Toyota/Save Mart 350

Here is a quick run down of trivial facts and statistics for this weekend’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, CA.

Infineon Raceway History

• The track opened as a 2.52-mile road course and drag strip in 1968.
• The first NASCAR Sprint Cup race was held in 1989.
• The first nine races were 300 kilometers and switched to a 350k format in 1998.
• The track was re-configured to 1.949 miles in 1998 with the installation of an 890-foot chute between the original turns 4 and 7.
• The track was reconfigured to 2.0 miles in 2001 and re-measured at 1.99 miles in 2002.

Track Numbers

• NASCAR Cup Series Races: 19
• Pole Winners: 11
• Race Winners: 11
• Rusty Wallace won the first NASCAR Sprint Cup pole.
• Ricky Rudd won the first NASCAR Sprint Cup race.
• Only three driver’s have won more than one pole.
• Jeff Gordon (five) leads all pole winners. Ricky Rudd has four, including three consecutive (1990-92) and Rusty Wallace has two.
• There have been five different pole winners in the last six races. Jeff Gordon (2004 and 2005) is the only repeat pole winner there since 2002.
• There have been consecutive pole winners three times: Ricky Rudd (1990-92), Jeff Gordon (1998-99 and 2004-05).
• Five driver’s have more than one victory there – led by Jeff Gordon with five. Ernie Irvan, Ricky Rudd, Tony Stewart and Rusty Wallace (all with two) are the other multiple-race winners. *Jeff Gordon is also the only driver with consecutive wins, winning in 1998, 1999 and 2000.
• Seven of the drivers that have won races also have won poles there.
• There have been only five different race winners in the last 10 races at Infineon. Jeff Gordon (five), Tony Stewart (two), Robby Gordon (one), Ricky Rudd (one) and Juan Pablo Montoya (one).
• Five of 19 races have been won by the pole winner, including three times by Jeff Gordon. His victory from the pole in 2004 is the most recent.
• Last season’s race was won from 32nd starting position by Juan Pablo Montoya – the deepest in the field that a race winner ever started at Infineon.
• Jeff Gordon is the all-time leader in NASCAR Sprint Cup road-course victories with nine. Five of Gordon’s road-course victories have occurred at Infineon Raceway. He has three more victories than any other driver at the Sonoma track. Gordon also heads the all-time pole winners list for Infineon Raceway with five and has led the most laps there with 437 – more than twice the total of Rusty Wallace (171), who has led the second most.

Track Records

• Track qualifying record: Jeff Gordon (94.325 mph, 75.950 secs., 6-24-05)
• Track race record: Ricky Rudd (91.007 mph, 6-23-02)

Infineon Raceway Race Day Data

• Estimated Pit Window: Every 30-32 laps, based on fuel mileage.
• Race #16 of 36 (6-22-08)
• Track Size: 1.99 miles (110 laps/350 Kilometers)
• Turns: 10