Xtreme effort rebuilds Sorenson's car for Duel

"I don’t know if we’ll try to get a car up here or what they’ll try to do," Sorenson said. "But as of right now, we don’t have a back-up car."

What the team did was called "a miracle" by team foreman Ben Leslie.

Fighting the clock and adverse conditions near the shop, the No. 44 Golden Corral Chevrolet SS was rebuilt.

"We worked pretty late (Monday) night, especially considering the weather that we had here in Charlotte, which was a challenge to say the least with some of the guys," Leslie told FOX Sports 1's "NASCAR Race Hub. "And we were here fairly early (Tuesday) based off of the weather and the road conditions so it was again another challenge on top of the already daunting task of trying to put this car together to get it back down to Daytona.

"It's fairly tough as far as going into a Thursday practice (noon ET, FOX Sports 1), knowing that's your only practice for your only chance to get in the 500 so there's definitely going to be some anxiety with the guys down there with Peter and Reed as well. These guys have really pulled off nothing short of a miracle of getting this car out of here."

Sorenson is slated to start 20th in Thursday's first Daytona Duel (7 p.m. ET, FOX Sports 1), and the effort from the boys back at the shop has inspired him to make Sunday's Daytona 500 (1 p.m. ET, FOX).

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"The wreck in qualifying was extremely disappointing but seeing the efforts of everyone on Team Xtreme as they get our backup ready -- man, I am excited for Thursday's Duels," Sorenson said in a team release. "There is a lot of pressure to race our way in to the 500 but after seeing the support of NASCAR fans on social media the past few days, we already feel like winners in their eyes."

Why did Team Xtreme have to rebuild its car and not have a backup in place?

"A good speedway car is hard to come by," team owner John Cohen said in a team release. "As a smaller team, we buy our cars from the mega teams and once they have a good speedway car, that car is kept and used many times."

Sorenson's best finish in a Duel is a runner-up result in 2008. He'll need a similar effort as he attempts to get a third top-10 in the Great American Race, including a top-five finish in in '08.

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