{"id":8276,"date":"2013-06-21T18:38:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T22:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=8276"},"modified":"2013-06-21T18:38:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-21T22:38:00","slug":"sonoma-raceway-qualifying-order-groups-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2013\/06\/21\/sonoma-raceway-qualifying-order-groups-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonoma Raceway qualifying order groups set"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"marcosambrose\"
\nSONOMA, Cali — The qualifying order for the Toyota Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway has been set. This year, NASCAR changed qualifying at both road courses on the Sprint Cup schedule. The cars were assigned to groups based on their practice speeds from Friday<\/a>. Slowest to fastest. Within those groups, cars will be separated fastest to slowest and released at intervals. Each group will have a window in which cars can complete their qualifying \u0013 each likely receiving three laps at full speed. A car’s fastest lap will count and the field will be set based upon overall qualifying speeds.<\/p>\n

Qualifying is set for 2:00 pm EST on Saturday, live on SPEED.<\/p>\n

GROUP 1.<\/strong>
\nDavid Stremme
\nVictor Gonzalez Jr.
\nJustin Marks
\nPaulie Harraka
\nJJ Yeley
\nTomy Drissi<\/p>\n

GROUP 2.<\/strong>
\nDavid Ragan
\nDavid Gilliland
\nBoris Said
\nDavid Reutimann
\nJosh WIse
\nAlex Kennedy<\/p>\n

GROUP 3.<\/strong>
\nRon Fellows
\nDale Earnahrdt Jr.
\nJustin Bowles
\nRicky Stenhhouse Jr.
\nJacques Villeneuve
\nDanica Patrick<\/p>\n

GROUP 4.<\/strong>
\nJimmie Johnson
\nJeff Burton
\nTravis Kvapil
\nBobby Labonte
\nAric Almirola<\/p>\n

GROUP 5.<\/strong>
\nRyan Newman
\nMatt Kenseth
\nKyle Busch
\nCarl Edwards
\nKasey Kahne<\/p>\n

GROUP 6.<\/strong>
\nJeff Gordon
\nKevin Harvick
\nDenny Hamlin
\nTony Stewart
\nPaul Menard<\/p>\n

GROUP 7.<\/strong>
\nGreg Biffle
\nBrad Keselowski
\nClint Bowyer
\nMartin Truex Jr.
\nJoey Logano<\/p>\n

GROUP 8.<\/strong>
\nMarcos Ambrose
\nJuan Pablo Montoya
\nCasey Mears
\nKurt Busch
\nJamie McMurray<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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