How Much Does It Cost to Race at Sonoma Raceway Where NASCAR Will Be Racing Next?

This weekend, NASCAR will head back to the Sonoma Raceway down in California. This will be the first time since Circuit Of The Americas quite early in the season that the Next Gen car would be running on a road course.

Interestingly, this year, the raceway has a new look. Because gone is the carousel and back is the chute.

The track has been reconfigured for the best racing experience keeping in mind the expectations and demands of fans, as well as the feedback from the drivers themselves.

So it’s only natural to wonder, how much would it cost for you or any normal person to race at the beautiful Cali racetrack?

Well, fortunately, it’s not a lot.

The Sonoma Raceway has a popular program that gives people, “a safe, legal, controlled environment” to drag race their cars. And the cost to do so, is $35 to race, $20 to race with a high school ID, and $15 for spectators.

According to the official website of the track, “Almost any type of street-legal vehicle is eligible to run on the drag strip.”

Defending NASCAR Cup Series champion shares his thoughts on the new Sonoma layout

Kyle Larson, the Hendrick Motorsports superstar recently expressed what he thought about the newly redesigned track layout for his home race. Larson also won the race the last time NASCAR came to town.

“I think it will be very similar to those races. I don’t know, I really enjoyed the carousel, having a left-hander was fun, and I felt like the corner was cool because it opened up some more passing zones throughout that corner and then leading into the next one,” Larson said.

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The #5 driver confessed that he doesn’t understand the reasoning behind shifting the course back to what it used to be. Larson assumes it’s perhaps for the better crowd experience so the spectators can have a better look at the racing.

“Either way, it’s a fun place. It’s home for me and I’m excited to be back,” he added.

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