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| Sorenson finally getting paid what hes worth | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 19 2009, 09:32 AM (190 Views) | |
| Orangesmoke20 | Sep 19 2009, 09:32 AM Post #1 |
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Too hot to handle.. too cold to hold... ohhhhhh yeahhhhh!!!
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•Sorenson currently racing for FREE: When Richard Petty Motorsports announced last week a merger with Yates Racing, most considered #43-Reed Sorenson the big loser, since it appeared he was left out of the 2010 driver lineup as a result. He in fact wasn't. He was already gone by that point. Multiple RPM sources confirmed to ESPN.com that team executives approached Sorenson during the summer with a pair of options: (1) Race the remainder of the season for no salary; or (2) take a buyout and go away. Conflicted, frustrated, shocked and confused, Sorenson chose the former. In NASCAR, out of sight is out of mind. And out of mind is out of work. "The decision I made was to keep racing. The reason I did that is I thought it would help me find a job next year," Sorenson said. "And any race car driver that has the choice to sit at home or race is probably going to choose to race, unless they're at the end of their career. I'm 23 years old. I want to have a long future in the sport. I didn't figure sitting at home was a good option to do that." Sorenson would not divulge specifics of his agreement with RPM but did say he was never given a true reason for the development. "They didn't really have much justification for it," he said. "They basically just said, 'This is the deal we have, but you've done nothing wrong. We feel bad.' But it sucked. I don't really get it. It never made sense when it was going down, and it doesn't make sense now. I definitely didn't envision them coming to me halfway through this year and saying this. I felt like I was moving to a team where I could make a home and work with new teammates and maybe be there for five years or whatever it might be. I didn't even get halfway through the year, and this comes up. Then I was told I haven't done anything wrong at the same time. So that's the most sickening thing about it." Sorenson's agent, Jeff Dickerson from Mooresville, N.C.-based Motorsports Management, also would neither confirm nor deny that Sorenson was given an ultimatum. He did agree, though, that when he speaks with other team owners and managers about Sorenson's future, the driver's level of desire to compete is often broached. "If people knew the sacrifices he has made to stay on the racetrack, they wouldn't ask that question anymore," Dickerson said. "He's been a great teammate both on and off the track. He stood up for the guys that work on these cars and their families and refuses to let that team be shut down. People think a guy that drafts with you is a good teammate. I think Reed rewrote that definition in this situation." Asked for comment for this story, RPM spokesman Drew Brown wrote in an e-mail that "it wouldn't be fair to comment on internal matters relating to Reed's contract. I will say that all of us have had a blast with Reed this season and wish he could be part of us next season, but it's a numbers game." Sorenson will use the final 10 races of the season as an audition for 2010. There are few Sprint Cup rides available, so the hope for Sorenson is a part-time Cup program to supplement a full-time Nationwide ride. "If I have to run full-time Nationwide and part-time Cup to wait until the economy gets better and I get a good full-time ride again, then that would be the best-case scenario," he said. "I just want to race. I don't want to sit around and wait."(in part from ESPN.com)(9-18-2009) |
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| Jenny | Sep 19 2009, 10:35 AM Post #2 |
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I feel bad for Reed, and that whole team. yeah he might not be the best driver out there. But at least he's trying to save those guy's jobs.
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| Orangesmoke20 | Sep 19 2009, 10:41 AM Post #3 |
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Too hot to handle.. too cold to hold... ohhhhhh yeahhhhh!!!
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reed in any car will keep the fab shops in business |
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| JetBlack3 | Sep 19 2009, 11:08 AM Post #4 |
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I am the tag team champions
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Wow
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| Gordon Owns | Sep 19 2009, 11:39 AM Post #5 |
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Babe
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lol Great title. Its hard to feel bad for him even if you want to. Its like feeling bad for Paul Menard. Sprint Cup is not their cup of tea. Go NW racing where you're actually competitive. |
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| Jenny | Sep 19 2009, 11:46 AM Post #6 |
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So you don't feel bad for all of those guy's on the team, that are going to loose there jobs, because the team is closing? Even if Reed get's a ride in a NW car, he can't take those guy's with him. All of those families are with out a income. I don't even know why i'm posting anything.. I know y'all hate Reedy, so I should just shut up.... |
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| Gordon Owns | Sep 19 2009, 11:59 AM Post #7 |
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Babe
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Yeah I do feel bad for the crew but we're talking about Reed. lol But you have to know they'll be working again at some type of racing devision. They're almost never out of work. As long as there are racing teams they can have a job. The question is..will they get the call? |
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| luigistarted06 | Sep 19 2009, 07:32 PM Post #8 |
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I like it in and around my mouth.
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I don't know if Sorenson is a bad driver, I think Ganassi really screwed up his career though by moving him to cup to quickly. He really hasn't had that great of a ride his whole career though. He actually had a few races he could have won back in 2006, and has been running top 20 consistanly the past few races. |
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| Jenny | Sep 19 2009, 09:00 PM Post #9 |
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He drove a NW car this year at MIS, and I was listening to him(since Carl was out, and Jr wasn't in it.. and I was flipping back and forth between him and Kyle..lol) and Reed was doing really good. Something happend on pit road and it cost them a good finish. So maybe he just needs to go to NW like he wants to, and in a few years move back up to cup, and be a little stonger. |
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| Orangesmoke20 | Sep 19 2009, 11:50 PM Post #10 |
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Too hot to handle.. too cold to hold... ohhhhhh yeahhhhh!!!
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i heard reed will be in the cheech and chong meet harold and kumar movie... |
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| JetBlack3 | Sep 20 2009, 08:01 AM Post #11 |
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I am the tag team champions
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| luigistarted06 | Sep 20 2009, 07:10 PM Post #12 |
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I like it in and around my mouth.
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He often drives like he belongs in them lol |
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| Dewy9 | Sep 21 2009, 07:18 PM Post #13 |
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Yeah, he's never produced any results... well, none that are positive anyway. |
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| luigistarted06 | Oct 1 2009, 08:13 PM Post #14 |
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I like it in and around my mouth.
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McDonald's Monoploy scheme for Sorenson: Monopoly is back at McDonald's, starting Tuesday, October 6th. This Sunday at Kansas Speedway, the #43 McDonald's Monopoly Dodge Charger will feature Mr. Monopoly rolling McDonald's dice to promote the new exciting element in this year's event: The $1 Million dollar daily roll. For 29 straight nights, a McDonald's customer has a chance to win as much as $1 million, in primetime on NBC's "The Jay Leno Show" and "Sunday Night Football." An NBC celebrity will roll two dice into a see-through lottery machine. If both show sixes, the contestant wins the top prize. Other combinations are worth $10,000. Go to www.playatmcd.com to enter for the chance to be the one person each day to take part in the roll for $1 million.(McDonalds), see an image of the scheme on my #43 Team Schemes page.(10-1-2009) Sorenson better hope he wins that Million dollars with Monopoly. That would be his only source of income afterall lol. Maybe RPM will fix it with McDonalds, that was he gets paid afterall
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| Gordon Owns | Oct 1 2009, 09:15 PM Post #15 |
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Babe
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He'll probably get a mediocre ride in NW and in two years he will just disappear. lol |
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| luigistarted06 | Oct 3 2009, 12:55 PM Post #16 |
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So basically he's Casey Atwood 2.0. Didn't see that one coming lol |
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I feel bad for Reed, and that whole team. yeah he might not be the best driver out there. But at least he's trying to save those guy's jobs.

