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Air Force Will be Watching Sorenson This Weekend

STATESVILLE, N.C– No. 43 Air Force Dodge driver Reed Sorenson knows a few extra eyes will be upon him this weekend a Dover International Speedway which is just a few miles north of the nearly 70-year-old Dover Air Force Base. The Richard Petty Motorsports team plans to host Air Force personnel during the NASCAR Sprint Cup race weekend and the crew will tour visit the base that operates the massive C-5 Galaxy planes and visit the Air Mobility Command Museum. … Read entire article »

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Reed Sorenson Tests at Infineon Raceway

SONOMA, Calif. – NASCAR driver Reed Sorenson visited Infineon Raceway on Wednesday to hone his skills on the challenging 10-turn, 1.99-mile road course. … Read entire article »

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Valvoline Honors Dale Inman and all Crew Chiefs at Darlington

STATESVILLE, N.C – Valvoline will pay tribute to legendary crew chief Dale Inman, and all crew chiefs, with a special paint scheme on the Richard Petty Motorsports No. 43 Dodge Charger for Saturday night’s Sprint Cup race at Darlington Raceway. … Read entire article »

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Aaron’s 499 Starting Grid

Juan Pablo Montoya will start on the pole for the Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway Sunday, with Greg Biffleon the outside. Both Reed Sorenson and Robby Gordon failed post-qualification inspections and had their times disallowed.  Both dirvers were in the Top 35 in points so were guaranteed a starting spot no matter how they qualified. They will start Sundays race from the back of the field, which is only a drop of one position since they qualified 41st and 42nd. … Read entire article »

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Sorenson has a Big Mac attack planned for Texas

STATESVILLE, N.C. – The last time the McDonald’s Golden Arches appeared on Reed Sorenson’s No. 43 Dodge, the Richard Petty Motorsports driver raced for the victory before finishing ninth in the Daytona 500. Sorenson hasn’t finished that well since Daytona but the No. 43 team has made steady progress and the young driver and his new crew chief Mike Shiplett have worked hard in 2009 to develop the relationship that will lead to success on the track. Robbie Loomis, vice-president of racing operations at the Petty organization, knows the type of driver/crew chief relationship it takes to win races and championships. … Read entire article »

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Sorenson Taking #43 Back to Site of Petty’s 2nd Win

STATESVILLE, N.C. – Richard Petty’s second of 200 career victories came at Martinsville Speedway on April 10, 1960. Petty visited victory lane at the flat half-mile track 15 times in 67 races at Martinsville. While the sport has changed tremendously since those days, some things are still the same including race strategy. The message Petty plans to convey to the No. 43 Charter Dodge driver Reed Sorenson is “survival.” … Read entire article »

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Sorenson’s Team Captures Inaugural Tissot Pit Road Precision Award

Reed Sorenson’s No. 43 team captured the Tissot Pit Road Precision Award in Sunday’s (Feb. 15) Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. … Read entire article »

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Richard Petty Motorsports race report

KASEY KAHNE * No. 9 DODGE CHARGER Kahne started 19th in first Duel and finished sixth. … Read entire article »

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