Reed's Atlanta Preview

Atlanta History:  Sorenson has six NSCS and four NNS starts at the 1.54-mile quad-oval track.  In the NSCS garage, Sorenson has one top-five and three top-10 finishes with an average start of 21st-place and average finish of 20th at AMS.

Best NSCS Finish:  Sorenson’s career-best NSCS finish of third came from AMS in the fall race of 2007.   

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Welcome Home, Reed!:  Sorenson, who hails from Peachtree City, Ga., will visit his home track of Atlanta Motor Speedway AMS this weekend.  AMS is the site of Sorenson’s first NSCS 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 at AMS, capturing three track championships (’98, ’99, ’01) 22 wins, 40 top-five finishes and 42 top-10 finishes in 43 starts. 

Golfing for Charity: The Second Annual Reed Sorenson Charity Golf Classic is scheduled to take place Thursday, Oct. 23, at the Eagles Landing Country Club in Stockbridge, Ga.  Proceeds will benefit Speedway Children’s Charities and golfers can expect to play with many NASCAR drivers, including Sorenson’s CGRFS teammate Juan Pablo Montoya.  For more information please log onto www.reedsorenson.com.

Last Race: After two solid practice sessions on Saturday, The No.41 team went into Sunday’s TUMS QuikPak 500 at Martinsville Speedway with a positive outlook.  However, the Target team’s day was ruined when Sorenson experienced brake issues late in the race which forced the team to settle for a 35th-place finish.

Points Update: The Target team dropped back to 30th in the overall Sprint Cup Series owner standings.  The team now stands 371 points outside of the top 25 with four events remaining.