NASCAR 2018 Race 16: Sonoma Toyota Save Mart 350 race thread

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Schedule:

Friday, June 22
ON TRACK: SONOMA
2:40-3:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, FS1
5:40-6:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, FS1

Saturday, June 23
ON TRACK: SONOMA
2:45 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Busch Pole Award qualifying, FS1

Sunday, June 24
ON TRACK: SONOMA
3 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 (110 laps, 218.9 miles), FS1

218.9 miles (352.3 km)

Stages 1: Lap 25
Stage 2: Lap 50
Race: Lap 110

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Track Specs:

1.99 mile Road Course with 10 turns
Pit Road/Stalls: 16' wide by 29' long, 58' wide
increased from 1.949 miles to 1.99 after the 2000 season


Track Records & Stats

June 2017 Race Winner: #4-Kevin Harvick, 78.710mph, started 12th
Race Record: Clint Bowyer, June 2012, 83.624mph (current layout)
Race Record: Jeff Gordon, June 2000, 78.789mph (old layout)
Oldest Winner: Ricky Rudd, 45 years, 9 months, 11 days, 6/23/2002
Youngest Winner: Kyle Busch. 23 years, 1 months, and 20 days, 6/22/2008

June 2017 Pole Winner: #42-Kyle Larson, 95.295mph, finished 26th
Track Qualifying Record: Kyle Larson, 6/27/2015, 96.568mph (current layout)(1st round of qualifying)
Track Qualifying Record: Rusty Wallace, June 2000, 99.309mph (old layout)
Oldest Pole Winner: Rusty Wallace, 43 years, 10 months, 11 days, 6/25/2000
Youngest Pole Winner: Joey Logano, 21 years, 1 month, 0 days, 6/24/2011

Worst Starting Spot to Win: Juan Pablo Montoya, started 32nd, 6/24/2007

Most Wins: 5 - Jeff Gordon
Most Wins Active Driver: 2 - Kurt Busch
Most Poles: 5 - Jeff Gordon
Most Poles Active Driver: 3 - Jamie McMurray
Most Top 5s: 14 - Jeff Gordon
Most Top 5s Active Driver: 7 - Kurt Busch & Clint Bowyer
Most Top 10s: 18 - Jeff Gordon
Most Top 10s Active Driver: 9 - Jimmie Johnson
 
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Starting order:

1. Kyle Larson
2. Martin Truex Jr.
3. Chase Elliott
4. Jamie McMurray
5. AJ Allmendinger
6. Kevin Harvick
7. Jimmie Johnson
8. William Byron
9. Kyle Busch
10. Brad Keselowski
11. Ryan Blaney
12. Joey Logano
13. Trevor Bayne
14. Ryan Newman
15. Paul Menard
16. Daniel Suarez
17. Alex Bowman
18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
19. Clint Bowyer
20. Erik Jones
21. Denny Hamlin
22. Michael McDowell
23. Kurt Busch
24. Aric Almirola
25. Chris Buescher
26. Kasey Kahne
27. Austin Dillon
28. David Ragan
29. Gray Gaulding
30. Matt DiBenedetto
31. Ty Dillon
32. Cole Whitt
33. Justin Marks
34. Parker Kligerman
35. Bubba Wallace
36. Chris Cook
37. Tomy Drissi
38. Cody Ware

Kyle Larson used to attend races at Sonoma Raceway as a kid, dreaming of one day driving on the challenging road course in California's wine country.

The Chip Ganassi Racing driver has realized that dream. Now, the driver from nearby Elk Grove, Calif., wants to win a race at his hometown track.

Larson took a big step toward realizing that goal, winning the pole for Sunday's Toyota/Save Mart 350.

"Cool to get a pole here back at my hometown track here in Sonoma," Larson told FS1. "Qualifying here is one of my favorite events of the year."

It's Larson's second pole this year, and the sixth of his career. One of those poles came at Sonoma last year. He finished 26th in that race, and is hoping to avoid a similar fate this year.

"It would be nice to get a win here at my home track," Larson told FS1.

Defending Monster Energy NASCAR Cup champion Martin Truex Jr. will start second.
 
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practice this morning at Sonoma

Chris Buescher did well (not the best of them, but did good)... which could be expected since his team mate is AJ Allmendinger .. who in my book is one of the top road course drivers in nascar :)
Some knowledge must get passed along, you'd think.
 
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