Toyota / Save Mart 350 Fact Sheet
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Track facts:
Infineon Raceway (known as Sears Point Raceway prior to 2002) opened in 1968 and hosted its first Sprint Cup race on June 11, 1989, a race won by Ricky Rudd.
There has been 1 Sprint Cup race per season at Infineon from 1989-2008 and the 2009 event will be the 21st Sprint Cup race at this track.
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From 1989 through 1997, Sprint Cup races at Infineon were scheduled for 74 laps on the 2.5-mile course;
since 1998 Sprint Cup races have been held on the shorter (1.9-mile) course and have been extended to 112 laps.
Track records:
* Most lead changes: 11 in 2007.
* Closest finish: Jeff Gordon's .197 second margin over Mark Martin in 1999.
* Most caution flags: 9 in 1990.
From 2001-2008 a typical Infineon race had 8.4 lead changes, 6 full-course cautions for 14 laps, and an average green-flag run of 29.4 laps.
Manufacturers / Owners:
Chevrolet leads all manufacturers with 9 victories at Sonoma, followed by
Ford (6), Pontiac (2), Buick (1), Dodge (1) and Toyota (1).
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Hendrick Motorsports has won here 5 times (all wins by Jeff Gordon)
and Joe Gibbs Racing & Yates Racing each have 3 Infineon wins.
Driver Notes:
Jeff Gordon won 3 consecutive Sonoma races from 1998-2000.
No other drivers have won 2 races in a row at this track.
A driver has won an Infineon Sprint Cup race from the pole on 5 occasions, the last time being Jeff Gordon's win in 2004.
The worst starting spot for a race winner is 32nd (Juan Pablo Montoya in 2007).
From 1989-2006 no winning driver had started worse than 13th.
In both 2007 and 2008 the winning driver started outside the top 30.
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The most laps led by a driver in a Sprint Cup race at Sonoma is 92, by Jeff Gordon in 2004.
Best average finish among active drivers at Sonoma (3 or more starts):
#33 Clint Bowyer (8.0)
#24 Jeff Gordon (9.3)
#39 Ryan Newman (9.4)
#14 Tony Stewart (10.0)
#5 Mark Martin (10.1)
#16 Greg Biffle (14.0)
#18 Kyle Busch (15.0)
#19 Elliott Sadler (15.8)
Juan Pablo Montoya has an average finish of 3.5 in two Infineon starts.
Worst average finish among active drivers at Sonoma (3 or more starts):
#9 Kasey Kahne (31.8)
#7 Robby Gordon (22.1)
#17 Matt Kenseth (21.8)
Drivers with poor average finishes in fewer than 3 starts at this track include
#47 Marcos Ambrose (42.0),
#00 David Reutimann (40.0),
#44 A.J. Allmendinger (37.0),
#43 Reed Sorenson (34.5),
#12 David Stremme (32.0).
Random semi-significant driver facts covering Sprint Cup races at Sonoma ONLY:
Greg Biffle has 2 top-5s in 6 career Sonoma races, but also three other finishes just outside the top 10. Biffle's only bad result came in his first appearance here, when he ran out of fuel late in the race and finished 37th.
Clint Bowyer has raced here 3 times, coming home in 4th place in both 2007 and 2008.
From 2004-2008 Jeff Burton has posted 3 top-10s and an average finish of 12th place.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. has raced at Sonoma 9 times and has yet to finish inside the top-10. Earnhardt's best results were 11th place finishes in 2003 and 2004.
Carl Edwards was 38th in his first Infineon event, but has an average finish of 11th here since that race.
Since Robby Gordon's victory here in 2003, his average finish at Sonoma has been 28th with a best result of 16th place.
Juan Pablo Montoya has finished 1st and 6th here in 2 career starts, despite an average starting position of 26.5.
In 10 career starts at this track, Tony Stewart has finished outside of the top-15 only once.
Michael Waltrip has raced here 19 times and never recorded a DNF.