NASCAR Cup Series

You become the first Israeli driver ever to compete in NASCAR’s top series, talk a little bit about that and what your plans are this weekend. "Um, yeah, it's really exciting being here. It's kind of a dream come true since I was a kid, driving ‑‑ nine, ten years old, driving the NASCAR game, video game, and suddenly I'm here doing the real thing. It's definitely, definitely a dream come true. Yeah, I'm super excited. It's kind of history, not only for me, it's history for Israel, for everybody, and I'm pretty sure that in Israel people are really excited and rooting for me, and yeah, I'm just excited, and I can't wait to go to drive the car."

KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 TARGET CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Sonoma Raceway and discussed his approach to Sonoma this weekend, all the success he has experienced thus far in 2017, competing at his home track and many other topics.

Clint Bowyer, driver of the No. 14 Cars 3 Ford Fusion, met with media members Friday prior to opening Monster Energy Cup Series practice in his Lightning McQueen paint scheme. Bowyer spoke about looking for continued success on the track and his season to date.

O’Connell Racing, a Southern California based motorsports team announced today that American road racing driver Kevin O’Connell with drive the No. 15 Premium Motorsports entry in the Toyota / Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday June 25th.

Furniture Row Racing driver Martin Truex Jr. was a big hit with the Colorado Rockies players before throwing out the first pitch Thursday prior to the Rockies/Arizona Diamondbacks game.

In a partnership between Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) teams Rick Ware Racing (RWR) and Premium Motorsports, Kevin O’Connell will pilot the No. 15 Chevrolet in Sunday’s Toyota / Save Mart 350.

When Eddie and Len Wood head west this weekend for the races at Sonoma Raceway, they’ll travel by jet airplane. But on that flight their minds likely will wander back to the days when they drove the team hauler to road course races at another California track, Riverside International Raceway.

Retired United States Army General Wesley Clark will serve as the Grand Marshal for the 59th annual Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola, the Independence Day holiday weekend classic scheduled for Saturday night, July 1 at Daytona International Speedway.

Set to make his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) debut this weekend at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway, veteran road racer Josh Bilicki will have plenty of support when he takes the green flag in Sunday’s Toyota / Save Mart 350.

Jeff Gordon leads the series with five victories at the road course, including three consecutively, from 1998 – 2000. Tony Stewart has three trophies but did you know he captured the final win of his Cup career last year at Sonoma, ending an 84-race winless drought?