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Sonoma leaders
- Most Sonoma races: 23 Jeff Gordon
- Most Sonoma wins: 5 Jeff Gordon
- Most Sonoma 2nd-place finishes: 5 Jeff Gordon
- Most Sonoma top 3 finishes: 13 Jeff Gordon
- Most Sonoma top 5 finishes: 14 Jeff Gordon
- Most Sonoma top 10 finishes: 18 Jeff Gordon
- Best Sonoma average finish: 8.3 Jeff Gordon
- Most Sonoma laps led: 457 Jeff Gordon (Kurt Busch 2nd with 197)
- Jeff Gordon leads all with 9 road course wins
- Active road course leaders
- Most road course wins: 4 Kyle Busch
- Most 2nd-place finishes: 3 Brad Keselowski (Winless)
- Most top 5 finishes: 10 Kurt Busch
- 2017 Sonoma: Kevin Harvick first win last season – Went on to make Championship 4
- 19 Different winners in 29 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Sonoma races
- 9 Different winners last 9 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Sonoma races
- Kyle Busch: 2 Sonoma wins – Only active driver with multiple wins
- Kyle Busch only repeat winner last 12 Sonoma races (2 Wins) – 10 Others 1 win each
- Kevin Harvick: Finished 6th or better last 3 Sonoma races – 2017 Winner
- Kurt Busch: 3 Straight Sonoma top 10 finishes
- Kyle Busch: Finished 7th or better last 3 Sonoma races – 2015 Winner
- Clint Bowyer: Average Sonoma finish: 10.7 – Best of active drivers
- 2017 Sonoma record: 13 Lead changes & 10 leaders
- Brad Keselowski passed for final lead change last Sonoma race – Finished 3rd
- 5 Pit road speeding penalties last Sonoma race –
- Bowyer (2nd), Kyle Busch (5th), Earnhardt Jr. (6th), Logano (12th) & Bayne (27th)
- No drivers received free pass last Sonoma race
- Leader of most laps failed to win last 4 Sonoma races
- Martin Truex Jr. led most laps last Sonoma race (25) – Finished 37th
- Most tries before first Sonoma win – Kevin Harvick won in 17th try in 2017
- 5 California drivers won at total of 10 Sonoma races
- 18 States represented first Sonoma race in 1989 – 8 From California
- First Sonoma win for 9 of last 11 winners
- Only win of season for 6 Sonoma winners
- Last 3 Sonoma races won by drivers who have won championships – Kyle Busch (’15), Stewart (’16) & Harvick (’17)
- 16 Scored first win of season at Sonoma including 6 of last 7 winners
- First win of season for last 3 Sonoma winners – Kyle Busch (’15), Stewart (’16) & Harvick (’17)
- No winner from pole last 13 Sonoma races – Last winner from pole: Jeff Gordon 2004
- Ford finished 1-2-3 last Sonoma race – Stewart-Haas Racing finished 1-2
- Ryan Newman: 600th career race
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 200th career race
- Most laps led from start of Sonoma race: 37 – Jeff Gordon (1998)
- Most laps led to Sonoma finish: 53 – Ricky Rudd (1989)
- 2 Won Sonoma in first try – Ricky Rudd 1989 & Juan Pablo Montoya 2007
- Juan Pablo Montoya only Rookie of the Year contender to finish top 5 in Sonoma race – 2007 Winner
- Rookie of the Year contender finished 16th or worse last 8 Sonoma races
- Longest green flag run at Sonoma: 82 Laps 1-82 (2012)
- Longest green flag run to finish Sonoma: 41 Laps (1992 & ’07)
- Final green run 9 laps or less 16 Sonoma races
- 3 Sonoma Overtime finishes – Leader at scheduled distance won all 3
- Only 1 scored first career win at Sonoma – Juan Pablo Montoya (2007)
- Stewart-Haas Racing won last 2 Sonoma races
- 5 Sonoma winners from the pole – Jeff Gordon won 3
- 9 of 29 Sonoma winners started outside top 10
- 8 of last 11 winners scored their first career road course win at Sonoma
- Chevrolet leads all with 11 Sonoma wins
- Toyota won 4 Sonoma races
- 6 Hendrick Motorsports Sonoma wins (Most all-time) – Jeff Gordon 5 & Jimmie Johnson 1
- 4 Joe Gibbs Racing Sonoma wins – Kyle Busch 2 & Tony Stewart 2
- 2 Richard Childress Racing Sonoma wins – Dale Earnhardt 1995 & Robby Gordon 2003
- 2 Roush Fenway Racing Sonoma wins – Mark Martin 1997 & Carl Edwards 2014
- 2 Stewart-Haas Racing Sonoma wins – Tony Stewart 2016 & Kevin Harvick 2017
- 2 Team Penske Sonoma wins – Rusty Wallace 1996 & Kurt Busch 2011
- 1 Chip Ganassi Racing Sonoma win – Juan Pablo Montoya 2007
- 1 Richard Petty Motorsports Sonoma win (First win) – Kasey Kahne 2009
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