NASCAR Sonoma Sunday, June 2, 2024
Sonoma NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights
Sonoma Repave
First repave in over 23 years
2 Months – Started December 2023 & Finished February 2024
March 26 Josh Berry, Ross Chastain & Martin Truex Jr. participated in Goodyear tire test
35th Sonoma race – First race: 1989
110 Laps – 218.9 Miles – Stages: 25 / 30 / 55
2023 Sonoma
Martin Truex Jr.
2023 Sonoma winner – Started 8th, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & 7th in Stage 2, 51 laps led (most)
Winner pit stops: Martin Truex Jr. – 4 Stops 26 (G), 51, 75 (G), 93
Stage 1 winner: Denny Hamlin 36th
Stage 2 winner: Kyle Busch 2nd
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: None
Most points scored: 53 Martin Truex Jr.
Passed for final lead change: Chase Elliott
Winner final laps led: Martin Truex Jr.14
Cautions: 2
1 Failed to finish – Denny Hamlin (Crash)
Longest green run: 50 Laps (1-50)
Best free pass finisher: Justin Haley 21st
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Ryan Blaney 31st (Only driver)
Best starting rear of field finisher: None
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott 5th
Best Gibbs: Martin Truex Jr. 1st
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 11th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 3rd
2023 Winner Martin Truex Jr. passed Tony Stewart for 2nd all-time Sonoma wins with 4th victory – Jeff Gordon leads all with 5
Martin Truex Jr. won 3 of last 5 Sonoma races
Martin Truex Jr. only repeat winner last 14 Sonoma races (4 Wins) – 10 Others 1 win each
Martin Truex Jr. won Sonoma with 3 different teams – Michael Waltrip Racing, Furniture Row Racing & Joe Gibbs Racing
Martin Truex Jr. led most laps 4 of last 6 Sonoma races – Finished 37th in 2017 & Winner 2018, ’19 & ‘23
Martin Truex Jr. led most laps 5 of last 10 Sonoma races – 4 Wins
2023 Sonoma top 7 finishers all different teams – Gibbs, Childress, Penske, RFK, Hendrick, Kaulig & Front Row
6 California drivers won 11 Sonoma races
7 of last 8 Sonoma races won by drivers who have won championships
Only win of season for 7 Sonoma winners
2 Scored first career win at Sonoma – Juan Pablo Montoya (2007) & Daniel Suárez (2022)
Only 1 winner from first starting position last 18 Sonoma races – Kyle Larson 2021
Kyle Larson started first 5 of last 6 Sonoma races – Finished 26th, 14th, 10th, 1st & 15th
Denny Hamlin only Sonoma pole winner failing to finish (2023) – Crash
6 Sonoma races won from first starting position
14 Scored first road course win at Sonoma
17 Scored first win of season at Sonoma
5 Won Sonoma & championship in same year –
’98 J. Gordon, ’05 Stewart, ’10 Johnson, ’15 Kyle Busch & ’21 Larson
Fewest Sonoma cautions: 2 – 2012, ’19 & ‘23
Only 2 Rookie of the Years contenders finished top 5 in a Sonoma race –
Juan Pablo Montoya (2007) & Austin Cindric (2022)
Chris Buescher: 2 Straight Sonoma top 5 finishes – Finished outside top 10 previous 5 races
Chase Elliott: Finished 8th or better last 3 Sonoma races – 2 Top 5 finishes
Michael McDowell: 2 Straight Sonoma top 10 finishes – Finished outside top 10 previous 9 races