"I love road course racing," Buescher said. "I have a blast doing it. I got one of my wins at Mid-Ohio (Sports Car Course) in the NASCAR XFINITY Series, so road course racing is something I'm fairly comfortable with, and I know Sonoma (Raceway) is fairly similar to Mid-Ohio. I've only had one other start at Sonoma, but having the experience of my teammate AJ (Allmendinger) to lean on and learn things from, I think, is going to be a huge help this year."
Dedication and focus describes the feelings of Jim Sauter, Jr. and his team following a horrific crash on the first lap of the Illinois Lottery Super Late Model Showdown at Gateway Motorsports Park last Saturday.
“We’ve had great race cars at the road courses the last few years, which has helped me a lot. Sonoma is the most challenging track that I race at. We’ve just got to take care of our car and make it through to the end.” Dale Earnhardt Jr. on racing at Sonoma
As part of its throwback weekend, celebrating the 1985-89 era of the sport, Darlington Raceway will be honoring Dale Earnhardt Sr. and the 30th anniversary of his 1987 Bojangles’ Southern 500 victory.
Stenhouse Jr. has four Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) starts at Sonoma Raceway with an average starting position of 32.0 and average finishing position of 26.0.
Stenhouse has completed 439 of 440(99.8%) laps in his four previous starts at the 1.99-mile road course.
Trevor Bayne will make his third Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) start at Sonoma this weekend. Bayne earned a best finish of 23rd in the 2015 running of this event.
Ryan Reed has competed at Iowa Speedway six times in the NASCAR XFINITY Series. Reed has finished 19th or better in every start at Iowa. His best finish came in the second race last year where he started 14th and finished 10th.
Martin Truex Jr. has posted an impressive finishing average of 3.8 in the previous five NASCAR Cup Series races. The streak started with a victory in Kansas, followed by third-place finishes in Charlotte and Dover and a pair of sixth-place results in Pocono and Michigan.
“Iowa is a wacky place. Someone once told me, your feet drive like it’s short track and your hands drive like it’s an intermediate track and that’s very accurate. For being a short track a lot of intermediate theory does apply there and I think part of the reason it does that is because the place widens out so much. There are a lot of different grooves that form over the course of a race there and that’s what it’s known for. Iowa is one of the best short tracks that we have around these days. It really is a little gem of a place and it produces great racing.”
NASCAR Cup Series drivers explain why North Wilkesboro Speedway delivers one of the most authentic NASCAR experiences for lifelong fans and first-time visitors alike
At Sonoma Raceway NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series tour will have added incentive with the Deecell Power Systems “After Dark Low Qualifier” bonus.
