Entry List

The official 2023 Toyota / Save Mart 350 NASCAR CUP Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at Sonoma Raceway, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.

Toyota / Save Mart 350

Sunday, June 11th, 2023

Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, CA

  • 16 Chevrolet
  • 14 Ford
  • 6 Toyota

  • Sonoma Raceway
  • Toyota / Save Mart 350
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Denny Hamlin
  • Age: 42
  • Team : No. 11 - Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Christopher Gabehart
  • Denny Hamlin won the Pole Award for the Toyota / Save Mart 350 with a lap of 77.719 seconds, 92.178 mph.
  • This is his 38th pole in 630 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his second pole and seventh top-10 start in 2023.
  • This is his first pole in 17 races at Sonoma Raceway.
  • Tyler Reddick (second) posted his ninth top-10 start of 2023 and his third in three races at Sonoma Raceway.
  • Michael McDowell (third) posted his second top-10 start at Sonoma Raceway. It is his second in 16 races this season.
  • Ty Gibbs (sixth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Sunday, June 11th, 2023
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Martin Truex Jr. picks up fourth Sonoma victory in dominating fashion

What a difference a year makes.

After struggling mightily last year at Sonoma Raceway in the debut season for NASCAR’s Next Gen car, Martin Truex Jr. pulled off a dominating 180-degree turnaround in Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350.

Overcoming an inopportune caution and leading a race-high 51 of 110 laps, Truex scored his second victory of the season and his fourth at the 1.99-mile road course, most among active drivers and second only to Jeff Gordon’s five in track history.

Truex’s 33rd career victory, by a 2.979-second margin over runner-up Kyle Busch, was a far cry from last season’s lackluster performance, when Truex started 28th and finished 26th.

“Hats off to my team,” said Truex, who was winless in the 2022 campaign. “To be so bad here last year and to come back and do that with the same car basically, it’s really unbelievable. Just proud of them. We’re having a great year. I feel really good about our team…

“Man, it just feels incredible to have a day like that and a run like that and a team like I have. They’re doing everything right, and it’s a lot of fun to drive these cars… This is why you go through years like we had last year. You just keep fighting. You never give up on it. You always believe in each other.

“We haven’t changed anything on our team other than parts and pieces. It’s just through a lot of hard work of a lot of people.”

On Lap 33, Truex passed Joe Gibbs Racing teammate and pole winner Denny Hamlin for the top spot, after Hamlin led the first 32 laps and won the race’s first stage. For the next 18 laps, it appeared that Truex and Hamlin would deliver a 1-2 punch to the rest of the field.

That was before a tire from Zane Smith’s Ford bounced off the inside pit wall into the middle of pit road on Lap 50. The resulting caution turned the race upside down and handed the lead to Busch, who had pitted seven laps before the yellow.

Busch won the second stage—his second stage victory of the season—but Truex caught the No. 8 Chevrolet on Lap 69, outbraking Busch into Turn 7 and regaining the lead. Truex pitted on Lap 75 but reclaimed the top spot five laps later and held it until Hamlin hit the wall in Turn 12 on Lap 92, ping-ponged between the two frontstretch barriers and broke the right rear toe link on his Toyota.

Chase Elliott, Tyler Reddick and Ryan Blaney stayed out on older tires during the ensuing caution, but Truex made short work of those drivers, retaking the lead off Turn 4 on Lap 97, with Busch following him into the second spot.

Busch chased Truex over the final 14 laps—to no avail.

“I wish we had a little bit more,” said Busch, who won last Sunday at World Wide Technology Raceway. “I tried really hard at the end to at least try to keep Martin honest. Felt like I could beat him a little bit on a lap, then I would mess up. He would beat me by a little bit more on the next lap. We were just kind of trading a little bit there. He was able to pull away there late…

“We gave it everything that we had. We made a lot of changes. We got a lucky break there with a yellow with only three laps on tires, so we were able to kind of cycle to the front. Once we got up there, we could maintain pace with some of the good cars and have a good top-three speed race car. Just kind of flip-flopped the race a little bit.

“Good fortunes for us. Nice to come out here with a P2 after a win last week.”

Joey Logano finished third, followed by Chris Buescher and Elliott. AJ Allmendinger, Michael McDowell, Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell and Ross Chastain completed the top 10.

Truex leads the series standings by 13 points over William Byron, who finished 14th. Grant Enfinger came home 26th in relief of Noah Gragson, who missed the race because of concussion symptoms deriving from a hard wreck last Sunday at WWT Raceway.

  • Drivers Entered: 36
  • Laps Scheduled: 110
  • Margin of Victory: 02.979 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 40 Minutes 12 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 81.989
  • Cautions: 2 for 6 laps
  • Lead Changes: 10
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,693 (25.9 passes per green flag lap)

  • Sonoma Raceway
  • Toyota / Save Mart 350
  • Race Winner: Martin Truex Jr.
  • Age: 42
  • Team : No. 19 - Bass Pro Shops Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: James Small
  • Martin Truex Jr. won the Toyota / Save Mart 350, his 33rd victory in 637 Cup Series races.
  • This is his second victory and eighth top-10 finish in 2023.
  • This is his fourth victory and seventh top-10 finish in 17 races at Sonoma Raceway.
  • Kyle Busch (second) posted his ninth top-10 finish in 18 races at Sonoma Raceway. It is his ninth top-10 finish in 2023.
  • Joey Logano (third) posted his sixth top-10 finish in 14 races at Sonoma Raceway.
  • Ty Gibbs (18th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Martin Truex Jr. leads the point standings by 13 points over William Byron.
Daniel Suarez celebrates in victory lane
Sonoma, California - June 12, 2022 : Daniel Suarez, driver of the #99 Onx Homes/Renu Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway.
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ENTRY
#
DRIVER
HOMETOWN
DOB
AGE
MAKE
SPONSOR
TEAM
CREW CHIEF

1
16
Los Gatos, CA
Dec 16, 1981
41
Chevrolet
Gabriel Glas
2
15
Northport, NY
Feb 11, 1975
48
Ford
Camping World
3
10
Tampa, FL
Mar 14, 1984
39
Ford
Smithfield
4
6
Auburn Hills, MI
Feb 12, 1984
39
Ford
King's Hawaiian
5
11
Chesterfield, VA
Nov 18, 1980
42
Toyota
Sport Clips Haircuts
6
22
Middleton, CT
May 24, 1990
33
Ford
Autotrader
7
4
Bakersfield, CA
Dec 08, 1975
47
Ford
Mobil 1
8
8
Las Vegas, NV
May 02, 1985
38
Chevrolet
McLaren Custom Grills
9
19
Mayetta, NJ
Jun 29, 1980
42
Toyota
Bass Pro Shops
10
34
Phoenix, AZ
Dec 21, 1984
38
Ford
Love's Travel Stops
11
3
Lewisville, NC
Apr 27, 1990
33
Chevrolet
BREZTRI
12
42
Fairhope, AL
Jan 22, 1985
38
Chevrolet
Sunseeker Resort
13
47
Olive Branch, MS
Oct 02, 1987
35
Chevrolet
Kroger/Cottonelle
14
5
Sacremento, CA
Jul 31, 1992
30
Chevrolet
Valvoline
15
48
Tuscon, AZ
Apr 25, 1993
30
Chevrolet
Ally Pride
16
12
High Point, NC
Dec 31, 1993
29
Ford
Menards\Moen
17
7
Kannapolis, NC
Sep 25, 1991
31
Chevrolet
Schluter Systems
18
77
Lewisville, NC
Feb 27, 1992
31
Chevrolet
TBA
19
9
Dawsonville, GA
Nov 28, 1995
27
Chevrolet
NAPA Auto Parts
20
17
Prosper, TX
Oct 29, 1992
30
Ford
Fifth Third Bank
21
43
Byron, MI
May 30, 1996
27
Chevrolet
Allegiant
22
41
Berlin, CT
Oct 25, 1990
32
Ford
Autodesk
23
99
Monterrey, Mexico
Jan 07, 1992
31
Chevrolet
Freeway Insurance
24
1
Alva, FL
Dec 04, 1992
30
Chevrolet
Kubota
25
23
Mobile, AL
Oct 08, 1993
29
Toyota
DoorDash
26
24
Charlotte, NC
Nov 29, 1997
25
Chevrolet
RaptorTough.com
27
78
Menomonee Falls, WI
Jun 03, 1995
28
Chevrolet
TBA
28
45
Corning, CA
Jan 11, 1996
27
Toyota
The Beast Unleashed
29
31
Winamac, IN
Apr 28, 1999
24
Chevrolet
Cirkul
30
20
Norman, OK
Dec 16, 1994
28
Toyota
Rheem / Resideo
31
2
Columbus, OH
Sep 02, 1998
24
Ford
America's Tire
32
14
Mitchell, IN
Dec 15, 1994
28
Ford
Ford Performance Racing School
33
21
Huntersville, NC
Oct 09, 2000
22
Ford
DEX Imaging
34
38
Huntington Beach, CA
Jun 09, 1999
24
Ford
Wellcare
35
54
Charlotte, NC
Oct 04, 2002
20
Toyota
Monster Energy
36
51
Sherrills Ford, NC
May 15, 2000
23
Ford
Serial 1 E-Bikes