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By Jim Heine
Special to the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

(June 25, 2011)

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. – Reed Sorenson won the Bucyrus 200 Nationwide Series race Saturday at Road America under caution – and under odd circumstances.

Justin Allgaier was leading when caution was called on the final lap of the third green-white-checkered-flag attempt on the 4.048-mile road course, but he ran out of gas at the top of Turn 6, allowing Sorenson to assume the lead on Lap 57 of the scheduled 50-lap race.

But as the cars continued toward the finish, Ron Fellows zipped past Sorenson and was the first car to reach the pace car, which leads the cars around the track during cautions. Sorenson and Fellows crossed the finish line side by side, and after deliberation, NASCAR ruled Sorenson the winner. Cars are not allowed to pass under caution but must maintain pace-car speed.

Fellows finished second, and Jacques Villeneuve, Eliott Sadler and Mike Wallace completed the top five. Allgaier finished 19th.

The victory was the fourth of Sorenson’s career and first since 2007.

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UPS CELEBRATES JARRETT’S
HALL OF FAME INDUCTION
WITH THROWBACK CAR DESIGN

Ragan’s No. 6 UPS Ford Transformed Into 1965 Championship Design

SONOMA, Calif. June 24, 2011 – UPS (NYSE:UPS) will pay tribute to Ned Jarrett’s recent induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame with a commemorative design on David Ragan’s No. 6 UPS Ford at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The throwback paint scheme was unveiled today at Infineon Raceway and resembles Jarrett’s 1965 championship-winning Ford Galaxie.

UPS sponsored Jarrett’s son and current broadcast analyst Dale Jarrett from 2001 to 2008 and both father and son appeared together in one of UPS’s memorable “race the truck” NASCAR commercials.

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“UPS enjoyed a great partnership with the Jarrett family through our sponsorship with Dale and when this opportunity surfaced we were eager to bring this element into our racing activation program,” said Ron Rogowski, UPS vice president, sponsorship & events. “During Ned’s standout season, UPS had just 24,000 employees, 15,000 vehicles and handled 324 million packages a year. Currently, we employee 400,600 people around the world, operate more than 92,000 vehicles and handle 3.94 billion packages and documents each year.”

PHOTO AND AUDIO CREDIT: KERRY MURPHEY

During the Indianapolis race weekend, Ragan’s UPS Ford will feature a classic candy apple blue base design while also paying homage to Jarrett’s nickname – Gentleman Ned – along the rear quarter panel. The No. 6 car will feature retro white wheels, which will stay on the car until the team’s first pit stop, and showcase the UPS logo as it appeared in 1965.

“David Ragan is a fine young man who has a great knowledge of NASCAR history and tradition and I’m honored that he and UPS have commemorated my Hall of Fame induction in such amazingfashion,” said Jarrett.

“It’s really neat to have our UPS Ford painted up like Ned’s championship car and run it at Indy, which has seen so many great historic moments in racing,” said Ragan. “I grew up a big fan of the Jarrett family and have always had an interest in the pioneers of our sport, so I’m glad UPS has dedicated an entire paint scheme to one of the sport’s greatest legends.”

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Find out answers to these questions and more!
Do drivers prepare differently for Infineon?
Tight racing brings on tempers and hard racing
Ringers Vs. Regulars, who’s got the advantage?
Compare Infineon to Watkins Glen
Will fuel filling on pit road be a problem again?
Are feuds good for NASCAR?
Practice affects qualifying now
Tracks coming up like Daytona and Kentucky

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