Sonoma Raceway
Coverage (6 articles)
Shane Van Gisbergen Won at Sonoma on Saturday. He Won at Sonoma on Sunday. Here Is What That Means.
Shane Van Gisbergen won two races at Sonoma in two days. On Saturday, the trophy was decorative. On Sunday, it rearranged the Cup standings.
NASCAR's In-Season Challenge Starts Sunday. The Points Leader Is the Last Person It Protects.
A NASCAR season rewards consistency. The In-Season Challenge, NASCAR's five-week bracket that opens Sunday at Sonoma, rewards the opposite: surviving one head-to-head Sunday at a time. Which is why the points leader gets no protection at all.
Justin Allgaier Has Five Wins and the Points Lead. The One Thing Missing Is a Road Course, and They're About to Run Out.
Justin Allgaier has five wins, the points lead, and the best average finish in the O'Reilly Series. The one thing he hasn't done is win a road course, and Saturday's Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250 at Sonoma is the last one of the season.
Shane van Gisbergen Has Seven Cup Wins. Every One Is a Road Course. Sonoma Could Make It Eight.
Shane van Gisbergen has won seven Cup races, every one on a road course. If he wins Sunday's Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma, he'll be the first driver whose first eight Cup wins are all road courses. Most of the field is racing for points and a bracket; he's racing for a record nobody thought to keep.
NASCAR Trades the San Diego Streets for Sonoma's Hills, and the Road-Course Aces Are Circling
NASCAR leaves its wild San Diego street debut for Sonoma's road course and the Toyota / Save Mart 350 on June 28. Road-course ace Shane van Gisbergen sits just below the playoff cutoff, Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott loom, and Tyler Reddick's points lead is down to eight with nine races to the cutoff.
AJ Allmendinger Hits 500 Cup Starts at Sonoma, Back Home in California
AJ Allmendinger makes his 500th NASCAR Cup Series start Sunday at Sonoma, in his home state of California, a week after a season-best fifth at San Diego. Three Cup wins, 18 O'Reilly Series wins, and a CW broadcast-booth seat the day before he races: a milestone for one of the sport's most versatile drivers.