(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 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.
