Name: Reed Sorenson
NASCAR Experience: Over 400 starts in the NASCAR Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series, including 225 at NASCAR's highest level.
Most recent team: Tommy Baldwin Racing
Most recent season finish: 34th
2014 accomplishments: Finished 16th at the Daytona 500 and 14th at Talladega in the fall. Had a seven-race stretch from Pocono to Chicago with no finishes outside the top 30. And a continued presence in the Sprint Cup Series over the past five seasons is an accomplishment, right?
Most memorable moment: Qualifying for the fall race at Talladega after Joe Nemechek's car failed inspection in the most bizarre qualifying session of the year.
Strengths: The ability to stay in the Cup Series and keep the car in one piece. The only two 2014 events that ended in crashes were restrictor plate races. Oh, and once showed enough promise to run for Chip Ganassi and won four events in the Nationwide Series, most recently in 2011.
2015 goals: Get the kids to eat free in 2015. With no top-10 finishes in 2014 with Golden Corral under the hood, many children didn't get to experience the wonders that is a free buffet that includes a chocolate wonderfall to dip meatloaf in.
FTM's Take: We include Sorenson's staying power as a compliment. Looking at his birthday may be staggering to some NASCAR fans – he turns 29 in April. It speaks to Tommy Baldwin's commitment that he ran Sorenson unsponsored in some races in 2014, but that lack of funding limits Sorenson's ceiling, which, if past results are true, isn't at the top of the Sprint Cup Series.
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