Richard Childress Racing in Wine Country ... In 66 starts at the 10-turn stadium course, Richard Childress Racing owns two wins, with Dale Earnhardt in the 1995 Save Mart Supermarkets 300 and with Robby Gordon in the Save Mart 350 in 2003, one pole award (Earnhardt, 1995), 14 top-five and 26 top-10 finishes. The Welcome, N.C.,-based team has led 140 laps at Sonoma, completed 6,894 of the 6,940 laps contested (99.3 percent) and recorded just one DNF (Did Not Finish) over that stretch (1989-2016).
Ryan Blaney and the Wood Brothers Racing Team will be back to their Motorcraft/Quick Lane livery when they head to Sonoma Raceway in northern California for Sunday’s Save Mart 350 road race.
Technical track: “Sonoma is a real technical racetrack,” Allmendinger said. “It’s like a short track. You are beating and banging on each other. You can make passes there. The tires go away quick, but if you can conserve the tires better you can make passes. It’s a challenging racetrack. The strategy has got you wondering when that last yellow is going to fall. If that yellow falls, do you pit, do you not pit?
A marketing partnership between Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) teams Rick Ware Racing (RWR) and Premium Motorsports will allow veteran short track racer Tommy Regan to make his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut in Sunday’s Toyota / Save Mart 350 at Sonoma (Calf.) Raceway.
Roush Fenway Racing returns to the land of the Catalina Wine Mixer this weekend as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) heads to Sonoma Raceway, a track that has seen a Roush Fenway Ford visit victory lane on three separate occasions across NASCAR’s major touring series.
No other manufacturer has visited Victory Lane at Sonoma Raceway more often than Chevrolet. The Bowtie Brand has been in Winner’s Circle 11 times at the 10-turn, 1.99-mile venue.
CALIFORNIA CRUSIN’: As the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) heads out West, the 2018 Camry will make its road course race debut at this weekend’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway. Toyota driver Martin Truex Jr. has already given the new 2018 Camry race car two Cup wins this season (Las Vegas and Kansas). At Sonoma, Camry drivers have made four trips to victory lane in 10 races since 2007. Kyle Busch claimed Toyota’s first MENCS road course win in 2008 at Sonoma and he won again at the track in 2015 – his first victory on the road to his championship-winning season. Former Toyota driver Clint Bowyer finished first in 2012 while Truex claimed the 2013 Sonoma victory in a Camry.
Roush Fenway Racing development driver Ty Majeski will make his NASCAR XFINITY Series debut this weekend at Iowa Speedway behind the wheel of the iconic No. 60 Ford Mustang.
Michael McDowell will be returning to his roots at Sonoma Raceway for the first road course race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cups Series (MENCS) season.
The NASCAR Cup Series rookie driver has never driven a lap on the 10-turn, 1.99-mile Sonoma Raceway road course nor driven a lap in a Cup car on a road course. So last Tuesday the driver of the No. 77 5-hour ENERGY Extra Strength Toyota did the next best thing by spending most of the morning on a race simulator to gain some experience that he believes will pay big dividends over the weekend.
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At Sonoma Raceway NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series tour will have added incentive with the Deecell Power Systems “After Dark Low Qualifier” bonus.
