancer Awareness/Target Dodge Team Facts:
Raising Breast Cancer Awareness: Reed Sorenson will be driving a Pink No. 41 Target Dodge this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS) to help raise Breast Cancer Awareness. Additionally, he has developed a donation pledge to coincide with the pink car during the Pep Boys Auto 500, which Target will match. Sorenson will donate $10,000 for a win, $5,000 for a top-five finish, $1,000 for a top-10 finish, $4,100 for a pole and $12.62 for each lap completed, totaling $4,100 if he completes all of the scheduled 325 laps. He will also auction his autographed custom race helmet and fire suit from the “Pink Car” races with proceeds from the pledge and auction benefiting The Breast Cancer Research Foundation and Project Pink House. For more information on the auction, which will begin on Tuesday, Oct. 23, please visit www.reedsorenson.com.
Golfing for Charity: The inaugural Reed Sorenson Charity Golf Classic took place on Wednesday, Oct. 24, at the White Water Creek Country Club in Fayetteville, Ga. Proceeds from the event will benefit Speedway Children’s Charities. Participants included Sorenson’s CGRFS teammates Juan Pablo Montoya and David Stremme, Target team crew chief Jimmy Elledge, FOX and SPEED TV personality Larry McReynolds, John Smoltz and Tim Hudson from the Atlanta Braves and various other local celebrities.
Homecoming: This weekend’s race at AMS will be a homecoming of sorts for Reed Sorenson, who hails from Peachtree City, Ga. AMS is the site of Sorenson’s first NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series start, which came on Oct. 30, 2005. Sorenson started the event 22nd and finished 41st after an accident that took him out of contention on lap 133 of 325. Sorenson grew up racing Legends Cars (5/8 scale replicas of classic coupes and sedans of the '30s) at AMS, capturing three track championships (’98, ’99, ’01) 22 wins, 40 top-five finishes and 42 top-10 finishes in 43 starts.
BFF: Sorenson’s good friend and Target teammate Shane Bourgeois also hails from Peachtree City. The two grew up together and Bourgeois helped Sorenson on his ASA team before moving with him to North Carolina and to Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (CGRFS). Bourgeois works in the suspension department and provides pit support on race day.
Points Update: Sorenson and the Target team maintained 23rd position in the overall NEXTEL Cup Series driver standings after the last event at Martinsville Speedway. The team is 244 points out of 20th with four races remaining in the 2007 season.
Chassis: Crew chief Jimmy Elledge has selected chassis #705 for this weekend’s race at Atlanta. This is the same car Sorenson finished ninth with at AMS earlier this season.
Be Sure To Tune In: The Pep Boys Auto 500 is set to go green at 1:30pm ET and will air live on ABC, MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio channel 128
