NASCAR Sonoma Sunday, May 30, 2021
SONOMA NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Sonoma wins: 4 Drivers – 7 Wins
Martin Truex Jr. 3
Kyle Busch 2
Kurt Busch 1, Kevin Harvick 1
3 Champions competing winless at Sonoma: Chase Elliott (0 for 4), Brad Keselowski (0 for 10) & Joey Logano (0 for 11)
462 Days since last California race – Auto Club Speedway 3/1/20 (6/6/21)
19 Different winners in 31 NASCAR Cup Series Sonoma races
Martin Truex Jr. only repeat winner last 11 Sonoma races (3 Wins) – 8 Others 1 win each
2 Won consecutive Sonoma races – Jeff Gordon (1998, ’99 & ’00) & Martin Truex Jr. (2018 & ’19)
Jeff Gordon won 3 straight Sonoma races (1998, ’99 & ’00) – Martin Truex Jr. won last 2 Sonoma races
Martin Truex Jr. tied for 2nd all-time in Sonoma wins with Tony Stewart (3) – Jeff Gordon leads all with 5 wins
Martin Truex Jr. won Sonoma with 3 different teams – Michael Waltrip Racing, Furniture Row Racing & Joe Gibbs Racing
2019 Sonoma winner Martin Truex Jr. pitted 3 times – Lap 18, 38 & 64
Martin Truex Jr. led most laps last 3 Sonoma races – Finished 37th in 2017 & Winner 2018 & ‘19
Martin Truex Jr. led most laps 4 of last 7 Sonoma races – 3 Wins
Martin Truex Jr. led 146 of 310 Sonoma laps last 3 races (47%)
Longest winless streaks ended at Sonoma:
Martin Truex Jr. 218 races (2013), Tony Stewart 84 (2016), Robby Gordon 51 (2003) & Mark Martin 42 (1997)
Kyle Larson won pole last 3 Sonoma races – Finished 26th, 14th & 10th
5 California drivers won 10 Sonoma races
Stage 1 winner finished 19th or worse last 3 Sonoma races
Winner finished outside top 10 in Stage 1 last 3 Sonoma races
Winner finished outside top 5 in Stage 2 last 3 Sonoma races & outside top 15 in 2017 & ‘18
First Sonoma win for 9 of last 13 winners
Only win of season for 6 Sonoma winners
Only 1 scored first career win at Sonoma – Juan Pablo Montoya (2007)
Last 5 Sonoma races won by drivers who have won championships –
Kyle Busch (’15), Stewart (’16), Harvick (’17) & Truex Jr. (’18 & ‘19)
Stewart-Haas Racing won 2 of last 4 Sonoma races
No Sonoma winner won previous race of season
2019 Return of Carousel for first time since 1997
No winner from pole last 15 Sonoma races – Last winner from pole: Jeff Gordon 2004
5 Sonoma winners from the pole – Jeff Gordon won 3
9 of 31 Sonoma winners started outside top 10
5 of 31 NASCAR Cup Series Sonoma races won from pole – Jeff Gordon won from pole 3 times
Pole finished 6th or better 20 of 31 NASCAR Cup Series Sonoma races
Drivers starting in top 5 won 16 of 31 NASCAR Cup Series Sonoma races
Most laps led from start of Sonoma race: 37 – Jeff Gordon (1998)
Most laps led to Sonoma finish: 53 – Ricky Rudd (1989)
Kyle Busch passed for final lead change last Sonoma race – Finished 2nd
Leader of most laps failed to win 4 of last 6 Sonoma races
8 of last 13 winners scored their first career road course win at Sonoma
16 Scored first win of season at Sonoma including 6 of last 9 winners
First win of season for 3 of last 5 Sonoma winners – Kyle Busch (’15), Stewart (’16) & Harvick (’17)
4 Won Sonoma & championship in same year – ’98 J. Gordon, ’05 Stewart, ’10 Johnson & ’15 Kyle Busch
Chevrolet leads all with 11 Sonoma wins
2 Sonoma cautions in 2019 – Tied for fewest (2012)
6 Sonoma caution laps in 2019 – Fewest
2 Won Sonoma in first try – Ricky Rudd 1989 & Juan Pablo Montoya 2007
Most tries before first Sonoma win – Kevin Harvick won in 17th try in 2017
Juan Pablo Montoya only Rookie of the Year contender to finish top 5 in Sonoma race – 2007 Winner
Rookie of the Year contender finished 15th or worse last 10 Sonoma races
Longest green flag run at Sonoma: 82 Laps 1-82 (2012)
Longest green flag run to finish Sonoma: 56 Laps (2018)
Final green run 9 laps or less 17 Sonoma races
3 Sonoma Overtime finishes – Leader at scheduled distance won all 3
18 States represented first Sonoma race in 1989 – 8 From California