Sorenson to drive for Front Row at Richmond

Sorenson will be the fifth driver to run the car in 2015. David Ragan, who entered the season as the primary driver for the ride, took over the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing car at Atlanta Motor Speedway for the injured Kyle Busch.

Joe Nemechek took over the reins at Atlanta with Michael Waltrip Racing driver Brett Moffitt running two races. Roush Fenway Racing XFINITY racer Chris Buescher will run his fourth consecutive race for the team this weekend at Bristol.

Last weekend at Texas, Buescher noted that he would step out of the ride at RIR "to keep focus on the XFINITY side."

"The schedule at Richmond would be extremely hectic and it's not fair to my guys on the XFINITY side to be trying to run back and forth all day like that," Buescher said. "We're sitting at a really good spot in points right now and we need to make sure we put in all our efforts to be able to go win that championship. If that means sitting out a weekend in the Cup car, that's absolutely OK."

A four-time winner in the XFINITY Series, Sorenson's best finish in 226 Sprint Cup starts is third at his home track, Atlanta, in 2007. The Peachtree City, Georgia native finished 32nd in this year's Daytona 500 for Team Xtreme, his lone start in 2015. Sorenson failed to qualify for four races with RAB Racing.

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