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Team: Ganassi Racing
Teammates: Dario Franchitti (40),Juan Pablo Montoya (42)

Born: Feb. 5, 1986 in Peachtree City, Georgia

Career highlights: Sorenson began racing quarter-midgets at age six, and won a national championship in 1997, at age 11.

• In Quarter Midgets he had 43 starts, 22 wins, 42 top 10's, and 40 top 5's.

• In Legend Cars: 183 total starts..84 wins, 152 top 5's, 166 top 10's. (From 1998-2002)

• Track Champ @ Atlanta Motor Speedway in 1998..1999...2001

• In 2002, Sorenson competed in eight races in the American Speed Association (ASA), and raced full-time the following year, capturing the Rookie of the Year award at age 17.

• He signed a driver development deal with Chip Ganassi Racing during his senior year of high school, and ran in five Busch Series races in 2004, earning three top-ten finishes.

• In 2005, Sorenson ran his first full season in the Busch Series and got off to a hot start, leading the points halfway through the season. But he ran into controversy after his crew chief, Brian Pattie, was suspended for two months after it was determined that he had applied an illegal substance to the car’s tires. Sorenson was fined 50 points, and ultimately finished fourth in the standings, well behind Martin Truex Jr.

2006 so far ... Sorenson began his first full season in the Nextel Cup in 2006, but continues to run full-time in the Nationiwide Series.

Trivia tidbit: Sorenson has claimed in interviews to be very good at jump-rope.

Pets : Brutus and Zoey



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