Shopping for Mother's Day with Reed Sorenson

If you think Reed Sorenson is fast behind the wheel of a stock car, you should see the way he handles a shopping cart.

Turns out, the driver of the No. 41 Target Dodge is an expert shopper.

"I can hold my own," he said. "I went to a [Target] convention once for five hours."

In time for the big Mother's Day weekend, the NASCAR driver laid down some laps around a Super Target store near his home in North Carolina offering NASCAR fans his top five picks for Mother's Day gifts this weekend.

Lap 1

Sorenson wasted no time in the pits and headed straight for the electronics department.

"All moms like remote control cars, right," Sorenson asked?

Umm, no, moms tend to enjoy mementos and gifts from the heart, which is why Sorenson spotted Chicken Soup for Every Mom's Soul.

The book, $13.45 retail, features 101 stories of love and inspiration for moms of all ages.

Lap 2

Being the efficient shopper that he is, Sorenson saved fuel and took a left turn into more books -- cookbooks to be exact.

"My mom can cook just about anything, especially Southern food," said Sorenson, a 21-year-old Georgia native.

So it came as no surprise when Sorenson picked up the The Lady & Sons Just Desserts cookbook, $15.25, filled with recipes from Savannah's favorite restaurants by Paula Deen.

"My mom watches them, this would be a good gift ... this reminds me of her scallop potatoes and broccoli cheese casserole, two of my favorites."

Apparently young Sorenson knows his way around a kitchen.

Becky Sorenson, Reed's mother, said from her home in Georgia that her son his very good on the grill and has a few cookbooks of his own.

"My kids were always in the kitchen with me," Becky Sorenson said. "Reed picked up on a lot of things so at least I know he won't starve living by himself. But I love to cook, it's a hobby of mine and I'm a total Food Network junkie." (Continued)