The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series will travel back to California this week for the Toyota Save Mart 350 at Sonoma. This is a good week to take a chance with a driver who runs well on the Road Courses but does not have much value on the 1.5-mile tracks.
Here are my picks for Sonoma…
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Daytona |
Danica Patrick | 35th | Daytona | Michael McDowell | 9th | |
| Atlanta | Kurt Busch | 8th | Atlanta | Kurt Busch |
8th |
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Las Vegas |
Paul Menard | 9th | Las Vegas | Ryan Blaney | 5th | |
| Phoenix | Alex Bowman | 13th | Phoenix | Denny Hamlin |
4th |
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Auto Club |
Clint Bowyer | 11th | Auto Club | Clint Bowyer | 11th | |
| Martinsville | Ryan Newman | 19th | Martinsville | Brad Keselowski |
10th |
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Texas |
Joey Logano | 6th | Texas | Joey Logano | 6th | |
| Bristol | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 4th | Bristol | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
4th |
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Richmond |
Daniel Hemric | 32nd | Richmond | Kurt Busch | 11th | |
| Talladega | Brendan Gaughan | 22nd | Talladega | Paul Menard |
30th |
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Dover |
Chase Elliott | 12th | Dover | Chase Elliott | 12th | |
| Kansas | Ryan Blaney | 37th | Kansas | Ryan Blaney |
37th |
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Charlotte |
Erik Jones | 19th | Charlotte | Kyle Busch | 1st | |
| Pocono | Jamie McMurray | 15th | Pocono | Jamie McMurray |
15th |
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Michigan |
Brad Keselowski | 6th | Michigan | Brad Keselowski | 6th | |
| Sonoma | Kasey Kahne | ? | Sonoma | Jamie McMurray |
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Kasey Kahne will be my One & Done pick this week. AJ Allmendinger will be the popular pick but he is much better at Watkins Glen so I will save him for that track. Kahne is a previous winner at Sonoma and this is a driver’s track. Michael McDowell always ran well here in the No. 95 car and Kahne has more talent at Sonoma than McDowell. I expect to see Kahne finish in the top 15 this week.
Good luck this week!
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