The 2024 Toyota/Save Mart 350 was a NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on June 9, 2024, at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California. Contested over 110 laps on the road course, it was the 16th race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. Kyle Larson won the race. Michael McDowell finished 2nd, and Chris Buescher finished 3rd. Chase Elliott and Ross Chastain rounded out the top five, and A. J. Allmendinger, Ryan Blaney, Tyler Reddick, Christopher Bell, and Todd Gilliland rounded out the top ten.
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Background
Sonoma Raceway is a 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 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.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 15 Kaz Grala (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford 16 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 33 Will Brown Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 Cameron Waters RFK Racing Ford 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Ryan Blaney was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 1:13.202 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 1:13.202 97.866 2 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:13.230 97.829 3 33 Will Brown Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:13.389 97.617 Official practice results
Qualifying Joey Logano scored the pole for the race with a time of 1:13.273 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 1:13.530 1:13.273 2 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 1:13.515 1:13.356 3 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 1:13.599 1:13.427 4 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:13.345 1:13.430 5 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:13.449 1:13.445 6 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:13.551 1:13.463 7 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1:13.475 1:13.467 8 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:13.410 1:13.537 9 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1:13.421 1:13.560 10 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:13.716 1:13.770 11 16 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1:13.488 — 12 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 1:13.847 — 13 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1:13.798 — 14 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 1:13.898 — 15 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:13.870 — 16 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:13.986 — 17 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1:13.914 — 18 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 1:13.994 — 19 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1:14.002 — 20 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1:14.005 — 21 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:14.005 — 22 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 1:14.045 — 23 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1:14.051 — 24 33 Will Brown Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:14.045 — 25 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:14.151 — 26 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 1:14.092 — 27 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 1:14.196 — 28 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 1:14.226 — 29 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:14.265 — 30 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1:14.475 — 31 60 Cameron Waters RFK Racing Ford 1:14.366 — 32 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1:14.485 — 33 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 1:14.408 — 34 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1:14.549 — 35 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 1:14.496 — 36 15 Kaz Grala (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford 1:14.883 — 37 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 1:14.496 — 38 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 1:15.205 —Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 25
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 102 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 93 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 66 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 57 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 48 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 39 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 210 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 30
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 102 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 93 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 75 16 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 06 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 57 43 Erik Jones Leagcy Motor Club Toyota 48 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 39 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 210 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 1Official stage two results
Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 55
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 5 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 110 482 12 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 110 403 26 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 110 444 4 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 110 405 9 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 110 366 11 16 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 110 07 3 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 110 398 2 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 110 399 15 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 110 2810 14 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 110 3111 17 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 110 2812 29 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 110 3213 35 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 110 2914 7 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 110 2615 8 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 110 2816 20 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 110 2117 13 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 110 2018 30 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 110 2819 38 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 110 2220 18 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 110 1721 1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 110 1822 28 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 110 1523 36 15 Kaz Grala (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford 110 1424 33 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 110 1325 22 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 110 1326 19 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 110 1127 21 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 110 1828 34 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 109 929 37 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 109 830 6 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 108 731 24 33 Will Brown Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 107 632 32 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 95 533 27 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 88 434 23 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 73 335 31 60 Cameron Waters RFK Racing Ford 66 236 16 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 39 137 10 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 16 138 25 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 2 1Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 10 among 8 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 9 for 20 laps Red flags: 0 Time of race: 2 hours, 56 minutes, and 14 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television Fox NASCAR televised the race in the United States on Fox. Mike Joy was the lap-by-lap announcer, while 2012 Sonoma winner Clint Bowyer and 2017 Sonoma winner Kevin Harvick were the color commentators. Jamie Little, Regan Smith and Josh Sims handled the pit road for the television side. Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte. This was Fox Sports' last Cup race for their portion of the 2024 season as NBC Sports and USA Network takes over NASCAR broadcasts for the rest of the season.
FoxBooth announcersPit reportersIn-race analystLap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Clint BowyerColor-commentator: Kevin Harvick Jamie LittleRegan SmithJosh Sims Larry McReynolds
Radio Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by the Performance Racing Network. PRN's broadcast of the race was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow announced the race in the booth while the field was racing on the pit straightaway. Doug Turnbull called the race from a stand outside of turn 2 when the field was racing up turns 2, 3 and 3a. Brad Gillie called the race from a stand outside of turn 7a when the field was racing through turns 4a and 7a. Pat Patterson called the race when the field raced thru turns 8 and 9. Rob Albright called the race from a billboard outside turn 11 when the field was racing through turns 10 and 11. Alan Cavanna, Brett McMillan and Wendy Venturini reported from pit lane during the race.
PRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Doug RiceAnnouncer: Mark Garrow Turns 2, 3 & 3a: Doug TurnbullTurns 4a & 7a: Brad GillieTurns 8 & 9: Pat Patterson Turns 10 & 11: Rob Albright Alan CavannaBrett McMillanWendy Venturini
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Kyle Larson 561 1 2 Chase Elliott 547 (–14) 2 3 Denny Hamlin 535 (–26) 2 4 Tyler Reddick 512 (–49) 1 5 Martin Truex Jr. 508 (–53) 1 6 William Byron 495 (–66) 2 7 Brad Keselowski 466 (–95) 1 8 Ty Gibbs 466 (–95) 1 9 Christopher Bell 465 (–96) 1 10 Ross Chastain 453 (–108) 1 11 Alex Bowman 445 (–116) 12 Ryan Blaney 444 (–117) 1 13 Chris Buescher 412 (–149) 1 14 Bubba Wallace 388 (–173) 2 15 Kyle Busch 380 (–181) 16 Joey Logano 372 (–189)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 1 Chevrolet 582 1 2 Toyota 574 (–8) 3 Ford 548 (–34)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.
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