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NASCAR Announces New Group Qualifying For Sonoma and Watkins Glen

April 22, 2013 by thefinallap 1 Comment

New NASCAR Sprint Cup Road-Course Qualifying Procedure Announced
New Group-Based Format To Bolster Excitement For Sonoma, Watkins Glen

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Apr. 22, 2013) – NASCAR announced today that the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will implement the group-based road course qualifying procedure used in NASCAR Nationwide and NASCAR Touring Series competition during its road-course events at Sonoma Raceway and Watkins Glen International. Under the new procedure, cars will qualify in groups instead of the traditional single-car qualifying runs held on oval race tracks.

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The Final Lap Weekly #208 – Clint Bowyer, Jeff Burton – NASCAR Kentucky Preview

June 28, 2012 by thefinallap

SHOW #208 – GUESTS: Clint Bowyer and Jeff Burton. We break down the road course weekend at Sonoma, Discuss the Matt Kenseth announcement, Kentucky version of ‘Drivers Say What’ and a full preview of Kentucky. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Toby Christie.
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Cool-Down Lap: Kurt Busch Could Find Redemption In Sonoma Performance

June 26, 2012 by thefinallap 2 Comments

Cool-Down Lap: Kurt Busch could find redemption in Sonoma performance

June 25, 2012: Commentary

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

SONOMA, Calif. — After doing all the right things on a sunny Sunday at Sonoma, Kurt Busch can take an object lesson from the driver who finished right behind him in the Toyota/Save Mart 350.

That driver is Brian Vickers, who six months ago was radioactive, unemployable, a laughingstock to a prospective sponsor.

Within an extremely small window of opportunity, Vickers has achieved a remarkable transformation. The driver who sullied his own reputation by waging war on championship contender Matt Kenseth last fall at Martinsville now has an opportunity to regain a firm foothold in NASCAR Sprint Cup racing.

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Clint Bowyer Fends Off Tony Stewart, Kurt Busch For Sonoma Victory

June 24, 2012 by thefinallap 3 Comments

June 24, 2012

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

SONOMA, Calif. — Clint Bowyer’s victory in Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma was a surprise to the driver who chased him for more than 20 laps — Kurt Busch — but in retrospect, history may have been on Bowyer’s side.

“I just kept thinking, ‘He’s a dirt Late Model racer from the Midwest — there’s no way he can be able to run the road course,’ but he did,” said Busch, who finished third despite hitting a tire barrier in Turn 11 at the 1.99-mile track and breaking the panhard bar on his No. 51 Chevrolet.

With Busch’s car damaged and vulnerable to a pass during a green-white-checkered-flag finish that took the event two laps beyond its scheduled 110 laps, Bowyer held off charging Tony Stewart to claim his first victory of the season and the sixth of his career.

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Photos: Cup Series at Sonoma 2012 – Clint Bowyer Wins

June 24, 2012 by thefinallap

PHOTO CREDIT: NASCARMEDIA

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2012 NASCAR RACE #16 RESULTS, SONOMA – CLINT BOWYER WINS

June 24, 2012 by thefinallap

1 6 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota
2 24 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot / MOBIL 1 Chevrolet
3 8 51 Kurt Busch Phoenix Construction Services Chevrolet
4 21 55 Brian Vickers RKMotorsCharlotte.com Toyota
5 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet
6 2 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet
7 4 16 Greg Biffle 3M / US Stationary Ford
8 1 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford
9 17 22 AJ Allmendinger Shell Pennzoil Dodge
10 14 20 Joey Logano The Home Depot Toyota

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2012 Cup Series At Sonoma Starting Lineup Marcos Ambrose On Pole

June 22, 2012 by sicknissified 3 Comments

Here is the starting lineup for Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350K

1 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley 95.262 75.203
2 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger 95.067 75.357
3 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s 94.795 75.574
4 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M / US Stationary 94.722 75.632
5 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 94.686 75.661
6 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-hour Energy 94.679 75.666
7 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M’s 94.632 75.704
8 51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet Phoenix Construction Services 94.557 75.764

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