YEAR-BY-YEAR NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RECAP
2006 Finished 24th in series points. … Had one top five and five top-10 finishes. … Career-high fifth-place finish
came at Michigan in June. … Finished 10th at Atlanta in March for first career top 10. … Started seventh at Dover in
Sept., his highest start of the year.… Finished the season fourth in Raybestos Rookie of the Year standings.
2005 Finished 67th in series points. … Competed in two races for Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (Atlanta
and Homestead). … Top finish was 28th at Homestead.
PREVIOUS RACING HISTORY
Competed in 35 of 36 NASCAR Busch Series races in 2006, finishing 10th in the standings. … Finished fourth in the
NASCAR Busch Series in 2005, his first full-time season. Had two wins, 12 top fives and 19 top 10s. … In 2004, he
won his first ARCA event in just his second start at Michigan in July.… In the 2003 ASA season he racked up seven
top-five’s and 14 top-10 finishes in 17 starts earning the series rookie of the year award. … In 2002, joined the ASA,
where he recorded seven top-10 finishes in only eight starts. … He cut his teeth competing in regional Quarter
Midgets and in 1996 set qualifying records at both the East and West Coast National events, winning the National
Championships in 1997 and earning nine Southeastern Championships and setting 15 different track records during
his Quarter Midget tenure. … Racked up 84 wins, 152 top-five finishes and 168 top-10 finishes in 183 starts in
Legends Cars, 5/8-scale fiberglass full-fendered versions of the famed NASCAR modifieds.
NOTEWORTHY
After five successful seasons in Quarter Midgets, Sorenson was crowned the National Champion in 1997. … He
became the youngest driver to date to receive Rookie of the Year honors en route to a fourth-place finish in the 2003
ASA Series standings. … In 2004, he won his first ARCA event in just his second start at Michigan in July.