Blog: Reed Sorenson Garners Career Best NASCAR Nextel Cup Finish In His Own Backyard
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Oct 28, 2007
Chip Ganassi Racing
Reed Sorenson was elated to garner his career best finish in his own backyard during Sunday’s Cup race in Atlanta.
“We had a good feeling about this weekend before we even unloaded the car,” said Sorenson, a Peachtree, Ga. native who finished third, running up front most of the day after wheeling around a string of race-changing wrecks.
A disastrous crash resulted on Lap 322 when the No. 11 of Denny Hamlin ran out of gas and forced the field to slam on the brakes. Cars were parting left and right around the No. 11, however, Chase contender Martin Truex Jr. smashed square into the back of Hamlin.
Sorenson went low; his No. 41 Dodge avoided the melee and gained one more position.
“We made it through that,” he said. “We restarted fourth and went off into [Turn] 1 ready to race for another two laps and then [Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s] tire fell off. It got pretty crazy there at the end, as everybody could see.” Raygan Swan, NASCAR.com
He said that based on Saturday’s run, his car is capable of finishing near the front today. “It’s definitely a top-10 car,” he said. “And we might make a couple of little changes and make it a top-five car.”
AMS makes drivers go all out.
Greg Biffle, the Pep Boys Auto 500 pole-sitter, said winning a race at AMS is part pacing yourself and part running wide open.
He said that if a driver doesn’t push his car pretty hard early on in the race, he won’t know how it will react at crunch time and won’t make the right adjustments to be fast for the final laps. Jeff Hood and Rick Minter, AJC.com
