NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Toyota/Save Mart 350 at a glance
What: 110 laps or 218.9 miles
Where: Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway, a 1.99-mile, 10-turn paved road course
When: 3 p.m. Sunday
TV: Fox Sports 1
Radio: Performance Racing Network
Last year’s winner: Carl Edwards
Worth mentioning: Sprint Cup Series veteran and former champion Kurt Busch was inducted last week into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame. Busch was joined by boxer Mike Tyson, former NFL quarterback Glenn Carano, golf pro Joe Kelly and rodeo coach Ric Griffith as members of the Class of 2015. Busch has won 27 times in NASCAR’s Cup division and ranks No. 26 on the all-time victory list.
Who’s Hot/ Who’s Not
HOT
Erik Jones: Finally got a Truck win in the one series he is competing fulltime. And he racked up another Xfinity Series win as well.
Ryan Blaney: Came within a whisker of an Xfinity Series win and finished second in a back-up car.
Ross Kenseth: Started second and finished sixth in his Xfinity Series debut, one week after winning his first Automobile Racing Club of America race.
Chris Buescher: Took a bad day and extended his Xfinity series points lead. That’s the mark of a champion.
Christopher Bell: Impressive debut at Iowa in the Truck series. Finished fifth.
NOT
Start times: NASCAR made the right decision by calling Saturday night’s Xfinity race early, but late-night start times leave no room for error.
Chase Elliott: Has had good finishes, but 114 of the 122 laps he has led this season came in one race (Iowa).
Standalone races: NASCAR needs more in the Xfinity Series, or at least conduct them on tracks not otherwise hosting other NASCAR race weekends.
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Points Standings
Sprint Cup
1. Kevin Harvick, 576
2. Martin Truex Jr., 561
3. Joey Logano, 520
4. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 508
5. Jimmie Johnson, 506
6. Brad Keselowski, 480
7. Jamie McMurray, 464
8. Matt Kenseth, 456
9. Kasey Kahne, 447
10. Jeff Gordon, 434
11. Kurt Busch, 426
12. Paul Menard, 421
13. Denny Hamlin, 412
14. Carl Edwards, 401
15. Aric Almirola, 401
16. Ryan Newman, 400
17. Clint Bowyer, 388
18. Kyle Larson, 361
19. Danica Patrick, 357
20. Greg Biffle, 351
21. Casey Mears, 339
22. AJ Allmendinger, 321
23. Austin Dillon, 314
24. David Ragan, 299
25. Sam Hornish Jr., 273
26. Tony Stewart, 269
27. Trevor Bayne, 263
28. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 262
29. David Gilliland, 262
30. Justin Allgaier, 251
31. Cole Whitt, 239
32. Brett Moffitt, 215
33. Alex Bowman, 195
34. Michael Annett, 176
35. Josh Wise, 155
Xfinity
1. Chris Buescher, 528
2. Ty Dillon, 499
3. Chase Elliott, 485
4. Regan Smith, 466
5. Darrell Wallace Jr., 462
6. Elliott Sadler, 447
7. Brian Scott, 430
8. Brendan Gaughan, 419
9. Ryan Reed, 410
10. Daniel Suarez, 407
11. Jeremy Clements, 366
12. David Starr, 342
13. J.J. Yeley, 320
14. Dakoda Armstrong, 319
15. Ross Chastain, 313
Truck
1. Matt Crafton, 370
2. Tyler Reddick, 358
3. Erik Jones, 344
4. Johnny Sauter, 327
5. John Wes Townley, 294
6. Spencer Gallagher, 288
7. Timothy Peters, 283
8. Daniel Hemric, 282
9. Cameron Hayley, 280
10. Ben Kennedy, 269
11. Ray Black Jr., 257
12. Justin Boston, 255
13. Tyler Young, 242
14. Brandon Jones, 207
15. Korbin Forrister, 207
This story was originally published June 25, 2015 at 8:52 PM with the headline "NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Toyota/Save Mart 350 at a glance."