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Sonoma Notes & Facts – Sunday – race:

- 191 drivers have competed in at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Sonoma Raceway; 133 in more than one. - There have been three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races resulting with a green-white-checkered finish at Sonoma Raceway (Scheduled No. of Laps/Actual No...

Sonoma notes:

#78-Martin Truex Jr. earned his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series road-course victory when he took the checkers in Sonoma in 2013. Truex Jr. became the ninth different race winner as many years, and the seventh consecutive driver to claim his first Sprint Cup Series road...

Sonoma Notes & Facts – Saturday – poles:

- Rusty Wallace won the inaugural Coors Light pole at Sonoma in 1989 with a speed of 90.041 mph. - 15 drivers have Coors Light poles at Sonoma, led by Jeff Gordon with five. - Two drivers have won consecutive Coors Light poles at Sonoma Ricky Rudd and Jeff Gordon. ...

Latest on Jeff Gordon’s back:

#24-Jeff Gordon met with members of the media at Sonoma Raceway and discussed many subjects, including his back. The transcript in part: Q) HOW IS YOUR BACK NOW? HAVE YOU HAD TO DO ANYTHING SINCE CHARLOTTE THAT YOU DON'T NORMALLY DO TO MAINTAIN IT? Gordon: 'Since ...

Hendrick Motorsports stretches win streak to five races:

#48- Jimmie Johnson's performance at Michigan marked Hendrick Motorsports' fifth consecutive points-paying Sprint Cup win of 2014. #24-Jeff Gordon kicked off the current streak with his Kansas victory on May 10, which was followed by Johnson winning on May 25 at Charlotte...

Sonoma Notes & Facts – Friday – drivers:

- Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin, Bobby Labonte and Terry Labonte lead the series in starts at Sonoma with 21 each. - Jeff Gordon and Mark Martin leads the series in runner-up finishes at Sonoma with four; followed by Tony Stewart with three. - Jeff Gordon leads the series...

Sonoma Goodyear Tire Notes:

Teams in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will run the same Goodyear tire code on all four tire positions at Sonoma . . . this is the first time teams will be running this code, which came out of a Goodyear test at Sonoma on March 25-26 . . . teams and drivers participating...

New primary sponsor for Gordon? UPDATE2:

hearing that Panasonic, an associated sponsor / partner of Hendrick Motorsports will be the primary sponsor at Sonoma Raceway in June and/or New Hampshire in July. Supposedly the car will be blue and white and feature the Panasonic Toughbook mobile computers. Other...

Top 10 Driver Ratings at Sonoma:

#9-Marcos Ambrose 108.0 #41-Kurt Busch 107.8 #14-Tony Stewart 102.4 #24-Jeff Gordon 101.6 #48-Jimmie Johnson 97.3 Juan Pablo Montoya 95.5 (will not race) #15-Clint Bowyer 95.2 #18-Kyle Busch 88.0 #31-Ryan Newman 88.0 #99-Carl Edwards 86.8 Note: Driver Ratings compiled...

NASCAR Numbers:

4: Now that Jimmie Johnson has gotten his long-awaited victory at Michigan International Speedway, the six-time champion has reduced the number of active NASCAR Sprint Cup Series tracks at which he hasn't won to four. The remaining venues-Kentucky, Watkins Glen, Chicagoland...

Race Fast Facts – Michigan International Speedway:

#48-Jimmie Johnson won the 46th Annual Quicken Loans 400, his 69th victory in 450 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. Johnson is eighth on the all-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series wins list. This is his series-leading third victory and 10th top-10 finish in 2014. This is ...

2014 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Championship Points Standings:

[after Michigan, race 15 of 36] 1) #24-Jeff Gordon [1 win], 537 2) #48-Jimmie Johnson [3 wins], 522, -15 3) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [2 wins], 514, -23 4) #20-Matt Kenseth, 513, -24 5) #2-Brad Keselowski [1 win], 490, -47 6) #99-Carl Edwards [1 win], 462, -75 7) #22-...

Current 2014 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Seedings:

[after Michigan, race 15 of 36 if Chase seeding started after this race] 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 3 wins, 2nd in points 2) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2 wins, 3rd 3) #22-Joey Logano, 2 wins, 7th 4) #4-Kevin Harvick, 2 wins, 9th 5) #24-Jeff Gordon, 1 win, 1st 6) #2-Brad Keselowski...

Michigan Notes & Facts – Saturday – drivers:

- Bill Elliott leads the series in starts at Michigan with 61. Jeff Gordon leads all active drivers with 42 starts. - Jeff Gordon leads the series in runner-up finishes at Michigan with eight; followed by Darrell Waltrip with seven. - NASCAR Hall of Famer Cale Yarborough...

Harvick wins Michigan pole:

#4-Kevin Harvick won the Coors Light pole for the Quicken Loans 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway with track record speed of 204.557mph for his 3rd pole of 2014 and 9th of his career. Harvick has won four races from the pole out of eight...

Qualifying Fast Facts – Michigan:

Kevin Harvick won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 46th Annual Quicken Loans 400 with a lap of 35.198 seconds, 204.557 mph. Harvick's speed is the fastest pole-winning speed since April of 1987, when Bill Elliott set the all-time qualifying record of 212.809 mph ...

Michigan Notes & Facts – Friday – poles:

- Donnie Allison won the inaugural Coors Light pole at Michigan in 1969 with a speed of 160.135 mph. - 45 drivers have Coors Light poles at Michigan, led by David Pearson with 10. Jeff Gordon leads all active drivers with five. - Six drivers have won consecutive Coors...

Hendrick Motorsports on a streak:

#88-Dale Earnhardt's performance on Sunday at Pocono marked Hendrick Motorsports' fourth consecutive points-paying Sprint Cup win in 2014. #24-Jeff Gordon kicked off the current streak with his Kansas victory on May 10, which was followed by #48-Jimmie Johnson winning...

Top 10 Driver Ratings at Michigan:

#16-Greg Biffle 110.0 #20-Matt Kenseth 105.6 #99-Carl Edwards 104.7 #48-Jimmie Johnson 101.4 #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. 97.0 #14-Tony Stewart 95.9 #18-Kyle Busch 92.0 #55-Brian Vickers 91.5 #24-Jeff Gordon 89.8 #11-Denny Hamlin 89.7 Note: Driver Ratings compiled from 2005...

Why did winner Earnhardt Jr. get less winnings than Keselowski:

Anyone who looked at the winnings from the Pocono 400 probably did a double take. Dale Earnhardt Jr., the winner of the race, earned $198,965. Brad Keselowski, who finished second, earned $213,783. NASCAR, in order to encourage teams to run every race, decades ago ...