| Career Totals (1975 - present) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starts | Championships | Wins | Top5 | Top10 | Avg. Start | Avg. Finish | Winnings |
| 166 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 85 | 14.6 | 15.5 | 4,629,511 |
| Year | Rank | Points | Starts | Wins | Top5 | Top10 | Avg. Start | Avg. Finish | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 54 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 34.0 | 48,888 |
| 2011 | 5 | 1062 | 34 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 13.8 | 13.0 | 847,447 |
| 2010 | 12 | 3739 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 13.9 | 11.4 | 804,902 |
| 2009 | 47 | 1059 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10.0 | 11.8 | 200,195 |
| 2008 | 105 | 157 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 29.0 | 43,165 |
| 2007 | 30 | 1881 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 16.5 | 22.3 | 441,060 |
| 2006 | 10 | 3670 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 17.4 | 19.3 | 840,039 |
| 2005 | 4 | 4453 | 35 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 12.6 | 13.6 | 1,298,420 |
| 2004 | 52 | 637 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13.3 | 13.0 | 105,395 |
YEAR-BY-YEAR NATIONWIDE SERIES RECAP
2010 -- Finished 12th in series points. ... His 28 starts were the most in one season since 2007 (19) as he shared the No. 32 Braun Racing Toyota with 2002 series champion Brian Vickers. ... Nine top-five, 21 top-10 finishes, both career highs. ... When Vickers announced he was stepping out of the ride for health reasons, Sorenson assumed bulk of driving duties. ... Also made one start in team's No. 10 entry. ... Best finish was second at Gateway-1. ... Qualified seventh, led 49 laps and finished fifth at Kentucky. ... Scored the fifth-most points among series drivers on short tracks, posting five top-10 finishes. ... Fifth in Driver Rating at 95.9. ... Top 10 in 10 Loop Data categories including placing fifth in three: Fastest Drivers Early in a Run, Fastest Drivers on Restarts and Fastest Speed in Traffic. ... Completed 94 percent of laps attempted, led 74 laps.
2009 -- Finished 47th in series points. ... Competed in eight races, five for Todd Braun and three with James Finch. ... Best finish was second in his first race of the year at Gateway; had two other top-five finishes.
2008 -- Finished 105th in series points. ... Ran two races, one with Armando Fitz and one with Chip Ganassi.
2007 -- Finished 30th in series points. ... In 19 races with Ganassi, had one win at Gateway - his second consecutive at the track - and was fifth at Dover-2.
2006 -- Finished 10th in series points. ... Competed in 34 of 35 races for Ganassi, missing the event at Milwaukee in order to prepare for his first NASCAR Sprint Cup event at Infineon. ... Two second-place finishes, at Phoenix-1 and Lucas Oil Raceway.
2005 -- Finished fourth in series points. ... Two wins, two poles in first full season. ... Wins came at Nashville-1 (from the pole) in his 11th career start, and Gateway. ... Other pole was registered at Lucas Oil Raceway. ... 12 top-fives, 19 top-10s. ... Quick start to the season with six top-10 finishes in first eight races. ... Finished second in the rookie of the year standings to Carl Edwards, at the time the closest battle ever for award (13-point differential).
2004 -- Finished 52nd in series points. ... Had three top-10 finishes in five races. ... Led 47 laps at Atlanta, his home track, before an accident took him out of contention for the win. ... Best finish, fourth, at Homestead-Miami. ... Qualified third in his series debut at Lucas Oil Raceway.
PREVIOUS RACING HISTORY
In 2010, finished 39th in the Sprint Cup Series standings, competing in 16 races, 13 as a replacement for Vickers at Red Bull Racing and three for Braun Racing. ... Finished eighth at Daytona in July in Red Bull's No. 83 Toyota. ... In 2009, he finished 29th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series rankings. ... Best finish was ninth in Daytona 500. ... Finished 32nd in NASCAR Sprint Cup points in 2008 and was fifth in the Daytona 500. ... Had one other top-10 finish, sixth, at New Hampshire-1. ... Left Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates to join Gillette Evernham Motorsports for the 2009 season. ... In 2007, he was 22nd in the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings. ... Earned first career pole, at Indianapolis, led the first 16 laps of the race and finished fifth. ... Third-place finish at Atlanta-2 is series career high. ... Was 24th in the 2006 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings with a season-high fifth-place finish at Michigan-1. ... In 2005, was 67th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings, competing in two races for Ganassi/Sabates ... Finished fourth in 2003 American Speed Association standings and won the Pat Schauer Memorial Rookie of the Year Award. ... Posted 21 top 10s in 25 ASA starts from 2002-03. ... Competed in regional quarter midgets and in 1996 set qualifying records at both the East and West Coast National events. ... After five successful seasons in quarter midgets, was crowned national champion in 1997. ... Earned nine Southeastern Championships and set 15 different track records during his quarter midget career. ... Racked up 84 wins, 152 top-five and 168 top-10 finishes in 183 starts in INEX Legends Cars.