NASCAR hits the road this weekend, rolling into California's wine country for the Toyota / Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway. It is just the second of five road courses to be run in the 36-race Cup Series schedule.
Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma County, CaliforniaDaniel Suárez, Trackhouse Racing ChevroletWhen the track opened in 1968, it was a 2.52-mile, 12-turn road course utilizing the dramatic rises and drops of the natural terrain and incorporating the drag strip for two portions. A mid-90s redevelopment eliminated the Turn 6 “Carousel” – a 180-degree sweeping downhill left-hander – and introduced the “The Chute,” a downhill straightaway that leads into the flat Turn 7.
with a broken leg, currently sits in 27th in the points and likely needs a win to automatically qualify for the playoffs. Six of Elliott's 18 career wins have come on road courses.NASCAR's most versatile – and dominant – driver once again enters a race weekend as a favorite. Kyle Larson has won the pole position for the last five races in Sonoma thus has 5-to-1 odds
. Tyler Reddick won the only other road course this season at Circuit of the Americas and shares the same +500 moneyline.• Kyle Larson +500• Tyler Reddick +500• Chase Elliott +550• William Byron +900• Kyle Busch +1000, noting good mid-tier value in three-time Sonoma winner Martin Truex Jr. and Austin Cindric , who finished fifth last year in his lone start at the track. Bromberg also likes Denny Hamlin as a 35-to-1 longshot, citing the veteran's four previous top-five finishes in Sonoma.
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