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NASCAR - Sprint Cup - Toyota/Save Mart 350 Preview
From The Sports Network
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| DATE: Sunday, June 23 |
| SITE: Sonoma Raceway -- Sonoma, Calif. |
| TRACK: 1.99-mile, 12-turn road course |
| ANNUAL: 25th |
| CAPACITY: 47,000 (Grandstand Seating) |
| TELEVISION: TNT |
| RADIO: Performance Racing Network (PRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio |
| START TIME: 3 p.m. ET |
| QUALIFYING TIME: Saturday June 22/2:05 p.m. ET |
| DEFENDING CHAMPION: Clint Bowyer |
| RUNNER-UP: Tony Stewart |
| POLE WINNER: Marcos Ambrose (finished 8) |
| LAPS: 110 |
| MILES: 219 (350 kilometers) |
| QUALIFYING RECORD: Marcos Ambrose, 2012 (95.262 mph) |
| RACE RECORD: Clint Bowyer, 2012 (83.624 mph) |
| 2012 Finish |
| Finish | Driver | Start | Finish | Driver | Start |
| 1 | Clint Bowyer | 6 | 6 | Jeff Gordon | 2 |
| 2 | Tony Stewart | 24 | 7 | Greg Biffle | 4 |
| 3 | Kurt Busch | 8 | 8 | Marcos Ambrose | 1 |
| 4 | Brian Vickers | 21 | 9 | A.J. Allmendinger | 17 |
| 5 | Jimmie Johnson | 3 | 10 | Joey Logano | 14 |
| 2012 Toyota/Save Mart 350 Facts and Figures |
| AVERAGE SPEED: 83.624 mph |
| TIME OF RACE: 2 hrs., 39 mins., 55 secs. |
| MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.829 secs. |
| CAUTION FLAGS: 2 for 7 laps |
| LEAD CHANGES: 8 among 5 drivers |
| POLE WINNER: Marcos Ambrose (95.262 mph) |
| Past Toyota/Save Mart 350 Winners (Starting Position) Car -- Speed |
| 2012 -- Clint Bowyer (6) -- Toyota -- 83.624 mph |
| 2011 -- Kurt Busch (11) -- Dodge -- 75.411 mph |
| 2010 -- Jimmie Johnson (2) -- Chevrolet -- 74.357 mph |
| 2009 -- Kasey Kahne (5) -- Dodge -- 71.012 mph |
| 2008 -- Kyle Busch (30) -- Toyota -- 76.445 mph |
| 2007 -- Juan Pablo Montoya (32) -- Dodge -- 74.547 mph |
| 2006 -- Jeff Gordon (11) -- Chevrolet -- 73.953 mph |
| 2005 -- Tony Stewart (7) -- Chevrolet -- 72.845 mph |
| 2004 -- Jeff Gordon (1) -- Chevrolet -- 77.456 mph |
| 2003 -- Robby Gordon (2) -- Chevrolet -- 73.821 mph |
| 2002 -- Ricky Rudd (7) -- Ford -- 81.007 mph |
| 2001 -- Tony Stewart (3) -- Pontiac -- 75.889 mph |
| 2000 -- Jeff Gordon (5) -- Chevrolet -- 78.789 mph |
| 1999 -- Jeff Gordon (1) -- Chevrolet -- 70.378 mph |
| 1998 -- Jeff Gordon (1) -- Chevrolet -- 72.387 mph |
| 1997 -- Mark Martin (1) -- Ford -- 75.788 mph |
| 1996 -- Rusty Wallace (7) -- Ford -- 77.673 mph |
| 1995 -- Dale Earnhardt (4) -- Chevrolet -- 70.681 mph |
| 1994 -- Ernie Irvan (1) -- Ford -- 77.458 mph |
| 1993 -- Geoff Bodine (3) -- Ford -- 77.013 mph |
| 1992 -- Ernie Irvan (2) -- Chevrolet -- 81.412 mph |
| 1991 -- Davey Allison (13) -- Ford -- 72.970 mph |
| 1990 -- Rusty Wallace (11) -- Pontiac -- 69.245 mph |
| 1989 -- Ricky Rudd (4) -- Buick -- 76.088 mph |
| NOTE: Formerly called Banquet Frozen Foods 300 (1989-91), The Save Mart 300 |
| (1992), Save Mart Supermarkets 300 (1993-97), Save Mart/Kragen 350 |
| (1998-2000). |
| Past Toyota/Save Mart 350 Pole Winners (Finish) |
| 2012 -- Marcos Ambrose -- 8 |
| 2011 -- Joey Logano -- 6 |
| 2010 -- Kasey Kahne -- 4 |
| 2009 -- Brian Vickers -- 16 |
| 2008 -- Kasey Kahne -- 33 |
| 2007 -- Jamie McMurray -- 37 |
| 2006 -- Kurt Busch -- 5 |
| 2005 -- Jeff Gordon -- 33 |
| 2004 -- Jeff Gordon -- 1 |
| 2003 -- Boris Said -- 6 |
| 2002 -- Tony Stewart -- 2 |
| 2001 -- Jeff Gordon -- 3 |
| 2000 -- Rusty Wallace -- 26 |
| 1999 -- Jeff Gordon -- 1 |
| 1998 -- Jeff Gordon -- 1 |
| 1997 -- Mark Martin -- 1 |
| 1996 -- Terry Labonte -- 5 |
| 1995 -- Ricky Rudd -- 4 |
| 1994 -- Ernie Irvan -- 1 |
| 1993 -- Dale Earnhardt -- 6 |
| 1992 -- Ricky Rudd -- 4 |
| 1991 -- Ricky Rudd -- 2 |
| 1990 -- Ricky Rudd -- 3 |
| 1989 -- Rusty Wallace -- 2 |
| Last Race Results |
| RACE: Quicken Loans 400 (June 16) |
| SITE: Michigan International Speedway -- Brooklyn, Mich. |
| MILES: 400 |
| LAPS: 200 |
| WINNER: Greg Biffle |
| RUNNER-UP: Kevin Harvick |
| THIRD: Martin Truex Jr. |
| FOURTH: Kyle Busch |
| FIFTH: Tony Stewart |
| POLE WINNER: Carl Edwards (finished 8) |
| TIME OF RACE: 2 hrs., 52 mins., 19 secs. |
| AVERAGE SPEED: 139.278 mph |
| MARGIN OF VICTORY: 2.989 secs. |
| CAUTION FLAGS: 8 for 38 laps |
| LEAD CHANGES: 22 among 13 drivers |
| LAP LEADERS: C. Edwards - pole; Kurt Busch 1-21; J. Yeley 22; D. Ragan 23; M. |
| McDowell 24; C. Edwards 25; J. Logano 26-42; J. McMurray 43-63; |
| J. Johnson 64-76; D. Earnhardt Jr. 77; C. Mears 78-79; D. |
| Earnhardt Jr. 80-89; K. Kahne 90-103; J. Johnson 104; D. |
| Earnhardt Jr. 105-127; J. Johnson 128-131; G. Biffle 132; T. |
| Kvapil 133-134; J. Logano 135; C. Edwards 136-150; G. Biffle |
| 151-165; J. Logano 166-168; G. Biffle 169-200. |
| Toyota/Save Mart 350 Entry List |
| Car | Driver, Hometown | Car/Name |
| 1 | Jamie McMurray (Joplin, MO) | Chevrolet/Cessna |
| 2 | Brad Keselowski (Rochester Hills, MI) | Ford/Miller Lite |
| 5 | Kasey Kahne (Enumclaw, WA) | Chevrolet/Farmers Insurance |
| 7 | Dave Blaney (Hartford, OH) | Chevrolet/GoPro |
| 9 | Marcos Ambrose (Launceston, Australia) | Ford/Stanley |
| 10 | Danica Patrick (Roscoe, IL) | Chevrolet/GoDaddy.com |
| 11 | Denny Hamlin (Chesterfield, VA) | Toyota/FedEx Freight |
| 13 | Casey Mears (Bakersfield, CA) | Ford/GEICO |
| 14 | Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) | Chevrolet/Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 |
| 15 * | Clint Bowyer (Emporia, KS) | Toyota/5-Hour Energy |
| 16 | Greg Biffle (Vancouver, WA) | Ford/3M |
| 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Olive Branch, MS) | Ford/Roush Fenway Racing |
| 18 | Kyle Busch (Las Vegas, NV) | Toyota/M&M's |
| 19 | Alex Kennedy (Aztec, NM) | Toyota/Media Master |
| 20 | Matt Kenseth (Cambridge, WI) | Toyota/Home Depot |
| 22 | Joey Logano (Middletown, CT) | Ford/Shell/Pennzoil |
| 24 | Jeff Gordon (Vallejo, CA) | Chevrolet/Drive to End Hunger |
| 27 | Paul Menard (Eau Claire, WI) | Chevrolet/Menards/Moen |
| 29 | Kevin Harvick (Bakersfield, CA) | Chevrolet/Rheem |
| 30 | David Stremme (South Bend, IN) | Toyota/Lean 1/Swan Energy |
| 31 | Jeff Burton (South Boston, VA) | Chevrolet/Utility Trailers |
| 32 | To Be Announced | Ford/TBA |
| 33 | Ron Fellows (Toronto, Canada) | Chevrolet/Canadian Tire |
| 34 | David Ragan (Unadilla, GA) | Ford/Taco Bell |
| 35 | Josh Wise (Riverside, CA) | Ford/MDS Transport |
| 36 | Victor Gonzalez Jr. (Puerto Rico) | Chevrolet/TBA |
| 37 | J.J. Yeley (Phoenix, AZ) | Chevrolet/TBA |
| 38 | David Gilliland (Riverside, CA) | Ford/Long John Silver's |
| 39 | Ryan Newman (South Bend, IN) | Chevrolet/Haas Automation |
| 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya (Bogota, Colombia) | Chevrolet/Target |
| 43 | Aric Almirola (Tampa, FL) | Ford/Farmland |
| 47 | Bobby Labonte (Corpus Christi, TX) | Toyota/Kingsford |
| 48 | Jimmie Johnson (El Cajon, CA) | Chevrolet/Lowe's |
| 51 | Jacques Villeneuve (Canada) | Chevrolet/Phoenix Construction |
| 52 | Paulie Harraka (Wayne, NJ) | Ford/TBA |
| 55 | Brian Vickers (Thomasville, NC) | Toyota/RK Motors Charlotte |
| 56 | Martin Truex Jr. (Mayetta, NJ) | Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts |
| 78 | Kurt Busch (Las Vegas, NV) | Chevrolet/Furniture Row |
| 83 | David Reutimann (Zephyrhills, FL) | Toyota/Burger King/Dr. Pepper |
| 87 | Joe Nemechek (Lakeland, FL) | Toyota/TBA |
| 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Kannapolis, NC) | Chevrolet/National Guard |
| 93 | Travis Kvapil (Janesville, WI) | Toyota/Burger King/Dr. Pepper |
| 99 | Carl Edwards (Columbia, MO) | Ford/Aflac |
| Leading Contenders (Finish the last nine years) |
| Driver | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Clint Bowyer | --- | --- | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 4 | Won |
| Tony Stewart | 15 | Won | 28 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 39 | 2 |
| Kurt Busch | 36 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 32 | 15 | 32 | Won | 3 |
| Brian Vickers | 22 | 34 | 14 | --- | 14 | 16 | --- | 36 | 4 |
| Jimmie Johnson | 5 | 36 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 4 | Won | 7 | 5 |
| Jeff Gordon | Won | 33 | Won | 7 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| Greg Biffle | 13 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 7 | 23 | 7 |
| Marcos Ambrose | --- | --- | --- | --- | 42 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
| Joey Logano | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 19 | 33 | 6 | 10 |
| Brad Keselowski | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 35 | 10 | 12 |
| Matt Kenseth | 20 | 11 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 14 | 13 |
| Kasey Kahne | 31 | 41 | 7 | 23 | 33 | Won | 4 | 20 | 14 |
| Kevin Harvick | 12 | 37 | 24 | 2 | 30 | 29 | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| Kyle Busch | --- | 40 | 11 | 8 | Won | 22 | 39 | 11 | 17 |
| Ryan Newman | 14 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 25 | 18 |
| Carl Edwards | --- | 38 | 6 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 3 | 21 |
| Martin Truex Jr. | --- | --- | 15 | 24 | 16 | 25 | 42 | 8 | 22 |
| Dale Earnhardt Jr | 11 | 42 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 26 | 11 | 41 | 23 |
| Juan Pablo Montoya | --- | --- | --- | Won | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 34 |
| Denny Hamlin | --- | --- | 12 | 10 | 27 | 5 | 34 | 37 | 35 |
| Mover of the Week |
| Danica Patrick - started 37 and finished 13 |
| Sports Network Selections |
| Pick to Win - Marcos Ambrose |
| Last Week's Pick to Win (Greg Biffle) - finished 1 |
| NOTES: |
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The Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway in Northern California is the
16th race on the 2013 Sprint Cup Series schedule.
Located about 30 miles north of San Francisco, Sonoma Raceway opened as a
2.52-mile road course and drag strip in 1968. The first NASCAR Cup Series race
at this track was held on June 11, 1989 - won by Ricky Rudd. The first nine
races there were 300 kilometers but the distance switched to 350 km in 1998.
Sonoma was reconfigured to 1.949 miles in '98, with the installation of an
890-foot chute between the original turns 4 and 7. The track was reconfigured
again in 2001 to 2.0 miles and then remeasured at 1.99 miles in 2002.
This track was formerly called Sears Point Raceway (1981-2001) and Infineon
Raceway (2002-12).
There have been 24 Cup races held at Sonoma -- one each year since 1989.
Terry Labonte and Mark Martin share the record for most starts at Sonoma with
21 each. Jeff Gordon and Bobby Labonte are next in line with 20 starts there.
Terry Labonte and Martin are not competing in this year's race.
Gordon leads all drivers with most wins (5), poles (5), top-5 finishes (12)
and top-10s (16) at Sonoma. He also is the only driver with consecutive
victories at this track -- winning three in a row from 1998-2000.
Rick Hendrick has the most car owner wins at Sonoma with six. Jimmie Johnson
gave Hendrick his sixth victory there in 2010.
The race winner at Sonoma has started from the pole five times, which is more
than any other starting position there. However, a race at this track has not
been won from the pole since Gordon did it in 2004.
Since NASCAR began using electronic timing and scoring in 1993, the closest
margin of victory in a Cup race at Sonoma occurred on June 27, 1999 when
Gordon beat Martin to the finish line by 0.197 seconds.
The furthest back a driver has started and won a Cup race at Sonoma is 32nd,
accomplished by Juan Pablo Montoya in 2007. Montoya is the only driver who won
his first race in the series at this track.
Two drivers entered in this race made their Cup debuts at Sonoma: David
Gilliland (2006) and Marcos Ambrose (2008).
Kyle Busch holds the record as the youngest driver to win a race at Sonoma.
Busch took the checkered flag there on June 22, 2008 when he was 23 years, 1
month and 20 days old. When Ricky Rudd was 45 years, 9 months and 11 days old,
he became the oldest driver to win at this track on June 23, 2002.
The next race is the June 29 Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway. Brad
Keselowski won last year's event there.
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