Chip Ganassi Racing has exercised an option to retain driver Casey Mears, and in addition, will field four Nextel Cup teams in the 2006 season, ThatsRacin.com has learned. A formal announcement of Ganassi's retention of Mears, as well as plans to add an additional Cup team, is expected Friday at Watkins Glen International. Mears, who has driven Ganassi's No. 41 Dodge since he joined the organization in 2003, will move to another car whose number has not yet been decided, while current Busch Series driver Reed Sorenson will take over Mears' No. 41, sources confirmed. Earlier this season, Ganassi team manager Tyler Epp said the team would keep Sorenson in the Busch Series in 2006 – and it will. Sorenson will drive most – if not all – of the 2006 Busch season as well as compete for rookie of the year honors in Cup, sources said. The move will give Ganassi four drivers under the age of 30 in Cup next season - and two rookies (Sorenson and David Stremme). Among the four, only Jamie McMurray holds a Cup victory. Sample Heading 1 This is where you tell your story or provide information to your visitors. Be sure to include changes or new information in a timely fashion. By keeping your Web site up to date, visitors will have a reason to return often. You may add text or HTML code to this field and make it as complex as you want. Or, you may erase the content of this field causing it to be hidden when people visit your site. Sample Heading 2 This is where you tell your story or provide information to your visitors. Be sure to include changes or new information in a timely fashion. By keeping your Web site up to date, visitors will have a reason to return often. You may add text or HTML code to this field and make it as complex as you want. Or, you may erase the content of this field causing it to be hidden when people visit your site. Sample Heading 3 This is where you tell your story or provide information to your visitors. Be sure to include changes or new information in a timely fashion. By keeping your Web site up to date, visitors will have a reason to return often. You may add text or HTML code to this field and make it as complex as you want. Or, you may erase the content of this field causing it to be hidden when people visit your site. Sample Heading 4