Post by HDT05 on Jun 23, 2012 0:14:25 GMT 10
Toyota/Save Mart 350
NASCAR Sprint Cup Race #16 of 36 for the 2012 season
Race Analysis
Track Length: 1.99 mile Road Course
Race Length: 218 Miles/110 laps
Pit Road Speed: 35mph
Estimated Pit Window: 35-40 Laps
Defending Winner: Kurt Busch - Started 11th
Weekend Schedule
Times in AEST
Practice: Saturday, June 23, 5:00 - 6:30 am
Qualifying: Saturday, June 23, 8:30 - 10:30 am
Practice: Sunday, June 24, 2:30 - 3:15 am
Final Practice: Sunday, June 24, 3:45 - 5:00 am
Race: Monday, June 25, 5:00 - 9:00 am
Tv Guide:
Saturday June 23rd
4:30pm- Sonoma Qualifying, SPEED + SPEED HD
11:30pm- Sonoma Qualifying, SPEED + SPEED HD
Sunday June 24th
4:00pm- Sonoma Final Practice, SPEED + SPEED HD
Monday June 25th
3:00am- Sonoma Final Practice, SPEED + SPEED HD
3:00am- Sonoma Qualifying, ONE HD
4:00am- Sonoma LIVE, ONE HD, SPEED + SPEED HD
2012 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:
[after Michigan, race 15 of 36]
1) #17-Matt Kenseth [1 win], 565
2) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [1 win], 561, -4
3) #16-Greg Biffle [1 win], 548, -17
4) #48-Jimmie Johnson [2 wins], 532, -33
5) #11-Denny Hamlin [2 wins], 514, -51
6) #29-Kevin Harvick [0 wins], 504, -61
7) #56-Martin Truex Jr. [0 wins], 497, -68
8) #14-Tony Stewart [2 wins], 491, -74
9) #15-Clint Bowyer [0 wins], 481, -84
10) #2-Brad Keselowski [2 winss], 458, -107
Chase wild card drivers:
11) #18-Kyle Busch [1 win, 12th in points], 432, -133
12) #39-Ryan Newman [1 win, 13th in points], 427, -138
#20-Joey Logano [1 win, 15th in points], 407, -158
#5-Kasey Kahne [1 win, 16th in points], 391, -174
(ties broken by 1sts, 2nds, 3rd, etc)
See drivers championship points standings on the Drivers Points Standings (pdf).(6-17-2012)
Full championship points
jayski.com/stats/2012/pdfs/15mis2012points.pdf
Statistical Advance: Analyzing The Toyota/Save Mart 350:
· The track opened as a 2.52-mile road course and drag strip in 1968.
· The first NASCAR Sprint Cup race was held in 1989.
· The first nine races were 300 kilometers and switched to a 350k format in 1998.
· The track was reconfigured to 1.949 miles in 1998 with the installation of an 890-foot chute between the original Turns 4 and 7.
· The track was reconfigured to 2.0 miles in 2001 and re-measured at 1.99 miles in 2002.
· There have been 23 NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Sonoma since the first race there in 1989. · Rusty Wallace won the first NASCAR Sprint Cup pole. · Ricky Rudd won the first NASCAR Sprint Cup race. · 14 different drivers have won poles; only four have won more than one. · Jeff Gordon (five) leads all pole winners. Ricky Rudd has four, including three consecutive (1990-92), Rusty Wallace and Kasey Kahne each have two. · There have been consecutive pole winners three times: Ricky Rudd (1990-92) and Jeff Gordon (1998-99 and 2004-05). · 15 different drivers have won races; five have multiple victories there led by Jeff Gordon with five. Ernie Irvan, Ricky Rudd, Tony Stewart and Rusty Wallace (all with two) are the other multiple-race winners. · Jeff Gordon is also the only driver with consecutive wins, winning in 1998, 1999 and 2000. · Five of 23 races have been won by the pole winner, including three times by Jeff Gordon. His victory from the pole in 2004 is the most recent. · The lowest starting position by a race winner was 32nd, by Juan Pablo Montoya; it also was his first career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win. · Boris Said posted his first career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pole. · Jeff Gordon is the all-time leader in road-course victories, with nine. Tony Stewart is second, with seven. (NASCAR)(6-19-2012)
The Numbers for the Toyota/Save Mart 350:
2 - fewest laps led by race winner (twice, most recent 5/7/95)
2 - races won from outside a top-20 starting position (Juan Pablo Montoya - 2007, Kyle Busch - 2008)
3 - wins by Dodge in last five races at Sonoma (Juan Pablo Montoya - 2007, Kasey Kahne - 2009, Kurt Busch - 2011)
3 - fewest cautions (four times, most recent 6/23/02)
3 - fewest leaders (6/11/89)
3 - fewest lead changes (6/11/89)
4 - drivers with more than one pole
5 - most wins (Jeff Gordon)
5 - most poles (Jeff Gordon)
5 - drivers with more than one win
7 - fewest caution laps (6/7/92)
8 - wins from the front row; five from the pole
9 - most cautions (6/10/90)
9 - most leaders (three times, most recent 6/26/11)
12 - most lead changes (twice, most recent 6/26/11)
14 - different pole winners
15 - different race winners in 23 races
14 - fewest cars on lead lap at finish (twice, most recent 5/16/93)
26 - most caution laps (6/27/99)
32 - worst starting position for race winner (Juan Pablo Montoya - 6/24/07)
33 - fewest cars running at finish (5/16/93)
36 - most cars on lead lap at finish (6/21/09)
42 - most cars running at finish (twice, most recent 6/26/05)
92 - laps led by race winner (Jeff Gordon - 6/27/04)
Some Sonoma stats: #24-Jeff Gordon is the only driver to win five NASCAR races in Sonoma (1998 2000, '04, '06). There have been four two-time winners: Ernie Irvan, ('92, '94), Ricky Rudd ('89, '02), Tony Stewart ('01, '05) and Rusty Wallace ('90, '96). The Toyota/Save Mart 350 has seen seven different winners over the past seven years, as well as five consecutive first-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series road-course winners. Dale Earnhardt won his only NASCAR road-course race in Sonoma in 1995. Jeff Gordon holds the record for the most poles with five ('98, '99, '01, '04, '05). Ernie Irvan (1994), Mark Martin (1997) and Jeff Gordon (1998, '99 and 2004) are the only drivers to win a race starting from the pole.(Sonoma)(6-20-2012)
Sonoma Goodyear Tire Notes: Teams in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will run the same Goodyear tire code on all four tire positions at Sonoma . . . this is the first time Sprint Cup teams have run this code at Sonoma, although they did run it at the circuit's other road course at Watkins Glen in 2011 . . . Cup teams have also run this code on the right-side for the last two races at Martinsville . . . compared to what was run at this track last season, this tire features just a slight compound change . . . as on all NASCAR road courses, teams will not run inner liners in their tires at Sonoma. See tire codes. tire pressures and more on the Sonoma Race Info page - Goodyear section.(6-21-2012)
www.jayski.com/news/races/2012/story/_/page/16-Sonoma-NASCAR-Race-Info#goodyear
The Entry List for the Toyota / Save Mart 350 Sprint Cup Series race at Sonoma is posted, 44 teams/drivers [for 43 spots] are listed, including:
Boris Said is in the #32.
Brian Vickers is in the #55.
Driver in the #10 is Tomy Drissi.
#23 & #74 are not entered.
Not in top 35 of owners points:
#7-Robby Gordon (50/4)
#19-Chris Cook (44/10)
#26-Josh Wise (41/15)
#30-Brian Simo (39/15)
#33-Stephen Leicht (36/15)
#49-J.J. Yeley (38/15)
#87-Joe Nemechek (42/15)
#95-Scott Speed (48/3)
#98-David Mayhew (40/15)
In the event that qualifying is cancelled:
the eight who would make it [8]: #'s 33,30,49,98,26,87,19,7
missing the race would be [1]: #'s 95
See the full entry list at my Jayski's Sonoma Entry List.(6-18/22-2012)
jayski.com/news/stats/2012/story/_/page/16-Sonoma-Entry-List
Source:
www.jayski.com/cupnews.htm
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