The Michael Waltrip Racing cars of Clint Bowyer and Brian Vickers ran well during Sunday's Toyota/Save Mart 350 in Sonoma, California. That's no surprise considering Bowyer won the race two years ago, and former MWR and current Furniture Row driver Martin Truex Jr. came into the race as the defending champion. Last year's win for Truex came after a six-year winless streak.
Waltrip was denied a third straight win at the road course, though, as Roush Fenway driver Carl Edwards held off Hendrick Motorsports drivers Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. to score his first road course victory and his second win of the season. Bowyer finished tenth after leading five laps, then spinning and collecting Kevin Harvick, but getting back into contention afterward. Vickers wound up 14th and at one point was running behind Bowyer in third place, however he did not lead any laps.
Edwards' win ends MWR's Sonoma streak, as well as Hendrick Motorsports' winning streak that began on May 10 with Jeff Gordon's win at Kansas, followed by Jimmie Johnson winning two in a row at Charlotte and Dover, Dale Earnhardt Jr. at Pocono and Johnson again at Michigan last week. But the Waltrip cars were still almost as strong as they have been at Sonoma for the past couple of years, and some people expected them to be contenders once again after strong results in practice and qualifying.
So it looks like at least right now, Sonoma is a good track for Michael Waltrip Racing. It probably won't be forever, but I'm sure that based on their past results, they will continue to look forward to coming here for a few more years.
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