Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma Tickets

The Indy Grand Prix Of Sonoma is a spectacular racing event that is part of the IndyCar Series and takes place each year at the Sonoma Raceway. The very first such race took place in 1970, joining the IndyCar Series in 2005. It is a race that is just four miles shy of two hundred, made up of eighty five laps. It has been known by many other names before, starting out as the Golden State 150 in 1970 and moving on to become the Argent Mortgage Indy Grand Prix in 2005. It has also been known as the Motorola Indy 300 Pres. by Jackson Rancheria Casino & Hotel and the Peal Antifreeze Grand Prix of Sonoma County. Each year, thousands of racing fans book Indy Grand Prix Of Sonoma tickets to catch the event live.

Will Power holds the record for the most wins of the Indy Grand Prix Of Sonoma at two wins whereas Team Penske holds the most wins at three as a team. Initially, the Sonoma Raceway was a USAC Championship Car circuit and in 2005, the IndyCar Series revived American open wheel racing at the circuit. In 2006, it played host to a revolutionary event when rookie Marco Andretti won a racing event, making him the youngest winner of a racing event at nineteen years old. This particular race, one of the several that make up the IndyCar series, runs on a modified course that is two and a fifth mile in length. With a carousel, it is longer than NASCAR courses but uses a similar turn.

The very first person to win a race at the Sonoma Raceway was Dan Gurney who won the USAC Championship Car race as a member of the All American Racers team, driving a Ford. He accomplished this feat in 1970. In 2005, the first IndyCar Series race was won by Tony Kanaan, a member of Andretti Green Racing while driving a Honda with a Dallara chassis. The latest winner of the Indy Grand Prix Of Sonoma is Will Power who won it as a member of Team Penske, driving a Honda and finishing the race in just one hour and forty seven minutes.

The Indy Grand Prix Of Sonoma is part of the IndyCar Series, America's most popular open-wheel racing event. It is an international event, unlike other racing series, that was founded in 1996. It features twenty nine of the best drivers in the world as part of fifteen different teams. Official series constructors are Dallara with engines supplied by Lotus, Chevrolet and Honda. The champion of the series is Dario Franchitti of the UK. Among the teams, the current champion is team Chip Ganassi Racing.

Initially, the series started out as a competitor to what was then CART and is today known as Champ Car World Series and was known as the Indy Racing League. Starting out as a low cost alternative to CART, it soon grew to become its fiercest rival, eventually surpassing it to the point that, in 2008, CART and IndyCar Series merged. Events that are part of this series are best seen live with Indy Grand Prix Of Sonoma tickets in hand.