Starting from 8th place Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops Toyota won the Toyota / Save Mart 350, his 33rd win in 637 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 2nd win & 8th Top 10 finish in 2023. This is his 4th win & 7th Top 10 finish in 17 races at Sonoma Raceway. 2nd Place Car 8 Kyle Busch McLaren Custom Grills Chevrolet, started from 12th place posted his 9th Top 10 finish in 18 races at Sonoma Raceway. It is his 9th Top 10 finish in 2023. 3rd Place Car 22 Joey Logano Autotrader Ford, started from 17th place posted his 6th Top 10 finish in 14 races at Sonoma Raceway.
4th Place Car 17 Chris Buescher Fifth Third Bank Ford, started from 7th place followed by 5th place Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, started from 10th place. 6th Place Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Gabriel Glas Chevrolet, started from 5th place followed by 7th place Car 34 Michael McDowell Love’s Travel Stops Ford, started from 3rd place. 8th Place Car 5 Kyle Larson Valvoline Chevrolet, started from 16th place followed by 9th place Car 20 Christopher Bell Rheem/Resideo Toyota, started from 4th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 1 Ross Chastain Kubota Chevrolet, in 10th place, started from 15th place. Ty Gibbs (18th) was the highest finishing rookie. Martin Truex Jr. leads the point standings by 13 points over William Byron.
The race had 2 Caution Flags for 6 laps: 1st Caution on Lap 51 for Uncontrolled Tire On Pit Road. 2nd Caution on Lap 93 for #11 Incident Frontstretch.
The race had 10 Lead Changes among 6 drivers; D. Hamlin 1-32; M. Truex Jr. 33-50; D. Hamlin 51; K. Busch 52-68; M. Truex Jr. 69-74; M. McDowell 75; C. Elliott 76-79; M. Truex Jr. 80-92; R. Chastain 93; C. Elliott 94-96; M. Truex Jr. 97-110.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 11, 19, 20, 16, 34, 45, 17, 54, 48, 47
Stage 2 Top 10: 8, 22, 1, 24, 47, 3, 19, 34, 20, 4
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Sunday, 6/11/2023 @ 06:31 PM Eastern
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 16
Race Results for the Toyota / Save Mart 350 – Sunday, June 11, 2023
Sonoma Raceway – Sonoma, CA – 1.99 – Mile Road
Total Race Length – 110 Laps – 218.9 Miles
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 8. Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops Toyota 110 Running 2. 12. Car 8 Kyle Busch McLaren Custom Grills Chevrolet 110 Running 3. 17. Car 22 Joey Logano Autotrader Ford 110 Running 4. 7. Car 17 Chris Buescher Fifth Third Bank Ford 110 Running 5. 10. Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 110 Running 6. 5. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Gabriel Glas Chevrolet 110 Running 7. 3. Car 34 Michael McDowell Love’s Travel Stops Ford 110 Running 8. 16. Car 5 Kyle Larson Valvoline Chevrolet 110 Running 9. 4. Car 20 Christopher Bell Rheem/Resideo Toyota 110 Running 10. 15. Car 1 Ross Chastain Kubota Chevrolet 110 Running 11. 21. Car 4 Kevin Harvick Mobil 1 Ford 110 Running 12. 13. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Kroger/Cottonelle Chevrolet 110 Running 13. 22. Car 41 Ryan Preece Autodesk Ford 110 Running 14. 26. Car 24 William Byron RaptorTough.com Chevrolet 110 Running 15. 14. Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Pride Chevrolet 110 Running 16. 25. Car 6 Brad Keselowski King’s Hawaiian Ford 110 Running 17. 18. Car 23 Bubba Wallace DoorDash Toyota 110 Running 18. 6. Car 54 Ty Gibbs # Monster Energy Toyota 110 Running 19. 11. Car 3 Austin Dillon BREZTRI Chevrolet 110 Running 20. 19. Car 7 Corey LaJoie Schluter Systems Chevrolet 110 Running 21. 23. Car 31 Justin Haley Cirkul Chevrolet 110 Running 22. 9. Car 99 Daniel Suarez Freeway Insurance Chevrolet 110 Running 23. 27. Car 77 Ty Dillon NationsGuard Chevrolet 110 Running 24. 32. Car 51 Todd Gilliland Serial 1 E-Bikes Ford 110 Running 25. 34. Car 2 Austin Cindric America’s Tire Ford 110 Running 26. 35. Car 42 Grant Enfinger(i) Sunseeker Resort Chevrolet 110 Running 27. 36. Car 21 Harrison Burton DEX Imaging Ford 110 Running 28. 20. Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 110 Running 29. 24. Car 14 Chase Briscoe Ford Performance Racing School Ford 110 Running 30. 29. Car 78 Josh Bilicki(i) Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet 110 Running 31. 31. Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Moen Ford 110 Running 32. 28. Car 43 Erik Jones Allegiant Chevrolet 109 Running 33. 2. Car 45 Tyler Reddick The Beast Unleashed Toyota 109 Running 34. 30. Car 38 Zane Smith(i) Wellcare Ford 109 Running 35. 33. Car 15 Andy Lally Camping World Ford 109 Running 36. 1. Car 11 Denny Hamlin Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota 92 Accident
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reasons indicated: N/A. Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 40 Mins, 12 Secs. Average Speed: 81.989 MPH. Margin of Victory: 2.979 Seconds. Caution Flags: 2 for 6 laps. Lead Changes: 10 among 6 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: June 25, 2023 – Nashville Superspeedway
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