NASCAR Weekend at Sonoma Raceway is under way, an event local racing fans have been waiting all year for. The racing kicked off Friday with The General Tire 200, featuring up-and-coming drivers, and the Historic Trans Am Race, spotlighting restored race cars from decades past.

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

Sonoma Raceway will open its 2025 NASCAR race weekend with the ARCA West and Xfinity series turning laps on the 1.99-mile road course. ARCA West will begin at 1:40 p.m. ET with an 80-minute practice leading into qualifying for a 64-lap race that will start at 6:30 p.m. ET.

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.

SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) -- In the North Bay, the unmistakable roar of engines can be heard for miles this weekend. NASCAR is returning to Sonoma Raceway and thousands of racing fans are in Wine Country for all the thrills.

As the NASCAR Cup Series heads to another road course, has a new championship favorite emerged? Plus, a look at the Elite 8 in the In-Season Challenge, and what drivers are saying about Sunday's race at Sonoma.

After the two drivers had a tit-for-tat on the streets of Chicago, NASCAR is keeping an eye on Ross Chastain and Joey Logano. If those two want to continue this feud on the track, then they better get creative.

NASCAR couldn't have written a better script for Friday's NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying session at Sonoma Raceway if it tried.