Bradley Reed Sorenson was born on February 5,1986 and is an American former professional stock car racing driver and spotter.
55 Facts About Reed Sorenson
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Reed Sorenson last competed part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No 27 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for Premium Motorsports, the Nos.
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Reed Sorenson's career started at age six when he began racing quarter-midgets.
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Reed Sorenson moved up to legends cars the following year, winning 13 out of 25 races, southeastern championships and breaking track records in the process.
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Reed Sorenson raced in legends for the next two years and won 84 events.
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In 2002, Reed Sorenson began racing in the American Speed Association, finishing in the top-ten seven out of his eight starts.
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Reed Sorenson became a full-time driver in 2003 and won the highly coveted ASA Pat Schauer Memorial Rookies of the Year award at age 17.
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Reed Sorenson caught his big break by signing a driver development contract with Chip Ganassi Racing.
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Reed Sorenson finished in the top-five in all three of his ARCA starts.
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Reed Sorenson ran in five NASCAR Busch Series events for Chip Ganassi Racing, and had three top ten finishes, and a top five, which was a fourth-place finish at Homestead.
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Reed Sorenson was named the full-time driver of the No 41 Discount Tire Company-sponsored Dodge Intrepid for Ganassi for 2005, competing for rookie of the year.
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Reed Sorenson won his first Busch Series race, at Nashville Superspeedway, winning by more than 14 seconds after starting on the pole and leading 197 out of 225 laps.
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Reed Sorenson ended the season fourth in points and finished second in the rookie of the year race to Carl Edwards.
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Reed Sorenson made his Nextel Cup debut in the 2005 Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500, racing as No 39, but was involved in a crash and finished 41st.
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Reed Sorenson's best finish in the 2006 Nextel Cup season was a fifth-place effort at Michigan International Speedway, and he ended the season with five top-ten finishes.
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Reed Sorenson finished 24th in the 2006 points Nextel Cup standings and was fourth in the 2006 Raybestos Rookie of the Year contest with 198 points finishing behind Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr.
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Reed Sorenson fell in the Busch Series, dropping from fourth in the standings as a 19-year-old the year before to 10th place in 2006.
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Reed Sorenson broke his 61-race winless streak in the Busch Series at Gateway International Speedway by leading 95 laps and avoiding late race cautions to win the Busch Gateway 250 in Madison, Illinois.
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Reed Sorenson got his first career pole, at the Allstate 400.
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Reed Sorenson became the youngest pole winner ever at Indianapolis Motor Speedway; at 21 years, 173 days old.
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Reed Sorenson broke a record that stood for 72 years.
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Reed Sorenson ended up leading 16 laps, and finishing in the fifth place, behind race winner, Tony Stewart.
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Reed Sorenson started the 2008 season off with a fifth-place finish in the Daytona 500.
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Reed Sorenson got another top ten finish with some late race strategy in a rain shortened New Hampshire race.
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Reed Sorenson was temporarily replaced by Scott Pruett at Infineon Raceway in an attempt to gain points in the owners' standings.
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Reed Sorenson ran a limited 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series competing in the Aaron's 312 at Talladega Superspeedway in the Fitz Motorsports No 22 Arctic Ice-sponsored car.
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Reed Sorenson competed in the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 at Gateway International Raceway to defend his win from 2007, in the No 40 Fastenal Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge.
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Reed Sorenson was involved in a mid-race wreck that ended his chance to defend his title.
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On September 10,2009, Richard Petty Motorsports and Yates Racing announced that they planned to merge in 2010, and Reed Sorenson was not to be retained as part of the merger.
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Reed Sorenson piloted the No 32 Braun Racing Toyota Camry in a part-time schedule consisting of 23 Nationwide races for 2010.
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At the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona, Reed Sorenson drove the No 83 car to an eighth-place finish.
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Reed Sorenson remained with the team to run full-time for the Nationwide Series championship.
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Reed Sorenson drove the No 32 Dollar General Chevy and the No 30 Rexall Chevy on occasions.
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Reed Sorenson won his first road course race at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on his first attempt at the track.
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Turner Motorsports gave no reason for the switch; and Reed Sorenson was third in points at the time.
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Reed Sorenson managed to pick up a last-minute ride with MacDonald Motorsports to drive their No 82 car for the remainder of the year.
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In 2012, Reed Sorenson drove the No 52 Chevrolet for Jimmy Means in the season-opening Nationwide Series event at Daytona International Speedway.
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Reed Sorenson made his debut in the No 32 team owned by Frank Stoddard for the night race at Texas Motor Speedway with sponsor from Jani-king.
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Reed Sorenson drove the No 32 for FAS Lane Racing in select races for the 2012 Sprint Cup Season.
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In February 2013, it was announced that Reed Sorenson would drive full-time in the Nationwide Series in the No 40 Chevrolet for The Motorsports Group.
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In February 2014, Reed Sorenson announced that he would be running his first full Sprint Cup Series schedule since 2009, driving the No 36 Chevrolet for Tommy Baldwin Racing, replacing JJ Yeley.
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On February 9,2015, Reed Sorenson was signed by Team Xtreme Racing to compete in the Daytona 500 with sponsorship from Golden Corral, driving the No 44 Chevy.
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Reed Sorenson joined RAB Racing for the following race at Atlanta.
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Reed Sorenson was signed with Premium Motorsports after lack of sponsorship killed both of his prior teams.
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Reed Sorenson attempted to make his Camping World Truck Series debut at Daytona, driving the No 63 for MB Motorsports.
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Reed Sorenson joined Hillman Racing for the Daytona 500, driving the No 40 Chevrolet but didn't qualify.
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Reed Sorenson returned to Premium Motorsports, driving the No 55 Chevrolet starting at Martinsville.
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Reed Sorenson later made his Camping World Truck Series debut at Pocono, driving the No 49 Chevrolet Silverado for Premium Motorsports where he finished 18th.
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Reed Sorenson failed to qualify after being intentionally wrecked by Corey LaJoie in Can-Am Duel 1.
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Reed Sorenson bounced around the No 15 and No 55 entry's for the rest of the year.
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Reed Sorenson drove mainly the No 7 and No 55 entries for Premium Motorsports throughout the year, with driving the Bristol night race in Rick Ware Racing's No 51 entry.
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In March 2019, Reed Sorenson joined Spire Motorsports' No 77 for the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas.
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Reed Sorenson returned to Premium's No 27 for the 2020 Daytona 500.
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Reed Sorenson made the starting lineup after finishing 18th in Duel 1 of the 2020 Bluegreen Vacations Duels.
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In 2021, Reed Sorenson became the spotter for Xfinity driver Josh Williams.