HFT Weekend Preview: Sonoma Raceway.
By Haas Factory Team
Saturday O’Reilly Series Action:
Date: Saturday, June 27th at 5:30 p.m. ET
Track: Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, CA
Race Distance: 79 laps / 156.95 miles
Broadcast: CW | PRN / SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Sunday Cup Series Action:
Date: Sunday, June 28th at 3:30 p.m. ET
Track: Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, CA
Race Distance: 110 laps / 218.9 miles
Broadcast: TNT | PRN / SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
On-Track Activity:
Friday:
4 p.m. ET – O’Reilly Practice
CW App | PRN & SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
5:05 p.m. ET – O’Reilly Qualifying
CW App | PRN & SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Saturday:
2 p.m. ET – Cup Practice
CW App | PRN & SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
3:10 p.m. ET – Cup Qualifying
Prime | PRN & SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
5:30 p.m. ET – O’Reilly Race
CW | PRN & SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Sunday:
3:30 p.m. ET – Cup Race
TNT | PRN & SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Race Weekend Quick Hits:
Sonoma Raceway hosts the Cup and O’Reilly Series this weekend as NASCAR stays out west for its annual summer date on the 1.99-mile road course.
Sheldon Creed (607 points) enters the weekend fourth in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series standings, trailing only Corey Day (609), Jesse Love (623), and Justin Allgaier (847).
Creed owns the second-best average finish in the series this season (9.9) and is one of just two drivers with eight or more top-five finishes.
Sam Mayer has qualified inside the top 10 in all three Sonoma starts and owns an impressive 5.7 average starting position at the track — his best mark at any road course on the schedule.
This Sunday marks Cole Custer’s 24th career Cup Series start on a road course, highlighted by a career-best eighth-place finish last season in Mexico City.
Cup Driver Lineup:
No. 41 Driver: Cole Custer
Hometown: Ladera Ranch, CA
Crew Chief: Aaron Kramer
Partner: Autodesk / Haas
Custer’s Sonoma Cup Series History:
Starts: 3
Wins: —
Top-10s: —
Poles: —
Key Numbers:
Cole Custer makes his fourth Cup Series start at Sonoma this weekend, where he owns a 21.3 average finish. His best result at the track came in 2021 with a 20th-place finish.
Custer’s strongest Sonoma qualifying effort came in 2022 when he started sixth, and he carries an 18.7 average starting position.
Custer has also found success on road courses in the O’Reilly Series, earning victories at Portland and the Chicago Street Race during the 2023 season.
O’Reilly Auto Parts Driver Lineup:
No. 00 Driver: Sheldon Creed
Hometown: Alpine, CA
Crew Chief: Jonathan Toney
Partner: Pit Boss
Creed’s Sonoma O’Reilly Series History:
Starts: 3
Wins: —
Top-10s: 2
Poles: —
Key Numbers:
Creed heads to Sonoma for his fourth career O’Reilly Series start at the road course, where he crossed the line second in 2024 after finishing 11th in his series debut at the track in 2023 and 10th last season.
Creed has qualified inside the top 10 in all three Sonoma starts, bringing a strong 7.0 average starting position into Saturday’s race.
A proven road course contender, Creed has led 85 laps and recorded 10 top-10 finishes in 27 career O’Reilly Series road course starts.
No. 41 Driver: Sam Mayer
Hometown: Franklin, WI
Crew Chief: Jason Trinchere
Partner: Audibel
Mayer’s Sonoma O’Reilly Series History:
Starts: 3
Wins: —
Top-10s: 2
Poles: —
Key Numbers:
Mayer is set for his fourth career O’Reilly Series start at Sonoma this Saturday, highlighted by a third-place finish in 2024 after scoring a 10th-place result in 2023.
One of the series’ top road course performers, Mayer owns four career O’Reilly Series road-course victories, with wins at the Charlotte Roval (2023, 2024), Watkins Glen (2023), and Road America/Elkhart Lake (2023).
HFT Naval Base Coronado Recap:
Sheldon Creed and Sam Mayer both displayed race-winning speed throughout Saturday’s O’Reilly Series event at Naval Base Coronado, with Creed securing a third-place finish while Mayer’s strong run ended in an accident on a late restart in the final stage. Cole Custer charged from 25th into the top 10 during Sunday’s Cup Series race, but a broken toe link after a late-race restart ended a promising run and left him with a 31st-place finish.