Reed Sorenson: NASCAR's Next Phenom That Almost Was

The Dale Jr. Download

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4.8 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2026

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Dale Earnhardt Jr. invites a one-time rising star in the NASCAR garage, Georgia’s own Reed Sorenson. After having a meteoric rise from the American Speed Association to becoming a development driver for Chip Ganassi Racing, Reed was on everyone’s radar in stock car racing.

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0:00.0	The following is a production of Dirtymo Media.
0:06.7	You're Dale Jr.
0:10.0	Should I say it?
0:11.3	It's Dale Jr.
0:12.1	Podcast, I got to say it.
0:16.1	Hey, everybody, it's Dale Jr. back again for another episode of the Dale Jr. download.
0:19.8	We got a great guest for you today. Reed Sorenson is going to come in here and talk to us about his career,
0:24.0	racing cars. Reed was a, you know, kind of a phenom or there was a lot of hype around him when
0:32.5	he was coming through the ASA ranks. I remember this. I remember hearing on the TV, this guy's in the, you know,
0:38.9	Chip Canassie pipeline. This guy's getting support and, and recognition from cup level
0:45.4	owners. And he might be the, you know, the next kid up into the Bush series at the time.
0:52.6	It was real.
0:55.9	And there was some big,
0:57.7	big excitement energy around,
0:59.3	around what he might become.
1:04.1	Now, he would get into the O'Reilly series or the Bush series,
1:04.9	he went some races,
1:06.6	but when he got to the cup level,
1:08.2	things just did not go well.
1:09.9	I want to talk about that.
1:13.9	I want to get his version of events and see kind of where he thought things turned sideways.
1:17.2	He's a good dude.
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