Clint Bowyer festeggia a Sonoma, trovando il primo successo nella NASCAR Sprint Cup a Sonoma dopo essere passato al team Michael Waltrip Racing.
Bravo Bowyer a strappare la leadership a Jeff Gordon dopo 25 giri e a mantenere il comando della gara fino al termine della corsa. Alla fine Gordon deve accontentarsi del sesto posto.
Sono, infatti, Tony Stewart e Kurt Busch a salire rispettivamente sul secondo e sul terzo gradino del podio, con quest’ultimo che negli ultimi giri colpisce un muro esterno e danneggia la sospensione posteriore, mettendo fine di fatto alle possibilità di vittoria.
Di seguito l’ordine d’arrivo:
Results - 112 laps:
Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap
1. Clint Bowyer Waltrip Toyota 2h39m55.000s
2. Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Chevrolet + 0.829s
3. Kurt Busch Phoenix Chevrolet + 1.093s
4. Brian Vickers Waltrip Toyota + 1.625s
5. Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Chevrolet + 2.692s
6. Jeff Gordon Hendrick Chevrolet + 3.650s
7. Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Ford + 3.878s
8. Marcos Ambrose Petty Ford + 4.246s
9. AJ Allmendinger Penske Dodge + 4.418s
10. Joey Logano Gibbs Toyota + 5.131s
11. Jeff Burton Childress Chevrolet + 5.329s
12. Brad Keselowski Penske Dodge + 5.776s
13. Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Ford + 6.402s
14. Kasey Kahne Hendrick Chevrolet + 6.596s
15. Casey Mears Germain Ford + 6.788s
16. Kevin Harvick Childress Chevrolet + 7.147s
17. Kyle Busch Gibbs Toyota + 7.415s
18. Ryan Newman Stewart-Haas Chevrolet + 7.670s
19. Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet + 8.318s
20. Paul Menard Childress Chevrolet + 8.618s
21. Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Ford + 9.592s
22. Martin Truex Jr Waltrip Toyota + 13.049s
23. Dale Earnhardt Jr Hendrick Chevrolet + 38.632s
24. Bobby Labonte JTG Daugherty Toyota + 1 lap
25. Scott Speed Leavine Ford + 1 lap
26. David Gilliland Front Row Ford + 1 lap
27. David Ragan Front Row Ford + 1 lap
28. Aric Almirola Petty Ford + 2 laps
29. Boris Said FAS Lane Ford + 2 laps
30. Josh Wise Front Row Ford + 2 laps
31. Landon Cassill BK Toyota + 2 laps
32. Regan Smith Furniture Row Chevrolet + 3 laps
33. JJ Yeley Robinson-Blakeney Toyota + 5 laps
34. Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet + 5 laps
Retirements:
Denny Hamlin Gibbs Toyota 98 laps
Travis Kvapil BK Toyota 92 laps
Dave Blaney Baldwin Chevrolet 84 laps
Tomy Drissi Baldwin Chevrolet 78 laps
Robby Gordon Gordon Dodge 73 laps
David Mayhew Parsons Ford 25 laps
Stephen Leicht Circle Sport Chevrolet 22 laps
Chris Cook Humphrey Smith Toyota 13 laps
Joe Nemechek NEMCO Toyota 1 lap