Who's HOT at Sonoma
• Kyle Busch is the only active driver with multiple wins.
• Kurt Busch, the 2011 winner, leads all drivers with a 6.2 average finish in the last five races.
• Kasey Kahne is the only driver that has finished in the top 10 in each of the last four races.
• Kevin Harvick has posted a 5.0 average finish in his last two starts.
• Joey Logano is the only driver that has finished in the top five in each of the last two races.
• Jimmie Johnson has finished ninth or better in seven of his last eight starts, including a win in 2010.
• Clint Bowyer has finished in the top 10 in five of his last six starts, including a win in 2012.
Keep an Eye On at Sonoma
• Denny Hamlin led 33 laps in this event last year - same tire combination will be used again this weekend - and finished second.
• Martin Truex Jr. has finished in the top five in two of his last four Sonoma starts, including a win in 2013.
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. has posted a 7.0 average finish in his last three Sonoma starts, which leads all drivers in that span.
• Jamie McMurray is a three-time Sonoma pole winner and has posted an average finish of 10.7 in the last three races.
• AJ Allmendinger has started on the front row and combined to lead 56 laps in the last three Sonoma races. His best finish in that span came last year, in 14th.
• Along with Harvick, Ryan Blaney and Daniel Suarez will compete in the K&N Pro Series West race for extra track time.
• Last week's winner Kyle Larson has a top 10 Driver Rating (90.0) in his three Sonoma starts.
• Brad Keselowski (9.0) and Ryan Newman (12.0) each had a top 10 ranked average finish in both road course races last season. Newman has finished in the top 10 in the last two Sonoma races.
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