NASCAR Truck Series race at Sonoma

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at the Sonoma Raceway is a returning NASCAR Truck Series race that began life in the mid-1990s and ran for 4 events from 1995 to 1998, but was dropped for 1999 as the Trucks moved their second road course date to Portland. In 2022, the race is returning to the schedule for the first time since 1998 when the track was known as Sears Point International Raceway.

NASCAR Truck Series race at Sonoma
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
VenueSonoma Raceway
LocationSonoma, California
Corporate sponsorTBA
First race1995
Distance149.25 miles (240.19 km)
Laps75
Stage 1: 20
Stage 2: 25
Stage 3: 30
Previous namesSubway 100 (1995)
Kragen 151 (1996)
Kragen/Exide 151 (1997–1998)
Most wins (driver)All winning drivers have 1
Most wins (team)All winning drivers have 1
Most wins (manufacturer)Ford (3)
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt
Length2.385 mi (3.838 km)
Turns12

The race is held in June on the same weekend as the NASCAR Cup Series' Toyota/Save Mart 350 and the ARCA Menards Series West's General Tire 200. In the race's first stint on the Truck Series schedule from the series' inaugural season in 1995 through 1998, it was held in October as a standalone race from the Cup Series schedule.

History
The Truck Series (and the Cup Series) used this layout of the track with the carousel in 1995, 1996 and 1997 races at the track. The chute was used instead in 1998 and will be used again in 2022.

The 2022 Truck Series schedule was released on September 29 with Sonoma on Saturday, June 11.[1] It replaced the race at the Watkins Glen road course, which had been added back on the Truck Series schedule in 2021 for the first time since 2000.

The 2022 race will be 75 laps and 149.25 miles in length according to NASCAR.com.[2] Stage 1 will be 20 laps in length, Stage 2 will be 25 laps in length, and the final stage will be 30 laps in length.[3]

Past winners
Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race distance Race time Average speed
(mph)		 Ref
Laps Miles (km)
1995 October 7 16 Ron Hornaday Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 40 100.800 (162.222) 1:29:07 67.866 [4]
1996 October 5 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 60 151.200 (243.333) 2:15:24 67.001 [5]
1997 October 5 80 Joe Ruttman Roush Racing Ford 60 151.200 (243.333) 2:24:35 70.199 [6]
1998 October 11 44 Boris Said Irvan-Simo Racing Ford 77 150.073 (241.519) 2:03:27 72.939 [7]
2022 June 11 75 149.25 (240.19)

References
  1. "Back to the Future: New venues, return of familiar locations highlight 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series slates". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. September 29, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  2. "2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Schedule". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  3. "(Twitter post)". Twitter. Bob Pockrass. January 27, 2022. Retrieved February 27, 2022. Tentative stage lengths for national series. Cup stage lengths for races later in the year TBD as NASCAR sees what fuel mileage is with new car (try not to have a fuel mileage race to end of stage). Everything subject to change but this currently what NASCAR has as part of rules:
  4. "1995 Subway 100". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  5. "1996 Kragen 151". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  6. "1997 Kragen / Exide 151". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  7. "1998 Kragen / Exide 151". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
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