Infineon notebook

Notebook: Harvick sitting pretty after others have trouble
By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(June 20, 2010)
SONOMA, Calif.—Kevin Harvick helped himself with a third-place finish in Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway.
What helped the NASCAR Sprint Cup points leader more was the extreme misfortune that befell his closest pursuers in the standings.
Kyle Busch, second to [...]

Johnson gets road-course gift from Ambrose

By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(June 20, 2010)
SONOMA, Calif.—Jimmie Johnson scratched another item off his bucket list—but not without unintended help from Marcos Ambrose.
Johnson inherited the lead in Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway when Ambrose failed to keep up with the pace car during the final caution of the 110-lap race and [...]

NASCAR By The Numbers

NASCAR Number
By Bill Marx
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(June 20, 2010)
7: Laps led Sunday by Mattias Ekstrom in his Sprint Cup Series debut, the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at at Infineon Speedway. That is more laps than 15 drivers have led all season (Travis Kvapil, 6 laps; Robby Gordon and Michael McDowell, 5; Dave Blaney, David Gilliland [...]

Kahne Grabs Infineon Pole

Kasey Kahne won the pole Friday at Infineon Raceway in the same car he drove to victory in last year’s race on the road course, reports the Associated Press.
Kahne turned a lap of 93.893 mph around the 11-turn, 1.99-mile course in a Ford for Richard Petty Motorsports. He knocked four-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson [...]

2010 Toyota/Save Mart 350 – Entry List

 
Below is the unofficial entry list for the 2010 Toyota/Save Mart 350, scheduled to take place on Sunday from Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, CA:

CAR
DRIVER
HOMETOWN
MAKE
SPONSOR
OWNER

00
David Reutimann
Zephyrhills, FL
Toyota
Aaron’s Dream Machine
Rob Kauffman

1
Jamie McMurray
Joplin, MO
Chevrolet
McDonald’s
Teresa Earnhardt

2
Kurt Busch
Las Vegas, NV
Dodge
Miller Lite
Walter Czarnecki

5
Mark Martin
Batesville, AR
Chevrolet
GoDaddy.com
Mary Hendrick

6
David Ragan
Unadilla, GA
Ford
UPS
John Henry

7
Robby Gordon
Orange, CA
Toyota
Monster Energy
Robby Gordon

9
Kasey Kahne
Enumclaw, WA
Ford
Budweiser
George Gillett, Jr

09
Jan Magnussen
Roskilde, Denmark
Chevrolet
HendrickCars.com
James Finch

11
Denny Hamlin
Chesterfield, [...]

Toyota/Save Mart 350 – Entry List

Below is the unofficial entry list for the Toyota/Save Mart 350, scheduled to take place on Sunday, June 20, from Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, CA:

CAR
DRIVER
HOMETOWN
MAKE
SPONSOR
OWNER

00
David Reutimann
Zephyrhills, FL
Toyota
Aaron’s Dream Machine
Rob Kauffman

1
Jamie McMurray
Joplin, MO
Chevrolet
McDonald’s
Teresa Earnhardt

2
Kurt Busch
Las Vegas, NV
Dodge
Miller Lite
Walter Czarnecki

5
Mark Martin
Batesville, AR
Chevrolet
GoDaddy.com
Mary Hendrick

6
David Ragan
Unadilla, GA
Ford
UPS
John Henry

7
Robby Gordon
Orange, CA
Toyota
Monster Energy
Robby Gordon

9
Kasey Kahne
Enumclaw, WA
Ford
Budweiser
George Gillett, Jr

09
Jan Magnussen
Roskilde, Denmark
Chevrolet
HendrickCars.com
James Finch

11
Denny [...]

NASCAR Notebook

Notebook: Bigger restrictor plates set for Daytona
From the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(June 7, 2010)
Sprint Cup teams will start the Coke Zero 400 weekend at Daytona International Speedway using restrictor plates with holes 1-1/32nd of an inch in diameter, 3/64ths of an inch bigger than the plates used in the Daytona 500 in February, when [...]

Nuts And Bolts

Some news tidbits from the world of NASCAR:

Actor, producer, director and composer/musician Andy Garcia will serve as grand marshal for the Auto Club 500 on Sunday.

Garcia, who has been nominated for an Emmy, an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, stars in the upcoming comedy “City Island,” with Julianna Margulies, Steven Strait, Dominik Garcia-Lorido, Ezra [...]