TC Daily Pit Stop: Almirola Stuns to Win Sonoma Xfinity Race; Denny Hamlin on NASCAR Cup Pole; NASCAR Le Mans Entry Finishes 39th; Sunday's TV Schedule
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TC Daily Pit Stop: Almirola Stuns to Win Sonoma Xfinity Race; Denny Hamlin on NASCAR Cup Pole; NASCAR Le Mans Entry Finishes 39th; Sunday's TV Schedule
TC Daily Pit Stop: Sunday, June 11th, 2023
Aric Almirola Stuns With ‘Special’ Victory in NASCAR Xfinity Race at Sonoma Over Allmendinger and Larso
Who had Aric Almirola down as winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series DoorDash 250 at Sonoma before the race started? Not many. Hell, even Almirola said before agreeing to run the race that he had nearly decided to stop trying to run NASCAR Xfinity Series road course races. But he’s always felt a love for Sonoma Raceway.
Now, he has more reason to love the 1.99-mile road course. Almirola took the lead after Kyle Larson and the rest of the top contenders hit pit road during a late-race caution.
When the race went back green, Almirola hit all of his marks, and Larson collided with a stack of tires in Turn 11 while attempting to get around Almirola for the lead. That contact hampered Larson’s car and Almirola went on to win the race.
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DRIVER STANDINGS
OWNER STANDINGS
Denny Hamlin Scores Second Pole of 2023 in Surprise Effort at Sonoma Raceway
Denny Hamlin scored his 38th-career NASCAR Cup Series pole, his second pole of the 2023 season, and his first-career pole at Sonoma Raceway in Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series qualifying session.
Hamlin turned a lap time of 77.719 sec., which was nearly a tenth of a second faster than Tyler Reddick, who will start on the outside of Row 1 in Sunday’s race. Michael McDowell, Christopher Bell, and AJ Allmendinger rounded out the top-five qualifiers for the Toyota / Save Mart 300 at Sonoma.
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STARTING LINEUP
No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports NASCAR Garage 56 Entry Finishes 39th in 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans
The No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports NASCAR Garage 56 entry had a great showing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Drivers Mike Rockenfeller, Jenson Button and Jimmie Johnson drove a near-flawless race and the car had no issues for the majority of the race.
In the overnight hours, the car had moved well inside the top-30 in the running order, and was actually ahead of every car in the GT class of the race. A drive line issue late in the event caused the team to go to the garage for around an hour in repairs, but the repairs were made at the car finished 39th overall in the 62-car field.
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NASCAR TV Schedule Sunday June 11, 2023
2:00 PM ET - NASCAR RaceDay Pre-Race Show (FS1 / FOX Sports App)
3:00 PM ET - NASCAR RaceDay Pre-Race Show (FOX / FOX Sports App)
3:30 PM ET - NASCAR Cup Series Race at Sonoma (FOX / FOX Sports App)