REED SORENSON QUICK FACTS
No. 32 Dollar General Toyota
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Dollar General 300
October 15, 2010
Notes of Interest:
· Reed Sorenson will drive a specially painted pink No. 32 Dollar General Toyota in Friday night’s Dollar General 300. He joins sponsor, Dollar General, and IndyCar® Series driver, Sarah Fisher, who drove her pink No. 67 Dollar General car in the series’ finale at Homestead-Miami, in supporting Susan G. Komen for the Cure®.
· Dollar General to sponsor Sorenson and the Charlotte Motor Speedway Nationwide Series (NNS) race. This weekend Dollar General will play a duel sponsor role by adorning the Toyota Camry driven by Sorenson and by serving as title sponsor of the Nationwide Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway (CMS). The Dollar General 300 action kicks off at 7:30pm ET on Friday night!
· Sorenson and the Dollar General team will unload the Nationwide Series’ “New Car” at CMS. Drivers and teams will participate in an extended test session on Wednesday afternoon at the Concord, N.C.-based track. Friday night’s Dollar General 300 will mark the fourth race for the “new car.” In the three starts in the “new car”, Sorenson has earned one top-five and two top-10 finishes.
· Sorenson has eight previous NNS starts at CMS. He has one top-five and two top-10 finishes and has started inside of the top-10 three times. His best start at CMS is from the fourth position (October, 2005) and his best finish is fifth (May, 2005). In his most recent visit to CMS (May, 2010), he drove the Dollar General Toyota to an eighth-place finish.
· A former winner at CMS, Sorenson knows how to get around the1.5-mile speedway! In 2004, Sorenson collected his first career ASA (American Speed Association) win in the series’ biggest event of the year, the inaugural race at CMS. Later that same year, he made his ARCA Racing Series debut. He put on an impressive performance, starting the 73-lap race from the third position and finishing fourth!
·Sorenson will join fellow NNS drivers in signing autographs on pit road at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday, October, 15 from 1-2 p.m.
· The Dollar General team heads to Charlotte Motor Speedway with chassis #106. As the NASCAR Nationwide Series gets set to make its fourth start with the “new car,” the Dollar General team heads to CMS this weekend with #106. This car was last seen on-track at Richmond International Raceway where Sorenson qualified 18th and finished fifth. It has also seen track time this year at Daytona International Speedway (started 42nd / finished 22nd) at Michigan International Speedway (started 13th / finished 8th) and Richmond International Raceway (started 18th / finished 5th).
· Braun Racing acquired by Turner Motorsports… Recently, it was announced that Turner Motorsports acquired select assets of Braun Racing. The team will continue to operate as Braun Racing for the remainder of the 2010 season. Plans for Turner Motorsports in 2011 include fielding three entries in both the Camping World Truck Series and the Nationwide Series. The NNS driver lineup will be announced in October.
· The Dollar General team rolls into Charlotte SIXTH in the Nationwide Series Championship Owner’s Points.
Reed Sorenson on Charlotte Motor Speedway:
“With Charlotte Motor Speedway being a ‘home track’ for most NASCAR teams, there are always a lot of friends and family at the track, which makes a win here that much more fun. This is actually where I won my first ASA race. The Braun Racing teams have a great track record here with two wins and a pole position in recent years. This Dollar General team has had a solid season. We have learned a lot so far with these ‘new cars’ and I think that we’ll unload strong for Wednesday’s practice sessions. This Dollar General team is hungry for a win and this weekend it would be extra-special to pull into victory lane because Dollar General is also the title sponsor of the race.”
Sorenson on his pink No. 10 Dollar General Toyota and his pledge to Susan G. Komen for the Cure:
“Breast cancer hits home for a lot of us here at Braun Racing. My mom has four aunts that were diagnosed with breast cancer. Each fought hard and survived, but not everyone is as fortunate to have such an outcome. This weekend I will proudly drive my pink Dollar General Toyota and wear my pink fire suit to honor every person who has been affected by this disease. They are true warriors in the fight against breast cancer.”
Sorenson Ready for Dollar General 300
#32 Dollar General Toyota Nationwide Preview
