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Another Frustrating Day for AJ Allmendinger

Photo - Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images
Photo – Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images

The same old song has become painfully familiar to AJ Allmendinger.

In 2014, the driver of the No. 47 JTG / Daugherty Racing Chevrolet started second at Sonoma Raceway, led 35 laps – and finished 37th, two laps down.

Last year, Allmendinger started on the pole and came home 37th again.

Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 brought another second-place start, and again the race fell apart for the Californian driver. Continue reading →

Dramatic Last-Lap Pass Gives Tony Stewart Crucial Victory at Sonoma

Is Tony Stewart having fun yet?

In his last year of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racing, Stewart came to Sonoma Racing asserting on Friday he wasn’t having much fun driving a Sprint Cup car.

That all changed in Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at the 1.99-mile road course, where Stewart bulldozed Denny Hamlin into the outside wall in Turn 11, executing a dramatic last-lap pass for his first victory since June 2, 2013 at Dover.

In the three years since that victory, a succession of injuries and a personal tragedy have limited the three-time champion’s time in a Sprint Cup car and limited Stewart’s effectiveness when he was behind the wheel of the No. 14 Chevrolet he co-owns with Gene Haas. Continue reading →

Christopher Bell Takes Thrilling Victory at Gateway Motorsports Park

A gutsy decision to use the bottom lane for a restart with two laps to go paid off for Christopher Bell, who earned his second career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory in Saturday night’s third annual Drivin for Linemen 200 at Gateway Motorsports Park.

Bell, driver of the No. 4 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Tundra, survived a chaotic and intense second half to edge Ben Rhodes to the checkered flag, giving KBM its 50th victory in the series, tying Roush Fenway Racing for the all-time series wins lead. Continue reading →

Elliott Edges Gragson to Win at Sonoma

Photo - Matt Sullivan/Getty Images
Photo – Matt Sullivan/Getty Images

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Collects His First K&N Pro Series West Victory

Pole sitter Chase Elliott completed a daring pass of race leader Noah Gragson with three laps remaining to claim the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Chevys Fresh Mex 200 Saturday afternoon at California’s famed Sonoma Raceway.

Elliott had saved his tires throughout much of the race before he made his race-winning win with three laps to go to overtake Gragson, who was selected to the latest NASCAR Next class earlier this year.

Gragson had led a race-high 34 laps before losing the lead to Elliott. Gragson said he learned a great deal racing against someone the caliber of Elliott, a leading NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate. Continue reading →