NASCAR at Sonoma 2016: Start time, lineup, TV schedule, more
SONOMA, Calif. — It’s NASCAR race day at Sonoma Raceway, and we’ve got all the information you need to get ready for today’s Sprint Cup Series race.
START TIME: Ruben Arminana, president of Sonoma State University, will instruct drivers to start their engines at 3:08 p.m. Eastern time today (12:08 local), followed by the green flag at 3:20 p.m.
RACE DISTANCE: The Toyota/Save Mart 350 is not 350 miles — it's 350 kilometers. That's 110 laps around the 1.99-mile circuit for a total of 218.9 miles.
NATIONAL ANTHEM/FLYOVER: Q Smith, from Transcendence Theatre's Broadway Under the Stars in Sonoma Valley, will sing the national anthem prior to today's race. That will be followed by a flyover from the 114th Fighter Squadron from Kingsley Field in Oregon.
TV/RADIO SCHEDULE: For the final time this season, Fox Sports 1 will broadcast the race on TV and has a pre-race show beginning at 2 p.m. Eastern time. The Performance Racing Network (PRN) and Sirius/XM Radio will call the race on the radio.
WEATHER: A beautiful Northern California day. The National Weather Service is calling for sunny skies with a high near 90 degrees and a slight breeze.
LAST TIME: Kyle Busch made a late pit stop for tires and rallied for a surprise win to make himself Chase-eligible despite missing the first portion of the season with a broken right leg and left foot.
STARTING LINEUP: Carl Edwards, who won at Sonoma in 2014, edged AJ Allmendinger, who started on the pole in 2015, for the top spot in qualifying.
Here's the starting lineup for today's race at Sonoma:
1. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota
2. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet
3. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota
4. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet
5. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet
6. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota
7. (22) Joey Logano, Ford
8. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota
9. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet
10. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet
11. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet
12. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford
13. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet
14. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet
15. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet
16. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet
17. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet
18. (15) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet
19. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet
20. (95) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet
21. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet
22. (44) Brian Scott, Ford
23. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota
24. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet
25. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet
26. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford
27. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford
28. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford
29. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford
30. (23) David Ragan, Toyota
31. (7) Regan Smith, Chevrolet
32. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford
33. (83) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota
34. (32) Patrick Carpentier, Ford
35. (98) Cole Whitt, Toyota
36. (34) Chris Buescher, Ford
37. (38) Landon Cassill, Ford
38. (93) Dylan Lupton, Toyota
39. (30) Josh Wise, Chevrolet
40. (46) Michael Annett, Chevrolet