Sonoma race thread

[MD24]

Cup

Toyota / Save Mart 350(k)

Qualifying: Friday June 22, 6:40 pm/et

Green Flag: Sunday June 24, 3:15 pm/et

[00steven]

Yea twisties!

[slorydn1]

Looking forward to it

[MD24]

1.9 Marcos Ambrose
2 24 Jeff Gordon
3 48 Jimmie Johnson
4 16 Greg Biffle
5 56 Martin Truex Jr.
6 15 Clint Bowyer
7 18 Kyle Busch
8 51 Kurt Busch
9 17 Matt Kenseth
10 39 Ryan Newman

11 99 Carl Edwards
12 2 Brad Keselowski
13 20 Joey Logano
14 5 Kasey Kahne
15 11 Denny Hamlin
16 22 AJ Allmendinger
17 47 Bobby Labonte
18 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
19 13 Casey Mears
20 55 Brian Vickers

21 195 Scott Speed
22 27 Paul Menard
23 14 Tony Stewart
24 1 Jamie McMurray
25 29 Kevin Harvick
26 38 David Gilliland
27 32 Boris Said
28 34 David Ragan
29 43 Aric Almirola
30 78 Regan Smith

31 36 Dave Blaney
32 98 David Mayhew
33 7 Robby Gordon
34 31 Jeff Burton
35 87 Joe Nemechek
36 119 Chris Cook
37 249 J.J. Yeley
38 93 Travis Kvapil
39 26 Josh Wise
40 33 Stephen Leicht

41 30 Brian Simo
42 10 Tomy Drissi
43 83 Landon Cassill

[Lee Roy]

Interesting. Not surprised to see Ambrose on the pole, and pleased to see Jeff Gordon on the outside pole. Will this be the race to break Jeff's winless streak?

I see last year's winning driver, Kurt Busch in 8th, and last year's winning team (the #22) in 16th.

Where is Montoya????

[MD24]

1 9 Marcos Ambrose
2 24 Jeff Gordon
3 48 Jimmie Johnson
4 16 Greg Biffle
5 56 Martin Truex Jr.
6 15 Clint Bowyer
7 18 Kyle Busch
8 51 Kurt Busch
9 17 Matt Kenseth
10 39 Ryan Newman

11 99 Carl Edwards
12 42 Juan Montoya
13 2 Brad Keselowski
14 20 Joey Logano
15 5 Kasey Kahne
16 11 Denny Hamlin
17 22 AJ Allmendinger
18 47 Bobby Labonte
19 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
20 13 Casey Mears

21 55 Brian Vickers
22 195 Scott Speed
23 27 Paul Menard
24 14 Tony Stewart
25 1 Jamie McMurray
26 29 Kevin Harvick
27 38 David Gilliland
28 32 Boris Said
29 34 David Ragan
30 43 Aric Almirola

31 78 Regan Smith
32 36 Dave Blaney
33 98 David Mayhew
34 7 Robby Gordon
35 31 Jeff Burton
36 87 Joe Nemechek
37 119 Chris Cook
38 249 J.J. Yeley
39 93 Travis Kvapil
40 26 Josh Wise

41 10 Tomy Drissi
42 83 Landon Cassill
43 33 Stephen Leicht

Did Not Qualify
44 30 Brian Simo

[Alexamateo]

I'm not sure it matters where you start, Last year,Kurt Busch started 11th. When JPM won in 2007, he started 32nd. I remember being amazed that he started so far back, but when the race started he went to the front and played strategy to perfection.

Ambrose should be the clear favorite, but the thing with road courses now,they have become almost like short tracks with all the beating and banging. That throws a monkey wrench into the proceedings and could cost a clear favorite the win.