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Acadia Parish, Louisiana
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Toyota/Save Mart 350
The Toyota/Save Mart 350 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held annually at Sonoma Raceway at Sears Point in Sonoma, California, It is one of three races held on road courses, with the other two being the Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen International and the Bank of America Roval 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The race joined the circuit in 1989, It was added as a replacement for the Budweiser 400 at Riverside, which closed in 1988, The race had undergone several name and length changes throughout the year, The NASCAR West Series is held as combination race from 1989 to 1997 and has held as a standalone race since 2006. Due to the track's unique layout, the race generates annual discussion, with media, fans and participants both in favor and against racing this event, Due to the speedway's layout, Road course ringers are common, A NASCAR term standing for drivers only on road course races.
From 1989-1997, NASCAR had utilized the full , best known for sports car racing, Subtle changes to some of the turns accommodated the stock cars, and increased passing widths, Ricky Rudd won the inaugural race at Sonoma.
In the 1991 race, Sonoma became famous, With seven laps remaining in the race, Mark Martin tried to pass Tommy Kendall, who cut his tire, subbing for an injured Kyle Petty, The two made contact, resulting in Martin crashing and running into Davey Allison, cutting his tire. and the lead went to Davey Allison, Then with 2 laps to go, Ricky Rudd passed Allison for the lead, but spun out from contact in the final turn.
Ricky Rudd led the field to the white flag, and contended to win the race, his second victory at Sonoma, and to advance in championship standings, However, as he came around to take the win, Rudd was black-fagged just 3 feet from the finish line, Davey Allison was declared the winner and Rudd finished in second place.
The last Sonoma race was held at the previous road course passage was in 1997 on October 5 at a Truck Series event, There, Joe Ruffmann won the race but controversy erupted when Rich Bickle blamed a loss of top-ten finishes on rookie Boris Said, Rich Bickle cut down a tire, and in reply, Boris Said ran in to Bickle and waited for him to come around and crash him, NASCAR after a brief red flag for a massive crash in a wall of tires, disqualified Said and placed him $10,000 for his actions.
In 1998, the circuit for the event was shortened to a modified road course with the addition of the "Chute" from Turn 4 to Turn 7, bypassing Turn 5 and 6.
In 2001, the "Chute" was modified to such that the NASCAR circuit measured long.
From 1989 to 2001, the pit road could modify up to 34 pit stalls, In the early years, some teams were required to share pit stalls, while the other teams were forced to pit inside the garage area.
After a few years, A makeshift auxiliary pit road was constructed inside the hairpin (turn 11), nicknamed Gilligan's Island, Cars that had nine slowest qualifying speeds were relegated to the pit stalls, Pitting in this area was considered as an inconvenience and a competitive disadvantage, more so than the even the disadvantages one would experience pitting on the back straightaway at a short period of time.
Since the length of the auxilary pit road, was significantly shorter than the other pit road, the cars that pitted were held from 15–20 seconds in order to make up for the time that would have been if the cars had traveled the entire pit road.
Pitting on Gilligan's Island had several other inconveniences, The location (the staging area for the drag races, was landlocked by the race course, and crew members were unable to leave once the race began, Teams sent the only pit crew to Gilligan's Island, and once they were there, they could not access the garage area or their transporters, to collect spare parts/tools, The only repairs that could be made were routine tire changes and refueling, as well as major repairs, If a team pitting on Gilligan's Island dropped out of the race, The crewman were unable to pack their supplies and prepare to leave (a common practice at other tracks) until the race was over.
Changes to the track in 2002 that included separation of the drag strip from the frontstretch, removal of the main drag strip grandstand, and new control tower for road racing led to the pit road being expanded by extending pit road into the main straight and moving the pit exit up past turn 1, thereby expanding it to 43 cars, and Gilligan's Island was abandoned.
The trophy was in form of wine bottle holder paired with a giant wine glass as a nod to NAPA County's wine country.
Coke Zero Sugar 400
The Coke Zero Sugar 400 is an annual stock car race held at Daytona International Speedway, It is the eighteenth race of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Daytona had hosted this event for many years, The first summer race was held in 1959 and was named the Firecracker 400, The race ran its scheduled distance with no caution flags, The race is held in conjunction with the NASCAR Xfinity Series race, the Coca-Cola Firecracker 250, It is one of two races held at Daytona International Speedway, with the other one being the Daytona 500.
The race is notable for memorable moments and finishes throughout the season.
The race has been held as the eighteenth race from 2001-2014, the and from 2015-2017, the race swapped dates with the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway and was moved up one race, In 2018, the race returned as the 18th race of the season, as the Overton's 400 at Chicagoland Speedway (which was the 27th race of the season from 2011-2017, was moved to the 17th race of the season).
Eventually, the race was held in 1959, It was the second 400 mile race, following with the Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, in 2018, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar sponsors the event, naming it as the Coke Zero Sugar 400.
Unlike the Daytona 500, The cars pileup in multi-car wrecks, known as The Big One.
Linton Freeman
Linton Clarke Freeman (1927 – August 17, 2018) was an American structuralist sociologist and editor. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.