The NASCAR Sprint Cup circuit has just two road courses, and Jamie McMurray will lead the field to the green flag for one of them on Sunday in the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway. Marcos Ambrose, the winner of the pole in 2012, was just a few hundredths of a second away from earning a second consecutive pole at the track.
NASCAR at Sonoma Raceway 2013: Lineup, starting grid for Toyota/Save Mart 350
Jamie McMurray edged Marcos Ambrose to take his ninth career pole, after two consecutive years without earning one.
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Points leader Jimmie Johnson will start in the No. 19 position, while several road course specialists, including Jacques Villeneuve, Boris Said and Ron Fellows will try to play the role of spoiler for the series regulars. Fan favorites Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Danica Patrick will each start in the back half of the field in 26th and 31st, respectively.
The full lineup for Sunday’s race is as follows:
| Row | Pos | Driver | Pos | Driver |
| 1 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | 2 | Marcos Ambrose |
| 2 | 3 | Carl Edwards | 4 | Greg Biffle |
| 3 | 5 | Clint Bowyer | 6 | Matt Kenseth |
| 4 | 7 | Kurt Busch | 8 | Joey Logano |
| 5 | 9 | Kyle Busch | 10 | Jeff Gordon |
| 6 | 11 | Tony Stewart | 12 | Kevin Harvick |
| 7 | 13 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 14 | Martin Truex Jr. |
| 8 | 15 | Kasey Kahne | 16 | Paul Menard |
| 9 | 17 | Denny Hamlin | 18 | Brad Keselowski |
| 10 | 19 | Jimmie Johnson | 20 | Bobby Labonte |
| 11 | 21 | Casey Mears | 22 | Jacques Villeneuve |
| 12 | 23 | David Ragan | 24 | Boris Said |
| 13 | 25 | Ron Fellows | 26 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
| 14 | 27 | Jeff Burton | 28 | David Stremme |
| 15 | 29 | David Gilliland | 30 | Ryan Newman |
| 16 | 31 | Danica Patrick | 32 | Aric Almirola |
| 17 | 33 | Travis Kvapil | 34 | Jason Bowles |
| 18 | 35 | Josh Wise | 36 | Justin Marks |
| 19 | 37 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 38 | David Reutimann |
| 20 | 39 | Alex Kennedy | 40 | Paul Harraka |
| 21 | 41 | Tomy Drissi | 42 | Victor Gonzalez Jr. |
| 22 | 43 | J.J. Yeley |
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