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Ron Fellows - Circle Sport Racing-33

Ron Fellows will begin his race toward his first career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory when he pilots the No. 33 Circle Sport Chevrolet in the upcoming road course events.

Canadian Tire Corporation will be the primary sponsor for Fellows along with associate sponsorship from Texas-based AER Manufacturing in the Sprint Cup Series races at Sonoma Raceway (June 23) and Watkins Glen International (August 11). Fellows has six NASCAR victories to his credit in NASCAR Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series competition. He is intent on joining the list of 23 drivers to win a race in each of NASCAR’s three major touring series.
Source: Circle Sport Racing
Jun 18 - 5:32 PM
Casey Mears - Germain Racing-13

Caymus Vineyards, part of the prestigious Wagner Family of Wine, will be on board the No. 13 GEICO Ford Fusion as an associate sponsor for the upcoming Sonoma Raceway event.

Having a prestigious California winery with such a strong commitment to family tradition and producing quality products makes the Caymus Vineyards pairing with Casey Mears, of Bakersfield, CA, and Germain Racing a perfect match."We are pleased to be an Associate Sponsor of Casey Mears from Germain Racing and supporter of NASCAR for this year’s Sonoma race. In addition to enjoying this great sport, Caymus has many friends connected with NASCAR and we are happy to be able to support them in some way," said Chuck Wagner, Owner/Winemaker, Caymus Vineyards and Wagner Family of Wine.
Source: Germain Racing
Jun 18 - 5:24 PM
Max Papis - Richard Childress Racing-33-NNS

Max Papis, the Italian road-course veteran, has two-career starts in the NASCAR Nationwide Series at Road America.

His best start of second came in 2011 and best finish of fourth came in 2012. Papis has completed 105 of 107 laps attempted (98.1 percent) at the 4.048-mile road course, leading one of them. Papis will pilot chassis No. 095 at Road America. This No. 33 Chevrolet Camaro was previously tested this season at Virginia International Raceway. It was also utilized last year at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, where Brendan Gaughan drove it to an 11th- place finish.-Richard Childress Racing
Jun 18 - 5:20 PM
Brendan Gaughan - Richard Childress Racing-62-CWTS

In 2010, Camping World Truck Series regular Brendan Gaughan made his lone Nationwide Series appearance at the 14-turn Road America road course.

The Las Vegas native earned a third-place result after starting from the sixth position, completing 100 percent (50 of 50) of the laps contested. He will pilot the same Chevrolet which was last used by the No. 2 team in August 2012 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, where it was driven to a second-place finish.-Richard Childress Racing
Jun 18 - 5:16 PM
Austin Dillon - Richard Childress Racing-3-NNS

Austin Dillon made his first-career NASCAR Nationwide Series road course start in last year's edition of the race, earning an 18th-place finish in the AdvoCare Chevrolet after losing third gear on lap 12.

He will pilot Chassis No. 098 in the Johnsonville Sausage 200 presented by Menards at Road America. He drove this Chevrolet to a 23rd-place finish at Watkins Glen International, and a ninth-place finish at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal last year.-Richard Childress Racing
Jun 18 - 5:08 PM
Brian Scott - Richard Childress Racing-2-NNS

Brian Scott has three Nationwide Series starts at the 4.048-mile Elkhart Lake, Wis. track, notching his best start of sixth and finish of seventh in this race one year ago.

Additionally, the Nationwide Series competitor has a 100 percent lap completion rate at the Road America road course and led 10 laps. After last weekend's event at Michigan International Speedway, Scott moved up to sixth in Nationwide Series championship driver point standings, 80 markers out of first place and nine points out of fifth.-Richard Childress Racing
Jun 18 - 5:05 PM
Jeff Burton - Richard Childress Racing-31

This weekend's 110-lap event marks Jeff Burton's 20th start at the 1.99-mile Sonoma facility and 671st-career Sprint Cup Series entry.

Burton garnered one top-five and five top-10 finishes at the Sonoma, Calif.-based race track with his best start coming in 2002 (third) and best finish coming in 2007 (third).-Richard Childress Racing
Jun 18 - 5:02 PM
Kevin Harvick - Richard Childress Racing-29

Kevin Harvick has made 12 starts at the 10-turn Sonoma road course dating back to the 2001 season.

During that time, the RCR veteran has collected three top-five and four top-10 finishes. He holds a 16.7 average starting position coupled with a 16.1 average finishing position, has completed 99.9 percent (1,328 of 1,329) of the laps contested and is credited with 10 laps led.-Richard Childress Racing
Jun 18 - 5:00 PM
Paul Menard - Richard Childress Racing-27

In five starts at Sonoma Raceway, Paul Menard's best start of third and best finish of 17th both came in 2011.

The Wisconsin native has completed 556 of 567 laps attempted (99.8 percent) at the 1.99-mile road course. Race Rewind: Starting 23rd, Menard was in contention for a top-15 finish when a late-race spin relegated the No. 27 team to a 20th-place finish at the Sonoma, Calif., road course last season. Menard will pilot the same chassis that he previously raced at Sonoma in 2011 and 2012.-Richard Childress Racing
Jun 18 - 4:44 PM
Marcos Ambrose - Richard Petty Motorsports-9

If there was one track that 'owes' Marcos Ambrose, it is the Sonoma Raceway.

Ambrose has five starts at the road course. Beside a transmission failure in his first start, the road course veteran has finished in the top-10 in all events, including a best finish of third (2009). A win has been elusive, however, making Ambrose and the No. 9 Stanley Ford team thirsty for Victory Lane in wine country.-Breaking Limits
Jun 18 - 4:39 PM
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. - Roush Fenway Racing-17

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will make his debut at Sonoma Raceway this weekend; the Sprint Cup rookie has never raced in any series at this road course.

Last year in the three road course races on the Nationwide schedule, Stenhouse finished 12th or better. The Car: Chassis RK-816 is the same chassis that the No. 99 team ran last year at Watkins Glen finishing 14th.-Roush Fenway Racing
Jun 18 - 4:37 PM
Aric Almirola - Richard Petty Motorsports-43

Aric Almirola has two starts at the 1.99-mile Sonoma Raceway road course and finished 28th in both events.

After a two-day test with teammate Marcos Ambrose earlier this season, Almirola feels he can top his best road course finish of 18th, which he tallied at Watkins Glen last season.-Breaking Limits
Jun 18 - 4:33 PM
Greg Biffle - Roush Fenway Racing-16

Greg Biffle has 10 Sprint Cup career starts at Sonoma, earning two top-five and four top-10 finishes.

His average finish at Sonoma is 14.9 from an average starting position of 16.4. Biffle has finished on the lead lap in all but one start at Sonoma, and that was his very first start back in 2003. He finished in the top 10 at both road course races in 2012. The Car: RK-764 is the same car that Biffle drove a seventh-place finish a year ago at Sonoma.-Roush Fenway Racing
Jun 18 - 4:30 PM
Kyle Busch - Joe Gibbs Racing-18

The Toyota/Save Mart 350k will mark Kyle Busch’s 309th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his ninth Sprint Cup start at Sonoma Raceway.

He has one win, one top-five and two top-10s, and has led a total of 88 laps in eight career Sprint Cup starts at Sonoma. His average Sonoma finish is 18.6. Milestones at Michigan: With a fourth-place effort last weekend at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Busch notched the 100th top-five finish and 150th top-10 of his career.-True Speed Communication
Jun 18 - 2:49 PM
Frank Kimmel - ThorSport Racing-44-ARCA

Nine-time series champion Frank Kimmel finished in the top 10 in 90 percent of his ARCA road-course starts.

And despite the fact that Kimmel has yet to lead a lap in 10 career ARCA road-course races on five different tracks, he's confident his current streak of 18 consecutive top-10 finishes in the No. 44 Ansell / Menards Toyota -- the second-best streak of his career after a 21-straight string of top fives that occurred over the 2002-2003 seasons -- can continue Saturday at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., when the four-mile road course holds its debut ARCA race, the SCOTT 160.-ThorSport Racing
Jun 18 - 2:45 PM

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