Bradley Reed Sorenson (born February 5, 1986) is an American former professional stock car racing driver and spotter.

He moved up to legends cars the following year, winning 13 out of 25 races, southeastern championships and breaking track records in the process.

In 2002, Sorenson began racing in the American Speed Association (ASA), finishing in the top-ten seven out of his eight starts.

He became a full-time driver in 2003 and won the highly coveted ASA Pat Schauer Memorial Rookies of the Year award at age 17.

He caught his big break by signing a driver development contract with Chip Ganassi Racing.

He won his first Busch Series race, at Nashville Superspeedway, winning by more than 14 seconds after starting on the pole and leading 197 out of 225 laps.

He ended the season fourth in points and finished second in the rookie of the year race to Carl Edwards.

[citation needed] Towards the end of the season, he was signed to move up to the Nextel Cup Series to drive the No.

He made his Nextel Cup debut in the 2005 Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500, racing as No.

After a failed attempt to qualify for the Dickies 500, he ran in the Ford 400 for Phoenix Racing, where he finished in 28th.

Sorenson became the youngest pole winner ever at Indianapolis Motor Speedway; at 21 years, 173 days old.

Sorenson ended up leading 16 laps, and finishing in the fifth place, behind race winner, Tony Stewart.

He was temporarily replaced by Scott Pruett at Infineon Raceway in an attempt to gain points in the owners' standings.

Sorenson ran a limited 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series competing in the Aaron's 312 at Talladega Superspeedway in the Fitz Motorsports No.

Sorenson competed in the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 at Gateway International Raceway to defend his win from 2007, in the No.

On September 10, 2009, Richard Petty Motorsports and Yates Racing announced that they planned to merge in 2010, and Sorenson was not to be retained as part of the merger.

In mid-January, Braun Racing announced that Sorenson will drive a part-time Sprint Cup Series schedule.

On June 16, Sorenson was hired by Team Red Bull as a substitute driver for car No.

[citation needed] Prior to the 2011 season, Braun Racing was acquired by Turner Motorsports and the team switched manufacturers from Toyota to Chevrolet.

32 Dollar General Chevy, and Brian Vickers would be assuming the driving duties immediately.

52 Chevrolet for Jimmy Means in the season-opening Nationwide Series event at Daytona International Speedway.

32 team owned by Frank Stoddard for the night race at Texas Motor Speedway with sponsor from Jani-king.

[11] In September, Sorenson returned to the Sprint Cup Series, replacing Scott Speed in the No.

[12] However, he failed to secure the seat for 2014, with Leavine instead picking Michael McDowell to drive the car.

[citation needed] In February 2014, Sorenson announced that he would be running his first full Sprint Cup Series schedule since 2009, driving the No.

[citation needed] On February 9, 2015, Sorenson was signed by Team Xtreme Racing to compete in the Daytona 500 with sponsorship from Golden Corral, driving the No.

[16] Sorenson attempted to make his Camping World Truck Series debut at Daytona, driving the No.

Sorenson later made his Camping World Truck Series debut at Pocono, driving the No.

After the race, Sorenson called the move "pretty crappy" and "moronic" and added on that LaJoie, making his first Daytona laps during the Duel, could've hurt someone, drawing comparisons to Kyle Busch's 2015 Daytona wreck, after which he missed 11 races.

Although he did run Pocono and Michigan, he was replaced again by Kevin O'Connell at Sonoma, and D. J. Kennington at Daytona he then returned to the No.