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MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Reed Sorenson will drive the No. 83 Red Bull Toyota beginning with the June 27 race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Red Bull Racing Team announced Wednesday.

Sorenson will replace Casey Mears. “Our unique situation has afforded us the opportunity to try some different things, and we’re continuing to do that with Reed,” said Jay Frye, RBRT’s vice president and general manager. “We appreciate Casey’s work and everything he’s done the past five weeks.”

Sorenson, 24, made his Sprint Cup debut in October 2005 at Atlanta. He’s made 148 Cup starts — three this season — with five top-five and 14 top-10 finishes. His best season came in 2007 when he earned three top fives and six top 10s, including his first pole at Indianapolis.

In May at Dover, Mears began filling in for No. 83 driver Brian Vickers, who will miss the remainder of the season while he continues to recover from blood clots.

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Marcos Ambrose, the affable Aussie who drives for JTG/Daugherty Racing, hasn’t been around NASCAR for long, but already has built a reputation as one of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ top road-course racers.

Consider these multi-turn highlights:

NASCAR Nationwide Series victories at Watkins Glen in 2008 AND 2009;
A runner-up NASCAR Sprint Cup finish at the Glen last year;
A third-place NASCAR Sprint Cup finish at Infineon Raceway last year.

■ Marcos Ambrose (No. 47 Clorox/Kleenex
Toyota): Finished third last year, two titles in Australian road racing series (2003-2004)

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Check out the gallery from Kentucky and Michigan.  Photos from Aric Almirola’s Truck win, Joey Logano’s Nationwide Series win, and Denny Hamlin’s Cup Series win.  Also Kevin James and Adam Sandler to a very memorable command and more.

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1 7 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota
2 4 9 Kasey Kahne Budweiser Ford
3 1 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge
4 6 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont / National Guard Job Skills Chevrolet
5 17 14 Tony Stewart Old Spice / Office Depot Chevrolet
6 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet
7 27 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. AMP Energy / National Guard Chevrolet
8 5 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevrolet
9 16 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford
10 12 20 Joey Logano Home Depot Toyota
11 26 43 A J Allmendinger Insignia HDTV / Best Buy Ford
12 19 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford
13 10 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet
14 39 17 Matt Kenseth Crown Royal Black Ford
15 24 47 Marcos Ambrose Clorox / Kleenex Toyota
16 21 5 Mark Martin GoDaddy.com Chevrolet
17 13 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota
18 9 00 David Reutimann Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota
19 31 29 Kevin Harvick Shell / Pennzoil Chevrolet
20 15 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Pretzel Toyota
21 11 19 Elliott Sadler Stanley Ford
22 25 33 Clint Bowyer Cheerios / Hamburger Helper Chevrolet
23 23 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet
24 2 1 Jamie McMurray GE Reveal Chevrolet
25 22 98 Paul Menard Sylvania / Menards Ford
26 18 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Mobil 1 Dodge
27 33 12 Brad Keselowski Penske Dodge
28 29 82 Scott Speed Red Bull Toyota
29 28 21 Bill Elliott FordParts.com Ford
30 43 26 David Stremme Air Guard Ford
31 34 38 Travis Kvapil Long John Silver’s / Ice Flow Lemonade Ford
32 8 39 Ryan Newman U.S. Army Chevrolet
33 20 7 Robby Gordon SpeedFactory.TV Toyota
34 14 6 David Ragan UPS Ford
35 36 37 David Gilliland Taco Bell Ford
36 32 83 Casey Mears Red Bull Toyota
37 37 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota
38 35 09 Landon Cassill Phoenix Racing Chevrolet
39 40 46 J J Yeley Promise Village Dodge
40 42 34 Kevin Conway # Extenze Ford
41 30 71 Bobby Labonte TRG Motorsports Chevrolet
42 41 64 Todd Bodine Little Joe’s Autos Toyota
43 38 13 Max Papis GEICO Toyota