On a day when NASCAR Sprint Cup made its annual visit to California’s Wine Country, the favorites are generally the road course specialists who have either already won on the non-ovals or advanced into NASCAR with a road racing background. Drivers such as Australia’s Marcos Ambrose and Colombia’s Juan Pablo Montoya generally have their share of followers who assume they are the drivers to beat. Then there are drivers like Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Tony Stewart — more of the classic NASCAR racer who proved to be adapt at making both left- and right-hand turns.
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