Casey Mears Biography

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Casey Mears (born March 12, 1978 in Bakersfield, California) is the driver of the #42 Texaco/Havoline Dodge in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series for Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. He is the nephew of four time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears and the son of Indy and off-road veteran Roger Mears, and he competed in 3 ChampCar races in 2001 after Alex Zanardi was injured in a race in Germany.

On August 11, 2005, two sources, on condition of anonymity, told the Associated Press that Reed Sorenson will replace Casey in the #41 Target Dodge for the 2006 NEXTEL Cup season. Mears will remain with Chip Ganassi Racing, but with the #42 team.

Casey's best finish in a single race is second at the 2006 Daytona 500.

Casey added arguably the most impressive win to his resume on January 29, 2006 when he, Scott Dixon, and Dan Wheldon teamed up to win the 44th annual Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona for Chip Ganassi racing. They set a race record for the Daytona Prototype category, running 723 laps in 24 hours to score the win. Casey became the first ever full-time NASCAR driver to win the Rolex 24.

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