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\n SONOMA, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Welcome back to fast and slick Sonoma Raceway, where the first repave in over two decades has created impressive speeds and concerns about the durability of the new asphalt. Ryan Blaney led Cup Series practice Friday with a lap that was 4.5 seconds faster than Denny Hamlin\u2019s pole-winning run a year ago. But the repave hasn\u2019t been perfect and patches of the track appeared to break apart during an April sports car test on the road course. The breakage required immediate repairs and plenty of patches that had NASCAR drivers concerned about the track surface ahead of the race Sunday.\u201cI definitely had a lot of concerns coming in, I have some friends who do some of the road racing stuff and they come out here and run and just said how bad it was coming apart,\u201d Chase Elliott said Friday after a 50-minute practice session. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat was concerning, right, because our cars are way heavier than most of these other series. But I didn\u2019t see anything visually on the track and I\u2019m sure they will inspect it later. But I was super concerned coming here and honestly now feel a lot better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Defending race winner Martin Truex Jr. was against the repave. \u201cI wish they didn\u2019t,\u201d Truex said. \u201cWe had something really good here working, and certainly, last year, we did really well with it. There is more of a chance for an upset or for a guy surprising the field, I think, this time around. Before, if your car was really good, you could drive through the field, simple as that. You could pass cars, on old tires, and that is going to be a challenge this time around.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hamlin offered a surprising endorsement after an initial tense exchange with track owner Marcus Smith over the asphalt breaking up during the sports car test. Hamlin and Smith engaged in a back-and-forth over social media regarding the repave that started when Hamlin posted on social media, \u201cwhen paving on a budget goes wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n
Smith, chairman of the Speedway Motorsports conglomerate that owns 10 of the tracks on NASCAR\u2019s Cup Series schedule, fired back with \u201cthis is a great post from somebody who doesn\u2019t know all the information. Ignorance on display for the world to see.\u201d Smith later deleted the post but it escalated the debate to the point where Smith mocked the lack of a Cup championship on Hamlin\u2019s record and Hamlin accused Smith of squandering the racing empire Smith\u2019s late father had built. The two sides eventually calmed down and Hamlin felt much better about the repave after turning laps Friday. The track had noticeable patches on it, but none that Hamlin said he could actually feel. \u201cI think it ended up at a net in a pretty good result considering all the extra work they had to put in,\u201d Hamlin said. But will the surface remain intact over an entire three-day weekend?\u201cI mean, I\u2019m not sure about that. I\u2019m no expert in it by any means,\u201d Hamlin said. \u201cBut definitely I think these cars will test it more than any other series that comes here. Our cars are so heavy and that\u2019s going to push the track to the limit, for sure.\u201d <\/p>\n
Goodyear held a tire test for NASCAR that had no problems but that was done before the sports car track day in which parts of the asphalt cracked. The repave of the 10-turn, 1.99-mile road course isn\u2019t the only significant change: the infamous hairpin at turn 11 was altered with the rubber tire barriers on the inside of the turn replaced by concrete K-rails.Tyler Reddick said it has created a slight blindspot at turn 11, but it wasn\u2019t as jarring as getting acclimated to the new speed. \u201cIt\u2019s a pretty wild feeling out there, you feel like you are doing something wrong,\u201d Reddick said. \u201cIt feels like you\u2019re going to crash when you go into (turn) 1 because you\u2019re going way faster than you should.\u201dTRUEX CHASING HISTORYMartin Truex Jr. is the defending race winner and one more win at Sonoma would give him five for his career at the track \u2014 a mark that would tie him with Jeff Gordon for most Cup wins at the circuit. Five wins at any track would be a personal record for Truex, but another at Sonoma would give him a total of six on road courses. He won at Watkins Glen during his 2017 championship season. <\/p>\n
Chase Elliott leads all active drivers with seven road course wins but has yet to score a victory at Sonoma. Despite not loving the repave, Truex hasn\u2019t ruled himself out for a win on Sunday. \u201cI think for as long as I can remember you would come to Sonoma and you would think, \u2018Worn out track, tire wear.\u2019 The approach is a lot different than it is now. Now it is really going to be, pretty much, running qualifying laps every lap with the tires that don\u2019t really wear out, or fall off much. \u201cTotally different approach than we\u2019ve done at Sonoma in the past, but with that being said, we tested out here, I felt good about it, and it is still the same course. New challenges, same course and hopefully we can figure it out and go win No. 5 here.\u201d<\/p>\n
ROAD RINGERSThe race will feature two Australian Supercars stars in their NASCAR Cup debuts and each is trying to match the success of Shane van Gisbergen, who won his Cup debut last year on the street course in Chicago and then won the Xfinity Series race on the road course race at Portland last weekend. Repco Supercars championship points leader Will Brown will drive for Richard Childress Racing, while Cam Waters is in for RFK Racing. Both are backed by Supercars and will carry Repco Supercars branding.Van Gisbergen will be one of Brown\u2019s spotters Sunday. \u201cFor myself, watching what SVG did last year, a lot of Aussies have paid a lot of attention to NASCAR now and I\u2019m pretty excited to come over and have a go,\u201d Brown said. \u201cThe expectations are a really hard thing for this weekend and to know what to expect. Shane, obviously coming over last year and doing what he did, makes it hard for the Aussies to come out now. It\u2019s like a let down if we don\u2019t win. \u201cIt\u2019s one of those things: I think Shane\u2019s been running inside the top-10 for his last couple of road course runs, so that would be great if we could do that. There are a lot of cars out there that have good drivers in them, so I really don\u2019t know what to expect until after practice and qualifying.\u201d___AP auto racing: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/auto-racing<\/p>\n
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