On the DG Chevy this week: Reese’s, Gildan, Eggo, Pine-Sol, Nestea, Energizer, Kleenex,
Slim Jim
REED SORENSON QUICK FACTS
No. 32 Dollar General Chevy
Bristol Motor Speedway
Food City 250
August 26, 2011
No. 32 Dollar General Chevrolet News and Notes
- And It’s Just That Close… – The NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) championship points battle continues to be as close as ever, with drivers switching positions almost on a weekly basis. After a 25th-place finish at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve last weekend, Sorenson gained a point on leader Ricky Stenhouse Jr. but lost a spot to Elliott Sadler. Sorenson is currently ranked third in the standings, nine points out of first and just one point from second-place.
- Sorenson at Bristol Motor Speedway – In 10 career NNS starts at the famed ‘bulling’ of Bristol, Sorenson has one top-five and three top-10 finishes, with an average starting position of 14.8 and an average finish of 21.6. His career-best finish of third came in his track debut back in 2005.
- In the Loop – Sorenson continues to lead the way in two of NASCAR’s loop statistic categories: Green Flag Passes (1394) and Quality Passes (905). A Green Flag Pass is categorized as a pass made under green-flag conditions and a Quality Pass is one made under green-flag conditions while running in the top-15.
- Turner Motorsports: In the hunt… In 24 Nationwide Series events in 2011, Turner Motorsports-prepared entries have notched three wins, 19 top-five and 47 top-10 finishes. All three of Turner Motorsports’ championship-contending drivers are inside the top-six in the driver point standings with Sorenson in third, Justin Allgaier in fourth and Jason Leffler in sixth.
- This Week’s Impala – This weekend, Sorenson will pilot TMS-115 in the Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway. This has been a favorite car for the Dollar General team, having been run earlier in the year at Phoenix International Raceway (fifth), Richmond International Raceway (12th), Iowa Speedway (fourth, May) and most recently at Lucas Oil Raceway (ninth).
Sorenson on returning to Bristol Motor Speedway:
“I would probably consider Bristol to be one of my favorite tracks so I’m pretty excited to get back there for the night race. I feel like we have some unfinished business to attend to there after the spring race. We had an engine issue and it is so far our only huge setback of the season. Fortunately it came early enough that we could bounce back. It is really getting down to the wire with this points battle so we are looking for wins and top-five finishes every week. I think we have a good chance for success this weekend though. Like I said, it’s a track I like a lot and we are bringing back a really good Dollar General Chevy. We’ve had some great races with it and I’m looking for more of the same at Bristol this weekend.”
