Sonoma Raceway • 2 p.m. • TV: Fox Sports One
What: Race 16 of 36
Track: Road course, 1.99 miles
Race distance: 218.9 miles, 110 laps
Last year: Carl Edwards raced to his first road-course win.
Last race: Kurt Busch won the rain-shortened race at Michigan on July 14 for his second win of the year.
Fast facts: A.J. Allmendinger won the pole on Saturday. ... Five-time Sonoma winner and nine-time road-course champ Jeff Gordon, who began his racing career in Northern California, will start fifth. ... Tony Stewart has seven road-course victories, two at Sonoma and five at Watkins Glen. ... Matt Kenseth qualified third. He has just six career top-10 finishes in 30 starts on NASCAR's road courses.
Next race: Coke Zero 400, July 5, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla.
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