Reed Sorenson
Charlotte Advance
Race:
Charlotte 600 on Sunday, May 27
Track:
Lowe’s Motor Speedway (1.5-mile oval)
Location:
Concord, N.C.
Reed Sorenson and the No. 41 Target Dodge Team Facts:
Team Target Goes for 1,100: Team Target is schedule to compete for 1,100 miles this Sunday, first running the Indianapolis 500 with drivers Dan Wheldon and Scott Dixon followed by the Charlotte 600 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway (LMS) with Reed Sorenson. Dixon, a former series champion (2003) qualified on the inside of row two (fourth), while his teammate Wheldon, ’05 Series and Indy 500 Champion, qualified on the outside of row two (sixth). Team Target had one top-five and two top-10 finishes in last year’s 1,100 miles of racing with Wheldon finishing fourth and Dixon sixth in the 500, and Sorenson finishing 10th in the 600-mile event. This year marks the sixth-consecutive year Target has been a primary sponsor in both the IndyCar and NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series for Chip Ganassi Racing.
See Reed on Speed Street: Sorenson will be signing autographs from 4-6 p.m. ET on Friday, May 25 at the Speed Street festival located in Uptown Charlotte, N.C. He will be located at a booth near the Food Lion Kids Zone.
Charlotte Test: LMS hosted the fifth NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series test of the season and the final test for the current car on May 7 & 8. Out of 52 teams present, Sorenson and the Target team posted the fifth fastest lap in the evening session (6-9 p.m. ET) on May 7 with a lap of 29.297 sec/184.319 mph. Sorenson’s Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (CGRFS) teammate David Stremme was fastest in the evening season with a lap of 28.877 sec/187.000 mph, and teammate Juan Pablo Montoya was 15th (29.457 sec/183.318 mph). Sorenson was 28th fastest in the afternoon (2-5 p.m. ET) on Monday with a time of 30.234 sec/178.607 mph. On May 8 Sorenson wound up 35th on the speed chart in the afternoon session (29.866 sec/180.808 mph) and 20th (29.490 sec/183.113 mph) in the evening.
Charlotte Natives: Target team gas man Randy Hildreth calls Charlotte, N.C. his home. Hildreth owns a Volkswagen service business and gases for CGRFS on the weekends. He’s been with the team for five years and in the sport for 20. First year team member and jack man Chuck White hails from just down the road in China Grove, N.C. White previously served as jack man on 2002 and 2005 series champion Tony Stewart’s team.
TUMS Relief for Hunger: TUMS is all about providing fast relief and you can join us in the effort this May. TUMS is teaming up with Speedway Children's Charities to collect food donations for the Second Harvest food bank during the Charlotte 600 race weekend. Donations of non-perishable food items will be collected at Lowe's Motor Speedway during the Memorial Day race weekend and at Fan Day and Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. Please join TUMS in the effort to provide Relief for Hunger for the families in need!
Chassis: Crew chief Jimmy Elledge and the Target team have selected chassis #705 for the race at LMS. This is the same car Sorenson finished ninth with earlier this season at his hometown track – Atlanta Motor Speedway. The team also used this car at Texas Motor Speedway, where Sorenson ran in the top 10 for a majority of the race before experiencing engine trouble on lap 192 of the 334-lap race.
Points Update: The Target team fell to 29th in the overall standings after its 40th-place finish in the last points-awarded event at Darlington Raceway. The team is just 75 points out of 25th and 175 out of the top 20.
