NASCAR Sonoma lineup: starting order, pole for Sunday’s race without qualifying

The starting lineup for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Sonoma Raceway was established by applying the statistical formula that NASCAR is using for the majority of series races in 2021.

NASCAR returned to the formula after maintaining qualification the previous two weekends at the Circuit of the Americas and Charlotte.

Drivers’ starting positions for Toyota / Save Mart 350 (4 p.m. ET; FS1, TSN, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) were based on four factors:

• Final position of the driver from the previous race (25 percent)
• Final position of car owner from previous race (25 percent)
• Team Owner’s Point Rating (35 percent)
• Fastest lap of the previous race (15 percent)

NASCAR is conducting qualifying and practice for just eight Cup Series races in the 2021 season. The remaining sessions will take place at Nashville, Road America, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Phoenix. The first three tracks are new to the NASCAR schedule, and Phoenix is ​​the site of the season-ending Championship 4 race.

Below is the starting lineup, which was established without qualifying, for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at the 2.52-mile Sonoma Raceway circuit.

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Who won the pole for the NASCAR race at Sonoma?

Kyle Larson is on pole for Sunday’s race after his dominant victory in the Coca-Cola 600. The Hendrick Motorsports driver is also No. 1. pitted place for the race.

His teammates Chase Elliott and William Byron took second and third places in the lineup. Cup Series points leader Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin completed the second row.

Martin Truex Jr., the two-time winner of the race, was assigned the 19th starting position.

NASCAR starting lineup in Somoma

NASCAR used a mathematical formula to establish the starting lineup for Sunday’s race at Sonoma Raceway, the Toyota / Save Mart 350, without qualifying. Thirty-seven drivers signed up for the race.