The NASCAR Xfinity Series is back at Sonoma Raceway for the second consecutive year, with Aric Almirola emerging as the winner in the inaugural Xfinity race at the Northern California road course. The series has seen nine different winners in the last nine races, with Shane van Gisbergen claiming victory at Portland International Raceway last weekend.
This year’s Xfinity race at Sonoma Raceway will take place on Saturday, with Kelsey Plum of the Las Vegas Aces giving the command to start engines at 8:08 p.m. The green flag will wave at 8:20 p.m., and pre-race events include the garage opening at 11 a.m., qualifying at 3:30 p.m., driver introductions at 7:35 p.m., invocation by Billy Mauldin at 8 p.m., and the national anthem performed by Kristen Brown at 8:01 p.m.
The race will consist of 79 laps covering 156.95 miles on the 1.99-mile road course. Stages for the race include Stage 1 ending at Lap 20 and Stage
