The annual Sonoma pre-race "techno-explosion" circa 1998

Johnny Reed Foley finally nabbed his first top-5 of the season last week at Charlotte. He led laps for the second-straight event for the first time this year. Now, he has earned his third-straight front-row starting position at the Sonoma road course. In fact, he is on the pole. Watch for Foley to maintain his track position and win for the first time since Las Vegas of last season.

Qualifying Results

Tim McDonnell comes into the Sonoma race as the tied favorite to win the event. A well needed boost of confidence after losing the points lead last week to Tony Pizzaro. John Battista is 118 points behind in third and is the other half of the Vegas bias atop the heap. McDonnell has not recorded a top-7 finish in 6 straight weeks. He and Pizzaro will have their work cut out, starting 39th and 40th in the field.

Odds to Win Sonoma
John Battista: 6 to 1
Tim McDonnell: 7 to 1
Tony Pizzaro: 7 to 1
Johnny Reed Foley: 10 to 1
Alex Crapser: 12 to 1
Zach Michael: 12 to 1
John Tharp: 18 to 1

Young guns Adam Crapser and Mark Murphy nearly won this race last season before late-ace trouble struck them down. Veteran Matthew Dominique won the race, and is desperate to find victory lane again. He finished a career-worst 44th last week, and has an average finish of 33rd his last 6 events. He comes into this race an unbelievable 259 points behind his teammate Matt Raboin for 10th in the standings. He starts 24th today, and can hopefully salvage a top-15 finish to boost his recent statistical woes.

Tuesday, June 8th, 7:00 PM