The first day involved NASCAR subdivisions with the ARCA series race and qualifying for the Xfinity Series race on Saturday.

Shane van Gisbergen, driving a car for JR Motorsports, claimed the pole for Saturday’s Xfinity race at Sonoma Raceway. He toured the 1.99-mile road course at an average of 95.191 mph. Connor Zilisch will join van Gisbergen on the front row after a lap of 94.884 mph. That gives JR Motorsports a sweep of the front row.

The sprawling Sears Point campus has transformed into a three-day hotbed of action that concludes with the sport’s best drivers battling it out Sunday.

A new wildfire was reported today at 2:58 p.m. in Sonoma County, California. Pile Fire has been burning on private land. There is currently no information on the containment of the fire and its cause has yet to be determined.

Lax city oversight of North Bay Animals Services have allowed the problems to fester, the grand jury found in its highly critical investigation.

Shane van Gisbergen has taken back-to-back pole positions in the NASCAR Xfinity Series as he score the pole for Saturday's Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250 at Sonoma Racew

Shane van Gisbergen will be trying for his third straight road-course victory in the NASCAR Cup Series. He's heavily favored at Sonoma.