� 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)
