DRIVER: Reed Sorenson (No. 83)

EVENT: Bank of America 500 (Sprint Cup)

DATES: Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 14-16, 2010

TRACK: Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C.

MINERS MINERS

We ran the Chilean Miners through the NASCAR filter to give that remarkable

and inspiring story some perspective. Think stock car drivers are heroes and

perform the impossible? Consider these numbers:

+ The miners have been trapped underground since Aug. 5. We flew to

Watkins Glen that day and since have had nine races and an off week. Thats

a quarter of the season.

+ Weve completed 5,098 laps and 5,988.111 miles while the miners have

been underground.

+ The miners have been trapped 2,050 feet vertically beneath the surface.

Thats equal to a stack of 13 and a half Indianapolis Pagodas, or 70 feet more

than the entire length of the frontstretch at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

+ The miners spent five days trapped before we announced Kasey Kahne

would drive a Red Bull Toyota in 2011.

+ The escape capsule is 21 inches wide. Thats nine inches less than the

space Scott Speed and Reed Sorenson climb through to get into their cars.

+ FALL FALSEHOOD EXPOSED

After further review, weve discovered that the we-get-to-sleep-in-our-ownbeds

description of the fall Charlotte weekend is inaccurate. The beds are

ours, but really, how much does the industry sleep considering there are

three consecutive nights of racing?

83 . REED SORENSON

CHASING IT: The No. 83 Red Bull Toyota was nowhere close to the car that

had finished 12th or better in six of the previous seven races at Auto Club

Speedway. Reed Sorenson fought grip issues in the front and rear, and the

afternoon became a steady battle of balance. He climbed into the top 20 by

lap 160 and after two late pit stops finished 27th.

MAN AND MACHINE: As for the driver, Sorenson owns two top 10s in the

600 but only one top 15 in the fall race. He led six laps before finishing 15th

in October 2008. As for the car, the No. 83 owns two top fives at Charlotte

with a robust 234 laps led in the past seven races.

VITAL SIGNS: The No. 83 ranks 27th in the car owner standings 41 points

behind the No. 47.

Reed Set For Fall Homecoming at Charlotte

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