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• Extra Seat Time Pays Off for Almirola at Sonoma
By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer Extra seat time at Sonoma Raceway paid off for Aric Almirola. The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series veteran competed in his first Sonoma Cup race since 2016 after being sidelined last year due to a back injury. Almirola’s No. 10 Smithfield Ford Fusion team cut the final stage into thirds, like his Stewart-Haas Racing tea...
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• Elliott Posts Best Career Sonoma Finish with Fourth-Place Run
By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor For third-year Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Chase Elliott, Sonoma Raceway has been one of his worst tracks throughout his career, but on Sunday, that all changed with a fourth-place finish on the 12-turn, 1.990-mile road course. “It was a lot more fun, this trip out here, than it was the last two times,” El...
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• Canny Bluff Propels Martin Truex Jr. to Victory at Sonoma
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service SONOMA, Calif. – Using a contrarian strategy that included bluffing Kevin Harvick onto pit road earlier than planned in the final stage of Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350, Martin Truex Jr. pulled off a convincing victory in the 16th Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race of the season. On Lap 73, during the final s...
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• Martin Truex Jr. wins at Sonoma, full results for Toyota Save Mart 350
Martin Truex Jr. won his third Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race of 2018. The 2017 Cup Series champion also won this race in 2017 as well as the upcoming race at Watkins Glen. Truex Jr. and crew chief Cole Pern used pit strategy to win the Toyota Save Mart 350, opting to stay out […]...
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2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season schedule: Chicagoland Speedway is up next
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• Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch are the drivers to watch at Sonoma Raceway
Here are five drivers to watch as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series heads to Sonoma Raceway for the Toyota/Save Mart 350.
The NASCAR Cup Series is headed to Sonoma Raceway for the first of three visits to a road course on the NASCAR schedule.
Four of the five drivers from the last edition of who to watch finished inside the top-5 at Pocono. Erik...
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• NASCAR Cup: Trevor Bayne more confident, unsure of future
After giving up his seat behind the wheel of the No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford to Matt Kenseth for five races, beginning with the Monster Energy All-Star Race at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway in May and including the last four points-paying races, Trevor Bayne has returned for Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350, the first road-course race of the seas...
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• Clint Bowyer Tops Opening Practice at Sonoma
By Luis Torres, Staff Writer SONOMA, California — The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers began conquering the scorching 91 degree weather for Friday’s opening practice, and to no surprise, Clint Bowyer begins where he left off at Michigan, topping the practice session. Bowyer’s No. 14 One Cure Ford set the fastest lap of 76.547 seconds, with ...
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• NASCAR Cup: Kasey Kahne has new crew chief at Sonoma
Jon Leonard will begin his second stint as interim crew chief on the No. 95 Leavine Family Racing team in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, this time with Kasey Kahne as driver, with Sunday’s running of the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway. He replaces Travis Mack, who was in his first season with team before being fired since th...
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• Suarez Looks for Stellar Results at Sonoma
By Luis Torres, Staff Writer SONOMA, California — Daniel Suarez enters Sonoma Raceway looking to turn things around this season after finishing outside the top-15 in three out of the last four races, some involving unfortunate circumstances which have put him 21st in points. Suarez told Motorsports Tribune that good results on road courses, such as...
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• Sarah’s Weekly Picks: Sonoma Edition
The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series is headed to Sonoma Raceway for the Toyota / Save Mart 350 and our Sarah Handy breaks down her picks and who you may want to pay attention to this weekend.
Top Picks:
Clint Bowyer: What a consistent and successful year it’s been thus far for the driver of the No. 14 Ford Fusion for Stewart-Hass Racing.
Bowyer ha...
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• Weekend Schedule: Sonoma Raceway, Gateway Motorsports Park
The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series heads to Sonoma Raceway, while the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will compete at Gateway Motorsports Park. Check out the full schedule below, subject to change.
Note: All times are ET
Friday, June 22ON TRACK: SONOMA
2:40-3:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, FS1 (Follow live)
5:40-6:55 p.m.: ...
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• StarCom Racing Tabs Trans Am Champ Drissi for Sonoma
By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer As the revolving door of drivers continues at StarCom Racing, the team has recruited 2009 Trans-Am Champion Tomy Drissi for Sonoma Raceway. Drissi will pilot the No. 00 GoShare Chevrolet Camaro SS in the Toyota / Save Mart 350. Sunday’s race will mark the fifth start in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series for Drissi an...
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• NASCAR Cup: Michigan Uber driver has newfound respect for Kyle Busch
CHARLOTTE, NC – MAY 27: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M’s Red White & Blue Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 27, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Matt Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Kyle Busch is one of, if not the, most ha...
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• NASCAR Cup: Matt Kenseth has 10 races left on 2018 schedule
Roush Fenway Racing announced Wednesday the remainder of Matt Kenseth’s schedule behind the wheel of its No. 6 Ford he shares with Trevor Bayne in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.
After Kenseth ran the car in the four most recent points-paying races and the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway, Bayne returns...