***NASCAR WC at Infineon Raceway Sonoma, CA on FoX, Sunday, 1 pm PT / 4 pm ET***

NASCAR.com ^ | 6/20/03

[NormsRevenge]

Infineon Raceway is one of the premier road racing venues in the country, and one of the few on the NASCAR Winston Cup Series circuit. The facility first opened in 1968 and serves as the gateway to the beautiful and scenic Sonoma Valley, which serves as one of the top wine-producing regions in the world.

God Bless our Armed Forces and their families and those who have paid for our freedoms with their lives.

God Bless America

[pnz1]

Wasn't Boris in a truck deal for a while with Ernie Irvan?

[budman_2001]

He was Busch Rookie of the Year in 2002 and drives the yellow Nesquik car.

2002NASCAR Busch Grand National Series

2001NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

2000NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

Late Model Stock Car Division

1999Late Model Sportsman Division

Late Model Stock Car Division

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

1998Slim Jim All Pro Series

1997USA Racing Hooters ProCup Series

NASCAR Late Model Stock Car Div.

'96-'94NASCAR Late Model Stock Car Div.

'93-'90NASCAR Late Model Stock Car Div.

'90-'88NASCAR Mini-Stock Division

'87-'84Motor Cross Racing

[CAfraudPI]

I think you are right about that.

[steveegg]

Flash starting to charge; he's up to 5th.

Serious pit stops coming, with Crash now pitting.

[pnz1]

I'm thinking he is something at No Fear, too.

[steveegg]

Ron Fellows gets 5 bonus points for the Pennzoil team. Quick stop for Crash (14.7 seconds).

[CAfraudPI]

Damn...the 8 is back to 10th!!!!

[CAfraudPI]

Please let the 8 finish ahead of the 17!!!!!!

[steveegg]

Harvick gave up a shot at a quick 5 points by pitting. Fellows, Said, Flash and Busch still out there.

[steveegg]

Please let the 8 finish ahead of the 17!!!!!!

Sorry, ain't gonna happen :-)

[CAfraudPI]

A man can dream can't he?

[budman_2001]

17 all the way, Dude! He will be an excellent champion standing up there on the stage at the Waldorf.

[CAfraudPI]

Trouble for the17!!!!!!!!!!

[steveegg]

Like me saying that Kenseth's going to continue his good road-course run :-)

Kenseth lost a tire going toward turn 11, manages to get into the pits anyway (YES!!!!)

[steveegg]

Full-course caution for the remains of Kenseth's tire.

[Publius6961]

1968? That sounds about 10 years too soon. I'm going to have to put my memory cap on.

Why do I think so? I didn't start working on the final geometry of the track until about 8 years later than that I think. 1978 for the opening perhaps?

The track was created by a half dozen local investors and "laid out" by a golf architect.
Making it work as a real racetrack was a tough but fun challenge for me at the time.

I'll just have to look in my old worksheet boxes.
Needless to say I have always had a soft spot for that place.
Up until 4 years ago I lived in the closest town to the track, Novato, which is just over the county line in Marin County.

[budman_2001]

OK....that's a lousy excuse for a yellow. The pit flag man could just about hook that tire carcas with his flag and pull it safe.

[CAfraudPI]

Why couldn't that have happened coming out of turn 11?!?!?!?!

[steveegg]

We now know where to send Spencer when he complains about taking another 40th :-)

Seriously, that's a fine track.

[steveegg]

Jr's well ahead of Kenseth now (11th vs 27th).