Bobby was off to a great start during practice on Thursday at the Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, CA. Labonte’s lap of 92.392 mph in the #43 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge was the quickest of the 50 cars out on the track for the first practice leading to Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350.
#7-Robby Gordon, #2-Kurt Busch, #20-Tony Stewart and #26-Jamie McMurray were the rest of the top 5 on the speed chart for this practice.
Bobby had this to say about the coming race:
"We have had good runs with the Car of Tomorrow and our Dodge Avenger. We are relatively happy with that program. It's a lot different bringing the car to a road course than an oval. But, we think we can bring a pretty good package to California . It's going to be a guessing game for a lot of people."I guess we are all going back to more of a level playing field with this race. We have seen some teams really get a handle on the new car on the ovals. We aren't that far behind. We have had good runs with the car and feel good about it. This weekend is just a bit of a different challenge. Hopefully we have something for these guys."