As the summer stretch heats up, the Sprint Cup Series heads to Sonoma Raceway this weekend for the first of two road course events in 2016.
There are 41 cars entered for Sunday’s race, meaning one will go home following qualifying on Saturday.
Canadian road course ace Patrick Carpentier will compete in the No. 32 car fro Go FAS Racing. He last raced in the Sprint Cup Series in 2011, driving the No. 32 car at Kansas Speedway. He has two Sonoma starts with his best finish of 11th coming in 2009.
Cody Ware will make his Sprint Cup Series debut on Sunday with Premium Motorsports in the No. 55 car. The 20-year-old has 11 career XFINITY Series starts, including five this season. His best career series finish came in his debut at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 2014 when he came home 15th.
BK Racing will field a third entry at Sonoma for Dylan Lupton who will make his Sprint Cup Series debut. He has ten career XFINITY Series starts, including two this season. He has one career top-10 finish that came at Mid-Ohio last year when he placed ninth.
Action from Sonoma begins on Friday with two practices, the first at 3 p.m. and final beginning at 6:30 p.m. (all times ET). Qualifying will be on Saturday at 2:15 p.m and the Toyota/Save Mart 350 will take place on Sunday at 3 p.m. on FOX Sports 1.
| Car No. | Driver | Manu | Sponsor | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevy | Cessna | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | Alliance Truck Parts | Team Penske |
| 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevy | Dow / Utility Trailers | Richard Childress Racing |
| 4 | Kevin Harvick | Chevy | Mobil 1 | Stewart-Haas Racing |
| 5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevy | Great Clips | Hendrick Motorsports |
| 6 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | AdvoCare | Roush Fenway Racing |
| 7 | Regan Smith | Chevy | Nikko RC / Road Rippers Monster Shark | Tommy Baldwin Racing |
| 10 | Danica Patrick | Chevy | Nature's Bakery | Stewart-Haas Racing |
| 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Cares | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| 13 | Casey Mears | Chevy | GEICO | Germain Racing |
| 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevy | Code 3 Assoc / Mobil 1 | Stewart-Haas Racing |
| 15 | Clint Bowyer | Chevy | 5-Hour Energy | HScott Motorsports |
| 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | Kleen Performance | Roush Fenway Racing |
| 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Ford | Fastenal | Roush Fenway Racing |
| 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | M&M's Anniversary | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| 19 | Carl Edwards | Toyota | Stanley | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| 20 | Matt Kenseth | Toyota | Dollar General | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| 21* | Ryan Blaney # | Ford | Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center | Wood Brothers Racing |
| 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | Shell Pennzoil | Team Penske |
| 23 | David Ragan | Toyota | Dr Pepper | BK Racing |
| 24 | Chase Elliott # | Chevy | 3M | Hendrick Motorsports |
| 27 | Paul Menard | Chevy | Richmond / Menards | Richard Childress Racing |
| 30* | Josh Wise | Chevy | Curtis Key Plumbing | The Motorsports Group |
| 31 | Ryan Newman | Chevy | WIX Filters | Richard Childress Racing |
| 32 | Patrick Carpentier | Ford | Can-Am | GO FAS Racing |
| 34 | Chris Buescher # | Ford | Love's Travel Stops | Front Row Motorsports |
| 38 | Landon Cassill | Ford | MDS Transport | Front Row Motorsports |
| 41 | Kurt Busch | Chevy | Monster Energy / Haas Automation | Stewart-Haas Racing |
| 42 | Kyle Larson | Chevy | Target | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | Smithfield | Richard Petty Motorsports |
| 44 | Brian Scott # | Ford | Albertsons Co / Shore Lodge | Richard Petty Motorsports |
| 46 | Michael Annett | Chevy | All State Peterbilt | HScott Motorsports |
| 47 | A.J. Allmendinger | Chevy | Ralph's / Kingsford | JTG Daugherty Racing |
| 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevy | Lowe's | Hendrick Motorsports |
| 55* | Cody Ware (i) | Chevy | Carport Empire | Premium Motorsports |
| 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | Furniture Row | Furniture Row Racing |
| 83 | Matt Dibenedetto | Toyota | Dustless Blasting | BK Racing |
| 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevy | Axalta | Hendrick Motorsports |
| 93* | Dylan Lupton (i) | Toyota | Bell Brothers / Elk Grove Toyota | BK Racing |
| 95 | Michael McDowell | Chevy | KLOVE Radio | Circle Sport-Leavine Family Racing |
| 98* | Cole Whitt | Chevy | TBD | Premium Motorsports |
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I will really miss watching Boris Said this year, at Sonoma. I am glad to admit that I was a “Said-Head” and proud to be one. It was always great to see Boris running his #60 No Fear Ford. After he folded up his team and shop, it was fun to watch him drive the #32 for Frankie Stoddard, his former partner from the #60.
I lot of drivers honed their road course skills under Boris’s instruction in road racing.
He will be missed by all of the former, “Said Heads”.