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Matt Kenseth on pole for Coke Zero 400

Matt Kenseth won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 54th Annual Coke Zero 400 with a lap of 46.781 seconds, 192.386 mph.

This is the No. 17 Ford driver's eighth pole in 454 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. It is his first pole and seventh top-10 start in 2012. This is Kenseth's first pole in 26 races at Daytona International Speedway.
Fri, Jul 6, 2012 07:06:00 PM
Danica Patrick making first Sonoma Cup start

The Toyota/Save Mart 350k at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway will mark Danica Patrick’s 26th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and her first at Sonoma.

Patrick has never started a stock-car event at Sonoma, but competed in seven IZOD IndyCar Series races with three top-10 finishes, including a fifth-place result in 2008. Of note, the IndyCar Series used two different layouts during those seven years, neither of which is the one currently in use by the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.-True Speed Communication
Jun 19 - 8:16 PM
Bowyer's 2012 win at Sonoma was a big deal

Last season’s Sprint Cup win at Sonoma Raceway was a big deal for No. 15 5-hour ENERGY Toyota driver Clint Bowyer.

The win was Bowyer’s first since joining MWR, his first on a road course, first for the No. 15 team and sponsor 5-hour ENERGY. But, the win also carried special meaning for 11-year old Brett Bakken fighting Stage IV Burkett’s Lymphoma at a hospital back in Winston-Salem, N.C. MWR put Bakken’s name above the passenger side door of Bowyer’s No. 15 Toyota Camry. Bowyer gave a special message to the TV cameras in victory lane dedicating the win to Bakken and telling him to keep up the good fight. Bakken delivered on his end, now 12 years old, in full remission and back in his hometown of Boone, N.C. getting healthier by the day.-Michael Waltrip Racing
Jun 19 - 8:10 PM
Advance notes at Sonoma on Carl Edwards

Carl Edwards enters Sonoma second in the Sprint Cup point standings.

In his previous eight starts at Sonoma Raceway, Edwards has one top-five and three top-10 finishes, and has led 14 laps. His average start is 19.6 and his average finish is 17.1. The Car: The Aflac team will be bringing chassis RK-853 this weekend to Sonoma. This is the same chassis the team tested at Virginia International Raceway in May.-Roush Fenway Racing
Jun 19 - 8:03 PM
Billy Johnson making first NNS start of 2013

Billy Johnson will make his first NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start of the season this weekend at Road America for Roush Fenway Racing.

In 2012 he had a solid freshman outing at the 4.04-mile circuit, starting 4th and running strong until mechanical failure struck on lap 25 ending the team’s day early. Johnson has three starts in the NNS scoring one top-10 finish in 2012. The No. 16 team brings chassis RK-753 to the track this weekend for its debut at Road America. Johnson will return to action at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for his second start of the 2013 NNS season.-Roush Fenway Racing
Jun 19 - 7:58 PM
Labonte back in No. 47 at Sonoma Raceway

Bobby Labonte returns to the No. 47 Kingsford Toyota Camry at Sonoma Raceway and has made 20 starts at the venue.

The 2000 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion has two top-five and five top-10 finishes at the road course. Labonte's best finish is fourth-place and that has occurred twice (6/25/00 and 6/28/98). His average start is 18.1 and average finish is 20.1.-JTG Daugherty Racing
Jun 19 - 11:25 AM
Bowles assists Vickers in double-duty weekend

Jason Bowles will assist Brian Vickers in pulling a cross-country double-duty weekend.

Vickers will spend Friday and Saturday driving his Nationwide Series car for Joe Gibbs Racing at Road America in Wisconsin. Saturday night he’ll fly a private plane over 2,200 miles to Sonoma Raceway where he’ll drive for MWR in Sunday’s Sprint Cup race. While Vickers is in Wisconsin, 2009 K&N Pro Series West Champion, Jason Bowles will practice and qualify the No. 55 Toyota. The 30-year-old, Ontario, Calif. native owns nine K&N Pro Series West victories including two at the ultra-fast road course in Sonoma, Calif. He won the 2011 Toyota Showdown at Irwindale Speedway and raced in 39 NASCAR Nationwide and three NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races.-Michael Waltrip Racing
Jun 19 - 11:21 AM
Busy double-duty weekend for Brian Vickers

Brian Vickers will spend Friday and Saturday driving his Nationwide Series car for Joe Gibbs Racing at Road America in Wisconsin.

Saturday night he’ll fly a private plane over 2,200 miles to Sonoma Raceway where he’ll drive for MWR in Sunday’s Sprint Cup race. Vickers finished fourth at Sonoma last year behind MWR teammate Clint Bowyer who won the race. While Vickers is in Wisconsin, 2009 K&N Pro Series West Champion, Jason Bowles will practice and qualify the No. 55 Toyota. In seven starts at Sonoma, Vickers has one pole, one top-five (June 2012) and has led 16 laps.-Michael Waltrip Racing
Jun 19 - 11:16 AM
Sonoma is Kurt Busch’s sentimental favorite

One would expect Kurt Busch to say his Cup win in 2011 or last year when he was contending for the win before a suspension problem dropped him to third as the Sonoma race that stands out for him.

"It was my win in the Southwest Series during 1999 NASCAR weekend," said Busch. "That victory put me on the map and fast-tracked my racing career."Busch’s overall Sprint Cup record at Sonoma Raceway includes 12 starts, one win, five top-fives, five top-10s, one pole and 139 laps led. He has completed 1,312 of 1,329 laps for a 98.7 percentage. He also has the best driver rating at Sonoma of 107.8 and the best average running position of 9.2.-Furniture Row Racing
Jun 19 - 11:09 AM
Alex Bowman Road America event preview

Though Alex Bowman has recorded laps at many of the tracks on the Nationwide Series circuit throughout his seasons in the K&N Pro Series and the ARCA Racing Series, he has not yet competed at Road America.

As he heads out on the four-mile road course for Nationwide Series practice this Friday afternoon, these will truly be his first laps here. Crew chief of the No. 99 Toyota Camry, Chris Rice, will be sitting atop the pit box at the Elkart Lake track for the first time, though he has road course experience under his belt competing twice at Watkins Glen and twice at Mexico City.-RAB Racing
Jun 19 - 11:00 AM
Road course notes of interest on Tony Stewart

The Toyota/SaveMart 350k will mark Tony Stewart’s 516th career Cup start, his 15th Cup start at Sonoma Raceway and his 29th Cup start on a road course.

Stewart has one pole, two wins, three second-place finishes, five top-fives, nine top-10s and has led a total of 82 laps in his 14 career Cup starts at Sonoma. His average start at the 1.99-mile, 10-turn road course is 11.1, his average finish is 10.9 and he has a lap completion rate of 98.6 percent. He has seven road-course wins in Sprint Cup competition – Sonoma in 2001 and 2005 and Watkins Glen in 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2009.-True Speed Communication
Jun 19 - 10:57 AM
Villeneuve to drive No. 51 at Sonoma Raceway

Jacques Villeneuve takes over the #51 TAG Heuer Eyewear Chevy for Phoenix Racing at Sonoma Raceway.

The 42-year-old native of Montreal, Quebec, CAN isn't a stranger to NASCAR competition making three previous Sprint Cup Series, nine Nationwide and seven Camping World Truck Series starts. His best results were in the Nationwide Series where he earned four top-fives and six top-10 finishes; all on road courses. Villeneuve has also competed in F1, CART, and USAC races. He was most successful in F1 winning 11 times and CART where he won five times and was the series champion in 1995.-jayski.com
Jun 18 - 9:43 PM


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