Hendrick drivers are beginning 1-2-3 at Sonoma.
Coca-Cola 600 winner Kyle Larson will begin first at Sonoma forward of teammates Chase Elliott and William Byron. It is the fourth consecutive time that Larson has began first at Sonoma; he gained the pole forward of the 2017, 2018 and 2019 races on the monitor.
These pole positions have not led to nice finishes, nonetheless. Larson has completed twenty sixth, 14th and Tenth in these three races. That Tenth-place end in 2019 is Larson’s finest on the highway course.
There was no Sonoma race in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Sunday’s race (3 p.m. ET, Fox Sports activities 1) is the primary Cup Collection race within the state of California in two years.
The beginning lineup was additionally determined by NASCAR’s qualifying formulation as a result of there is no such thing as a observe or qualifying forward of the race. The formulation consists of a driver’s ending place from the earlier race (25%), the automotive proprietor’s ending place from the earlier occasion (25%), the place the staff is in proprietor factors (35%) and the motive force’s quickest lap from the earlier race (15%). The motive force with the bottom mixed quantity begins first.
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Beginning lineup
1. Kyle Larson
2. Chase Elliott
3. William Byron
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Kyle Busch
6. Austin Dillon
7. Alex Bowman
8. Kevin Harvick
9. Brad Keselowski
10. Tyler Reddick
11. Ryan Blaney
12. Chris Buescher
13. Joey Logano
14. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
15. Bubba Wallace
16. Daniel Suarez
17. Matt DiBenedetto
18. Erik Jones
19. Martin Truex Jr.
20. Christopher Bell
21. Michael McDowell
22. Corey LaJoie
23. Cole Custer
24. Ryan Newman
25. Chase Briscoe
26. Aric Almirola
27. Ryan Preece
28. Anthony Alfredo
29. Ross Chastain
30. Kurt Busch
31. Ben Rhodes
32. James Davison
33. Quin Houff
34. Garrett Smithley
35. Scott Heckert
36. Josh Bilicki
37. Cody Ware
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