KASEY KAHNE/No.9 Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge survived the Green-White-Checkered flag scenario in the Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Infineon Raceway Sunday to take the win by 0.748 seconds ahead of points leader, TONY STEWART/No.14 Stewart Haas Racing Chevrolet. This was Kahne’s first road course victory. He led twice and the most laps. […]

The current Infineon Raceway NASCAR track configuration is 1.99-miles with ten turns. This layout dates back to 1999. Race distance this weekend for the Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR Spint Cup race will be 218.9 miles or 110 laps. The 350 comes from measuring the distance in klicks. JEFF GORDON/Chevrolet holds the qualifying track record of […]

PATRICK CARPENTIER/No.55 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota got off to a miserable start Friday for the Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Infineon Raceway; However, he was all smiles Saturday as the car was much better. “It flowed.” He was eighth fastest in Happy Hour Saturday. Carpentier is still in discussions with MWR about […]

It’s a red-letter weekend so far for Red Bull Racing. It’s NASCAR driver, BRIAN VICKERS/No.83 Toyota starts on the pole Sunday at Infineon Raceway for the Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR Sprint Cup race. RBR’s Formula One drivers finished first and second at the British Grand Prix earlier Sunday in their much-modified RB5’s. Pole sitter SEBASTIAN […]

The atmosphere at Infineon Raceway Sunday morning is more relaxed for a NASCAR Sprint Cup weekend than I’ve seen in a while. Lots of activity is taking place but it seems lower key than I’ve seen at this event. It’s bound to pick up, as is the gentle breeze. Winds up to 35 mph are […]

Perception is not always reality. No more true than the finish of the Bennett Lane Winery 200 NASCAR Camping World Series West race Saturday afternoon at Infineon Raceway. High Drama. Pole sitter PATRICK LONG/No.9 Ford crossed the finish line first to take the checkered flag in the 64-lap race, after hitting then front-runner, JOEY LOGANO/No.11 […]

There is a silver lining in the cloud hovering over TRG’s garage Saturday in the NASCAR Sprint Cup paddock at Infineon Raceway. DAVID GILLILAND/No.71 TRG Chevrolet crashed his primary car in the first Saturday morning practice – his new DEI road course car which just recently came from the Earnhardt Ganassi with Felix Sabates team. […]

Saturday morning’s first NASCAR Sprint Cup practice at Infineon Raceway was busy and I don’t mean that in a good way. MARCOS AMBROSE/Mo.47 JTG Daughtery Racing Toyota was fastest in the first session, at 77.457/92.490 mph, but blew an engine and will have to start at the back of the Sunday Toyota/Save Mart 350 race […]

BRIAN VICKERS/No.83 Toyota has the pole for Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR Sprint Cup race, with a time of 76.475/93.678 mph. The ten-turn road course circuit is 1.9-miles long in the NASCAR configuration. JEFF GORDON/No.24 Chevrolet still holds the Cup qualifying track record set in 2005 – 75.950/94.325 mph. This was Vickers’ fourth Cup pole […]

MARCOS AMBROSE/No.47 Toyota was the last minute guy on top for the first NASCAR Sprint Cup practice Friday afternoon at Infineon Raceway. His time was 76.70/93.404 mph. The personable Aussie was creeping up the charts, and literally on the last lap he bested the likes of JEFF GORDON/No.24 Chevrolet, BORIS SAID/No.08 Ford, JIMMIE JOHNSON/No.48 Chevrolet […]