Sonoma Raceway

Address: 29355 Arnold Drive, Sonoma, California, 95476

Indy Racing League Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma County

NASCAR Sprint Cup Toyota / Save Mart 350

WTCC from 2012

NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series FRAM Autolite Nationals

38.158333333333 - 122.45833333333Koordinaten: 38 ° 9 ' 30 " N, 122 ° 27 ' 30" W

The Sonoma Raceway (until 2011: Infineon Raceway ) is a track between the hills in northern California, near the town of Sonoma, north of San Francisco.

The circuit has a total length of 4.05 kilometers ( 2.52 miles ) with twelve curves. For races of the NASCAR series, however, a truncated variant with a length of 3.14 kilometers ( 1.95 miles ) is used, with a 1998 built abbreviation is busy. A third variant created in 2003 with a length of 3.57 kilometers ( 2.22 miles ) length is used primarily for motorcycle races. Within the circular course there is also a ¼ -mile track for drag racing. The ground capacity is 102,000.

The construction of the course began in 1967, the opening took place the following year. The current lap record is held by the German Marco Werner drove on 17 July 2004 on a Audi R8 LMP with an average speed of 178.06 km / h ( 110.641 mph ).