2023 Toyota/Save Mart 350

The 2023 Toyota/Save Mart 350 is an upcoming NASCAR Cup Series race that will be held on June 11, 2023, at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California. It is contested over 110 laps on the 1.99-mile (3.20 km) road course, it will be the 16th race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season.

2023 Toyota/Save Mart 350
Race details[1][2][3]
Race 16 of 36 in the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series
Date June 11, 2023 (2023-06-11)
Location Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California
Course Permanent racing facility
1.99 mi (3.20 km)
Distance 110 laps, 218.9 mi (352.285 km)
Television in the United States
Network Fox
Announcers Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and TBA
Radio in the United States
Radio PRN
Booth Announcers Doug Rice and Mark Garrow
Turn Announcers Pat Patterson (2, 3, & 3a), Brad Gillie (4a & 7a), Nick Yeoman (8 & 9), and Rob Albright (10 & 11)

Report

Background

Layout of Sonoma Raceway, the track where the race will be held.

Sonoma Raceway is a 1.99-mile (3.20 km) road course and drag strip located on the landform known as Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains in Sonoma, California, U.S. The road course features 12 turns on a hilly course with 160 feet (49 m) of total elevation change. It is host to one of only seven NASCAR Cup Series races each year that are run on road courses. It is also host to the NTT IndyCar Series and several other auto races and motorcycle races such as the American Federation of Motorcyclists series. Sonoma Raceway continues to host amateur, or club racing events which may or may not be open to the general public. The largest such car club is the Sports Car Club of America.

In 2022, the race was reverted to racing the club configuration.[4]

Entry list

  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes the driver ineligible for series driver points.
No. Driver Team Manufacturer
1Ross ChastainTrackhouse RacingChevrolet
2Austin CindricTeam PenskeFord
3Austin DillonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet
4Kevin HarvickStewart-Haas RacingFord
5Kyle LarsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
6Brad KeselowskiRFK RacingFord
7Corey LaJoieSpire MotorsportsChevrolet
8Kyle BuschRichard Childress RacingChevrolet
9Chase ElliottHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
10Aric AlmirolaStewart-Haas RacingFord
11Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota
12Ryan BlaneyTeam PenskeFord
14Chase BriscoeStewart-Haas RacingFord
15Todd GillilandRick Ware RacingFord
16A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet
17Chris BuescherRFK RacingFord
19Martin Truex Jr.Joe Gibbs RacingToyota
20Christopher BellJoe Gibbs RacingToyota
21Harrison BurtonWood Brothers RacingFord
22Joey LoganoTeam PenskeFord
23Bubba Wallace23XI RacingToyota
24William ByronHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
31Justin HaleyKaulig RacingChevrolet
34Michael McDowellFront Row MotorsportsFord
38Zane Smith (i)Front Row MotorsportsFord
41Ryan PreeceStewart-Haas RacingFord
42Noah Gragson (R)Legacy Motor ClubChevrolet
43Erik JonesLegacy Motor ClubChevrolet
45Tyler Reddick23XI RacingToyota
47Ricky Stenhouse Jr.JTG Daugherty RacingChevrolet
48Alex BowmanHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
51TBARick Ware RacingFord
54Ty Gibbs (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota
77Ty DillonSpire MotorsportsChevrolet
78TBALive Fast MotorsportsChevrolet
99Daniel SuárezTrackhouse RacingChevrolet

Media

Television

Fox NASCAR televised the race in the United States on Fox for the seventh year and the first since 2006. Mike Joy will be the lap-by-lap announcer, while 2012 Sonoma winner Clint Bowyer and an Analyst TBA will be the color commentators. Jamie Little and Regan Smith will handle the pit road for the television side. Larry McReynolds provide insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte. This will be Fox Sports' last Cup race for their portion of the 2023 season as NBC Sports and USA Network takes over NASCAR broadcasts for the rest of the season.

Fox
Booth announcersPit reportersIn-race analyst
Lap-by-lap: Mike Joy
Color-commentator: Clint Bowyer
Color-commentator: TBA
Jamie Little
Regan Smith
Larry McReynolds

Radio

Radio coverage of the race will be broadcast by the Performance Racing Network. PRN's broadcast of the race will be also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow will announce the race in the booth while the field was racing on the pit straightaway. Brett McMillan will call the race from a stand outside of turn 2 when the field was racing up turns 2, 3 and 3a. Brad Gillie will call the race from a stand outside of turn 7a when the field was racing through turns 4a and 7a. Nick Yeoman will call the race when the field raced thru turns 8 and 9. Pat Patterson will call the race from a billboard outside turn 11 when the field was racing through turns 10 and 11. Heather DeBeaux, Alan Cavanna and Wendy Venturini will report from pit lane during the race.

PRN
Booth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters
Lead announcer: Doug Rice
Announcer: Mark Garrow
Turns 2, 3 & 3a: Brett McMillan
Turns 4a & 7a: Brad Gillie
Turns 8 & 9: Nick Yeoman
Turns 10 & 11: Pat Patterson
Heather DeBeaux
Alan Cavanna
Wendy Venturini

References

  1. "2023 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  2. "Sonoma Raceway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  3. "NASCAR unveils 2023 schedule for its national series". National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC. September 14, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  4. "Sonoma Raceway bringing back the Chute for 2022 NASCAR Weekend". SpeedwayMedia.com. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
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