- Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma
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Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma IndyCar Series Venue Infineon Raceway First race 1970 First ICS race 2005 Distance 172.725 miles (278 km) Laps 75 Previous names Golden State 150 (1970)
Argent Mortgage Indy Grand Prix (2005)
Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma County (2006)
Motorola Indy 300 (2007)
Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma County (2008)The Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma is an IndyCar Series race held at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. The USAC Championship Car circuit raced at the circuit in 1970. In 2005, American open wheel racing returned to the circuit with an IndyCar Series event. The 2006 event saw rookie Marco Andretti win his first career race. It marked the record youngest winner (19 years, 5 months, 14 days) of a major open-wheel racing event at the time.
The IndyCar Series race utilizes a modified 2.2-mile (3.5 km) version of the road course, the same used by AMA Superbike. The circuit includes the carousel, making it longer than the NASCAR layout, but shorter than the full 2.52-mile (4.06 km) course. This course uses turn 7a of the NASCAR course, but skips the hairpin prior to the front straight.
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Past winners
Season Date Winning Driver Chassis Engine Team USAC Championship Car history 1970 April 4 Dan Gurney
Eagle Ford All American Racers IRL IndyCar Series history 2005 August 28 Tony Kanaan
Dallara Honda Andretti Green Racing 2006 August 27 Marco Andretti
Dallara Honda Andretti Green Racing 2007 August 26 Scott Dixon
Dallara Honda Chip Ganassi Racing 2008 August 24 Hélio Castroneves
Dallara Honda Penske Racing 2009 August 23 Dario Franchitti
Dallara Honda Chip Ganassi Racing 2010 August 22 Will Power
Dallara Honda Team Penske 2011 August 28 Will Power
Dallara Honda Team Penske [1] Support Race History
Indy Lights Atlantic Championship Season Date Winning Driver 2005 August 28 Marco Andretti
2006 August 26 Wade Cunningham
August 27 Alex Lloyd
2007 August 25 Alex Lloyd
August 26 Richard Antinucci
2008 August 23 Franck Perera
August 24 Pablo Donoso
2009 August 23 J. R. Hildebrand
2010 August 22 J. K. Vernay
[2] Season Date Winning Driver 1980 May 25 Tom Gloy
1983 May 8 Michael Andretti
1984 June 3 Dan Marvin
September 30 Dan Marvin
1985 June 2 Jeff Wood
September 29 Jeff Wood
1986 June 1 Rod Bennett
September 28 Roberto Quintanilla
1987 May 31 Dean Hall
August 2 Dean Hall
1988 May 29 Dean Hall
August 14 Dean Hall
1989 May 7 R.K. Smith
September 10 Joe Sposato
1990 May 6 Mark Dismore
[3] References
- ^ "Infineon Raceway". Champ Car Stats. Archived from the original on 1 August 2011. http://www.champcarstats.com/tracks/searspoint.htm. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ "Infineon Raceway". Champ Car Stats. Archived from the original on 1 August 2011. http://www.champcarstats.com/ips/tracks/searspoint.htm. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ "Formula Atlantic Series (1974-1990)". Champ Car Stats. http://www.champcarstats.com/atlantic/atlantic2.htm. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
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