David Reutimann, No. 00 Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota Camry - finished 20th - now 21st in points.
David Reutimann Race Summary: No. 00 Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota driver David Reutimann earned his first top-20 finish on a road course in Sunday’s Toyota/SaveMart 350 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. Reutimann and his Michael Waltrip Racing team stuck to their plan of staying on the racetrack, executing flawless pit stops, avoiding trouble and driving an uneventful race to bring the car home in one piece with the most points possible. Reutimann is now 21st in points as the series heads to New Hampshire International Speedway on Sunday.
• The Aaron’s Dream Machine started 33rd and finished 20th.
• Reutimann’s 20th place finish is his career best on a road course.
• Reutimann’s previous best at Infineon Raceway was 31st.
• The No. 00 raced between 20th and 30th most of the race without incident.
• Avoided several on-track incidents over the final three cautions to finish 20th.
REUTIMANN QUOTE: “We were up and down. It was definitely a far cry better than where we’ve been in the past out here. We still have a lot of room for improvement on my end. I’ll keep working at it. The guys on the Aaron’s crew did a great job. They just kept working on the thing all day and making it better. We were just pretty free all day and couldn’t get on the other side of that, but other than that the motors ran good and the pit stops were excellent. It was a decent finish. It was a decent day.”
ON THE END OF THE RACE: “Whenever you have a place that is as hard to pass as it is here and you are coming down to the end of the race you know that things are going to get crazy. You have guys with tires, guys without tires—it just makes for a crazy finish to a race.”
RACE NOTES:
• Jimmie Johnson won for the first time in his career on a road course circuit.
• The win is Johnson’s fourth of the season and 51st of his career moving him to 10th all time.
• Robby Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Kasey Kahne and Jeff Gordon rounded out the top-five.
• Marcos Ambrose led 35 laps and finished sixth, his fourth consecutive top-10 on a road course.
• Ambrose was leading with six laps remaining when flipped his engine on and off as he circled the track. His car stalled as six cars weaved around his unmoving Toyota. Although Ambrose got his car restarted and moved back to the front of the field, NASCAR ordered him back to seventh for "failing to maintain reasonable speed" right before the restart.
• The race lasted two hours fifty-six minutes in front of an estimated crowd of 90,000
• The race featured 12 lead changes among eight drivers
• The race was slowed by seven cautions for a total of 14 laps
• The next race is June 27, 2010 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H.
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