NASCAR Busts: Reed Sorenson 

This was sad to see Sorenson struggle like he did. His and Montoya’s target schemes were my favorites. This is another classic example of why teams need to let their drivers develop as much as possible. Yes, he was always more of a partier than a worker, but he had a lot of potential to break through. Call this a hot take if you will, but if he was given at least another year to improve, I think he could’ve been an Xfinity champion, and he would still be around full time in Cup today. Unfortunately, because of being rushed up, and because he wasn’t concentrating hard enough, we’ll never know just how good Reed Sorenson could’ve been.

Anyone else love that he's bring back the busts series, I low-key missed this series fr 😢

I remember Reed Sorenson in the mid 2000s. He had talent and looked like a star in the making. Unfortunately, his rise coincided with Ginassi's downfall.

Don’t forget that he could’ve won the 2011 Nationwide Series championship if he wasn’t let go while he was Top 5 in the standings if I’m not mistaken. Glad to see he’s still in NASCAR as a spotter. I did not know that!

Reed Sorenson, just like Casey Atwood, J.J. Yeley etc., was all given up on WAY too soon. He won mulitiple Busch Series races, and seeing how successfull he was in that Series, it still hurts knowing he came that close to a win at I forget which track it was at running out of fuel with like 2 laps to go in 2006. Who knew what Reed could've done if Braun Motorsports or Turner Scott Motorsports kept him in the Dollar General #32 Chevrolet for the rest of the season. They let him go when he was 3rd in Points by the way even though he won a race for them, and sadly, because of that, Reed was skewed for the rest of the season. The last time we saw him in NASCAR, was back in 2020, when he drove for Tommy Baldwin Racing, and Spire Motorsports in the Cup Series.

I remember Reed Sorenson from his classic #41 Target scheme featured in NASCAR 09, I used it a few times to dominate the field at Martinsville. Good times man

I really liked Reed Sorenson, I was only around for his final few years in backmarker cars but he had some good moments in his earlier career. Hope to see him run something soon.

thinking about that time reed sorenson qualified a premium motorsports car on pole in round 1 qualifying at talladega

It really was sad to see Ganassi, as a whole, especially during 2005-08 struggle. Sorenson, given what he could do in the Busch Series, I feel like got the worst out of it, especially after he left Ganassi..... a huge "what if" in recent NASCAR history

Very frustrating. He had a solid rookie year, and a great Xfinity career.

Those Target Paint Schemes from 2002 - 2017 are bangers!🔥

Dude won his first Xfinity race by like 15 seconds in a field that had Truex, Edwards and more so he definitely had talent. He just got rushed up the ladder way too quick because CGR needed something in Cup and was throwing whatever at the wall to see what stuck. A bust due to rotten luck, not lack of talent

As a person who was cheering for Sorenson growing up, this hurts my heart. I will always say, he was moved up way too early and had so much bad luck. He should've stayed in the Busch Series full-time until 2010 then moved up into the Cup Series plus I have the '06 Target Dodge 1/24 scale in my collection. I will bring my 1/24 car to Martinsville in the fall, it would be cool to meet up with him and get it signed also thanks for telling me that he spots for Josh Williams so that's good so at least I know what car he works for.

I feel bad for Reed. Yes he underperformed in his cup equipment but I feel like he joined teams at bad times and were rebuilding. Did people atually expect him fix the teams. Reed was a decent driver but joined at a bad time and should have stayed in the xfinity series and been more competitive there instead of being rushed up.

Chip Ganassi had some bad years in 2007-2008

Can we get a Bad Seasons: Carl Edwards (2006) since we see a lot of 2006 NASCAR footage in here?

I don’t think he would’ve won the championship if he was not let go in 2011

To complete the trinity of the bad Chip Ganassi Racing prospects of the mid to 2000, Darian needs to tackle Casey Mears next

I always liked him. Sad the way it went for him. I think he was talented. They threw him away much to soon.

Reed Sorenson was not a bust He almost got mid Ganassi equipment to victory lane many times Was he a disappointment yes But not a bust

IMO the most anticipated Bust video is here

Man, I haven’t seen Reed Sorenson in NASCAR for a while. I wonder what he’s up to

I remember the first season my mother and I followed Nascar. We were always looking for Reed Sorenson at the bottom of the list, just to point out that he was there.

1:10 Slight correction - Only Carl Edwards who finished ahead of him in points was running full time in Cup at the time, so he would have finished 3rd.

Sadly but is the truth... 😢 Btw he was respectable in Xfinity Series, more sense he's a bust in Cup Still miss Sorenson in track... Could be the 2011 Xfinity Champion if wasn't shuted down by Turner

Let’s appreciate what what Black Flags Matter does for us

It's a shame how 2011 ended for Sorenson

Bust? No Disappointment? Yes Good Xfinity Driver? Hell yeah. His stint with Turner could’ve been something. But then they pulled the plug on the 2011 season

Honestly I knew Sorenson would be a bust in 2005. Like Stremme, a NASCAR Bust video on him was a long time coming.

Nice touch having Deftones in the background. I just can't help but feel bad for Reed

FINALLLY!!!! been waitin for you to bring this series back

It’s so sad to Reed Sorenson fall so far from where he was when he joined 2 teams that are defunct today, but while he’s a bust today, I almost forgot about him.

Loved those Target paint schemes though. Chip replacing Sterling with David and then bringing in Reed, was a move a questioned back when it happened. I feel like it really set the teams back big time.

Please do Dario Franchitti next.

You forgot to mention when he led the first round of qualifying at the Talladega fall race in 2016

Sorenson is a really unfortunate case to me. He was never a bad driver, but his career was cut short by bad luck, bad timing with the team, and as in a lot of cases, being rushed to Cup before he was ready.

I thoroughly believe Reed had all the talent to win races like any of the other names in Cup, but never got the equipment to do it. He was at Ganassi at their worst, and the 43 wasn't worth anything either. If he was driving for a team capable of winning he would've won races.

I don't think Sorensen is a bust. I think it is more missed opportunity. Looking at the highlights you've shown, it appears most of his crashes in the 41 were either mechanical or tire failure or someone helped him spin. Yes JPM did win in the same equipment, while Stremme struggled for top 20's, Reed was right in the middle. The GEM/Petty cars were even worse that the CGR cars at the time. I'd say in Cup, Yeley, Leffler, Stremme, Gilliland, Atwood and Bliss during this era were much bigger busts.

love how Changes by Deftones is playing in background lol

Honestly watching a lot of those clips it doesn’t seem like he was a bad talent, but he had horrific luck

I approve of a Deftones background tune.

The first driver I ever played as in a NASCAR video game.

I love you’re using Deftones “Change in the house of flies”

Sorenson also refused to give in to the Premium Motorsports' non-charter owner points battle scheme at 2019 season finale (he was in the Spire #77 at the time, back when the team was still a charter broker).

I remember meeting Reed in 2018 when he drove for Premium Motorsports in Las Vegas.

Thanks for doing Reed Sorenson for me now can you do the other nascar busts that I sent you nascar busts David stremme please?

Sorenson had one of those carrers that pisses me off. He was a good driver in Busch, but between bad luck and bad equipment he suffered a lot in Sprint cup racing. Waste of talent if you ask me.

Deftones background music? YES

I watch these "busts" videos because these are names that became household staples, even if we're only talking about mid-pack runners or "field fillers". However, the other reason I watch these is because, even thought many of these drivers never found success in the Cup series, they're still incredible drivers. Take, for instance, 4:14. Most drivers losing their car in that part of a corner, with another driver going around them in the higher groove, are gonna destroy two race cars. Reed not only stayed off the 5, but he nearly caught his car altogether, only losing it when hitting the apron. And even after that (and a large amount of luck), he stayed off off any other car, AND the wall. I have a high level of respect for any and all drivers who make it to Cup. Yes, there are some who seemingly don't belong. But to me, it's those moments where all seems lost and a driver manages to bring it back to the garage in one piece that prove that they're worthy of mention. You have to be a pro to lose a car and not wad it up, especially on an oval. Does it make you a champion? No. Can you still be considered a bust? Absolutely. But nobody can deny that you are a race car driver. Reed never flourished in Cup. But, to me, that puts him in company with a ton of very talented drivers who either mishandled their opportunity, or just weren't as good as the incredible drivers everyone loves talking about.

I honestly just remember him as a backmarker in those unsponsored cars.

@Black Flags Matter is it possible that your next video could be revisiting Juan Pablo Montoya or a requiem for Jerry Nadeau?

Reed was so talented, I wonder how he would have done in top tier equipment

I miss the target cars

Sorensen was rushed WAY too fast to Cup. No way he should have been in Cup at age 21.

I actually a die cast Reed Sorenson car. The one he won with at Nashville, the raced version. I remember I saw that one, and just had to have it.

I wonder what would had been had he been given another season in the Busch Series, would had a much better time in the Cup Series, didn't help that the Ganassi cars sucked during that time, wondered if he could had done better than Mears in the 25 in '07

Was such a huge fan of his when he came along. Him and Denny both. They were always gona be my favorites. He was even higher rated n won more than Denny their first cpl years n Nationwide. Wish he would have had a chance in better equipment n Cup Series. I hate to say he is a bust but as touted as he was and great as he was first year or 2 n nationwide I guess he has to be. Been waiting for u to do this one

Funny u posted this. I bought a 600 card lot of nascar cards. There was an autographed reed card! Thats funny

I totally forgot that he drove the 43 car. So many drivers in and out of that car during those years

That Deftones instrumental tho

You should do a video about Rick Crawford and a more nascar bust videos and not sure if Jeremy Mayfield was a nascar bust

Request: bad seasons: Dale Jarrett 2003

We forgot to add that 1st round miracle he had in the 55 car at I think it was dega

He had so much potential, but was rushed.

This video should be called Compilation of Reed Sorenson blowing tires.

This one hurts. Still got his #39 Discount Tire diecast on display.

A suggestion for a future F1 busts video is Michael Andretti's brief run with McLaren 30 years ago because it was absolutely awful & he left the team with 3 races to go.

I swear you did a video on him already, though that could just be my imagination

I got my David Stremme bust video, now Reed Sorenson.

This is something I’ve been wanting to get off my chest for a long time: You need to do NASCAR Busts: Kyle Benjamin. I used to root for the dude when he raced some races for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Xfinity Series in 2017, but he hasn’t been heard from in NASCAR since, like 2018.

I remember buying his rookie diecast at my first cup race in 06 at dover. Do not remember why bought the diecast.

Can you do gone to soon on Senna

Should have got with a team such as Jr motorsports in Xfinity and probably had a much different career. Like elliott sadler , or ted musgrave in trucks

Another example of rushing a driver into Cup and he wasn't ready and never panned out. Didn't help that Ganassi was garbage at the time either.

Sorenson tore it up in the Busch series back in the day. But man he shit the bed once he got to cup

I don't know if you have done a "NASCAR Bust" on him, but why not Dave Blaney? (Not including his dirt racing endeavors, just NASCAR)

I wish he should have been joined RCR the 07 team in 2010.

Dude was rushed up too quick, just like JJ Yeley

Actually the DNQ wasn't Sorenson's fault. The transmission wouldn't get into gear. So, thankfully Fitz-Bradshaw and Sterling Marlin worked it out for Reed to drive the 40

In all fairness to Reed Sorenson and David Stremme them turning into bust wasn't all on them, I'd say it was because of Chip Ganassi Racing rushing them up to cup with all the changes they made for '06 with Casey Mears jumping from the #41 to the #42 to Sterling Marlin and Jamie McMurray leaving. If CGR was a little more patient Stremme and Sorenson's career's could have turned out a little different

Say, BFM! I spotted another potential bust in this video, as well. Maybe David Gililand? He was partially responsible for the death of Robert Yates Motorsports, after all.

Reed was a favorite of mine and was really talented I thought. He was rushed by Chip and that program was terrible during that 2005-2008 era.

Sorenson deserved better than what he had.

"Reed sOrEnSoN wAiTiNg iN tHe wInGs." - Dave Burns

The song in the backround is just perfect for a badass nascar video.

I wanna see a Cole whitt nascar bust video next

Gone Too Soon: Ayrton Senna

I feel so bad for Reed Sorenson, he wasn't very good in the NASCAR Cup Series like I thought he would.

Song in the background?

I remember seeing him at MIS and I thought he was gonna be going to be legit, sucked to see his career not live up to the hype.

7:02 god damn i miss old phoenix!!!

Thank You!!

8:30 A little bird who was in the NASCAR cup machine said that "It's a bad idea to mess with other men wives." Take it what you will.

Sounds like deftones playing in the background

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Ah man it was not highlighted he did finish 3rd at that time nextel cup series in Atlanta motor speedway fall 2007 after dale jr 8 wrecked could be considered peak moment.

The only three drivers Chip Ganassi managed to actually develop into successful cup drivers were Jamie Mac, Juan Pablo Montoya and Kyle Larson, the latter two being generational talents who can literally be successful in anything you put them in

Anyone have any idea why Turner let him go during 2011 he’d won races and was 3rd in points? Makes no sense

Not defending Reed But,and there’s always a But! Are we sure chip Ganassi isn’t the real bust here? They were a level two team with four star sponsors. Level one being our beloved field fillers,Bless they’re hearts 💕

I liked Reed Sorenson given the fact he was from Ga like myself. Ganassi needed to give him more time in Xfinity. The organization as a whole was joke during Reed's time there