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Sonoma Raceway

Home of the Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals

Hwys 37 & 121, Sonoma, CA 95476
(707) 938-8448, (707) 938-8691, fax
racesonoma.com


Diana Brennan, director, media and community relations, (707) 933-3918,  dbrennan@racesonoma.com 

Jennifer Imbimbo, manager, media and community relations, (707) 933-3981,  
jennifer@racesonoma.com

Directions:

From Alameda and Contra Costa counties: Take I-580 west to I-80 east to I-580 west again toward the Richmond/San Rafael Bridge. Once over bridge take Highway 101 north. Take Highway 37 eastbound toward Vallejo/Napa. Turn left on Highway 121 (second stoplight after you get on Highway 37). Follow for approximately one-quarter mile. Entrance to the track is on your left at Gate 7.

From the South Bay: Take either Highway 280 or Highway 101 into San Francisco and cross over the Golden Gate Bridge. Follow Highway 101 north. Take Highway 37 eastbound toward Vallejo/Napa. Turn left on Highway 121 (second stoplight after you get on Highway 37). Follow for approximately one-quarter mile. Entrance to the track is on your left at Gate 7.

From San Francisco: Cross Golden Gate Bridge to Highway 101 north. Take Highway 37 eastbound toward Vallejo/Napa. Turn left on Highway 121 (second stoplight after you get on Highway 37). Follow for approximately one-quarter mile. Entrance to the track is on your left at Gate 7.

From Stockton and Modesto: Take I-205 to I-580 west to I-80 east to I-580 west again toward the Richmond/San Rafael Bridge. Once over bridge take Highway 101 north. Take Highway 37 eastbound toward Vallejo/Napa. Turn left on Highway 121 (second stoplight after you get on Highway 37). Follow for approximately one-quarter mile. Entrance to the track is on your left at Gate 7.
From Sacramento: Take I-80 west to Highway 37 west toward Novato. Follow Highway 37 for approximately 10 miles until you come to Highway 121. Make a right. Follow for approximately one-quarter mile. Entrance to the track is on your left at Gate 7.

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SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
901 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 777-1111, (415) 543-3754, fax
sfgate.com
Sports Dept., 
sports@sfchronicle.com
Alan Saracevic, sports editor, (415) 777-7928, asaracevic@sfgate.com 
Michael Lerseth, assistant sports editor, mlerseth@sfgate.com 
Janny Hu, assistant sports editor, jhu@sfchronicle.com 
David Dayton, assignment editor, (415) 777-7941, 
ddayton@sfgate.com
Tom FitzGerald, sports writer, tfitzgerald@sfchronicle.com
Katherine Dowd, sports producer, kdowd@sfgate.com 
Kimberly Gomes, calendar editor,
 kgomes@sfchronicle.com
Bruce Jenkins, sports columnist, bjenkins@sfchronicle.com 
Ann Killian, sports columnist, akillion@sfchronicle.com 
Steve Kroner, sports reporter, skroner@sfchronicle.com

Connor Letourneau, sports reporter, cletourneau@sfchronicle.com 
Scott Osler, sports reporter, sostler@sfchronicle.com 
Henry Schulman, sports reporter, hschulman@sfchronicle.com 
Rusty Simmons, sports reporter, rsimmons@sfchronicle.com 
John Shea, sports reporter, jshea@sfchronicle.com 
 

CONTRA COSTA TIMES
2640 Shadelands Dr., Walnut Creek, CA 94598
(925) 935-2525, (925) 933-0239, fax
contracostatimes.com

sports@bayareanewsgroup.com
Sports Dept., ccnnewsrelease@bayareanewsgroup.com
Dave Belli, assistant sports editor, dbelli@bayareanewsgroup.com
Mike Wood, assistant sports editor, mwood@bayareanewsgroup.com 
Darryl Matsuda, assistant sports editor, dmatsuda@bayareanewsgroup.com 
Mark Purdy, sports columnist, mpurdy@bayareanewsgroup.com
Mark Conley, assistant sports editor, mconley@bayareanewsgroup.com 
Mike Lefkow, deputy sports editor, 
mlefkow@bayareanewsgroup.com 
Jon Becker, digital sports editor, jBecker@bayareanewsgroup.com 
Bud Geracie, executive sports editor, bgeracie@bayareanewsgroup.com 
Daniel Brown, sports enterprise reporter, dbrown@bayareanewsgroup.com 
Curtis Pashelka, motorsports writer, (925) 935-2525, 
cpashelka@bayareanewsgroup.com


SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
750 Knight Ridder Park Dr., San Jose, CA 95190
(408) 920-5000, (408) 920-5244, fax
sjmercury.com
Sports Dept., 
sports@mercurynews.com
Darryl Matsuda, auto racing editor, (408) 920-5215, dmatsuda@mercurynews.com
Bud Geracie, executive sports editor, bgeracie@mercurynews.com
Mark Conley, deputy sports editor, mconley@mercurynews.com 

PETALUMA ARGUS COURIER
719C Southpoint Blvd., Petaluma, CA 94954
(707) 762-4541, (707) 776-8482, fax
arguscourier.com
John Jackson, (707) 776-8466, 
acsports@arguscourier.comjohnie.jackson@arguscourier.com 
Matt Brown, editor, matt.brown@arguscourier.com 

SACRAMENTO BEE
2100 Q St., Sacramento, CA 95816
(916) 321-1000, (916) 326-5503, fax
sacbee.com
Tom Couzens, sports editor, (916) 321-1097, 
tcouzens@sacbee.com 
Victor Contreras, deputy sports editor, (916) 326-5527, 
vcontreras@sacbee.com 
Marcos Breton, sports columnist, (916) 321-1096, mbreton@sacbee.com
Ailene Voisin, sports columnist, avoisin@sacbee.com 
Bill Paterson, sports repoter, bpaterson@sacbee.com 
Joe Davidson, sports reporter, jdavidson@sacbee.com 
Jason Jones, sports reporter, jejones@sacbee.com 


SANTA ROSA PRESS DEMOCRAT
427 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95401
(707) 526-2020, (707) 521-5463, fax, (707) 526-8500, sports
pressdemo.com
Jared Cowley, assistant sports editor, (701) 521-5283, 
jared.cowley@pressdemocrat.com 
James Barger, assistant sports editor, james.barger@pressdemocrat.com 
Phil Barber, sports reporter, (707) 521-5263, 
phil.barber@pressdemocrat.com
Lowell Cohn, sports columnist, lowell.cohn@pressdemocrat.com 
Bob Padecky, sports columnist, (707) 521-5223, 
bob.padecky@pressdemocrat.com 
Kerry Benefield, sports reporter, Kerry.benefield@pressdemocrat.com 
Lori Carter, sports reporter, lori.carter@pressdemocat.com


MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL
150 Alameda del Prado, Novato, CA 94949
(415) 382-7206, (415) 884-1478, fax
marinij.com
localnews@marinij.com 
Dave Allen, (415) 382-7206, 
dallen@marinij.com
Todd Telford, (707) 665-5972, improbabletodd@gmail.com 
Derek Arild, (415) 382-7298, 
darild@marinij.com 

THE FAIRFIELD DAILY REPUBLIC
250 Texas St., Fairfield, CA 94533
(707) 425-4646, (707) 425-5924, fax
dailyrepublic.com
Paul Farmer, sports editor, 
pfarmer@dailyrepublic.net 
Brian Arnold, (707) 427-6969, 
barnold@dailyrepublic.net
Marcus Lomtong, sports writer, mlomtong@dailyrepublic.net 


VALLEJO TIMES-HERALD
440 Curtola Pkwy., Vallejo, CA 94590
(707) 553-6837, (707) 553-6851, fax
timeshearldonline.com
Thomas Gase, sports writer, (707) 553-6838, 
tgase@timesheraldonline.com
Matt O'Donnell, sports writer, (707) 553-6822, modonnell@timesheraldonline.com 

VACAVILLE REPORTER
916 Cotting Lane, Vacaville, CA 95688
(707) 448-6401, (707) 447-7405, fax
Tim Roe, (707) 453-8158, 
troe@thereporter.com 
Mack Drake, sports reporter, fdrake@thereporter.com 
Matt Miller, editor, mmiller@thereporter.com 

sports@thereporter.com

NAPA VALLEY REGISTER
1615 Second St., Napa, CA 94559
(707) 226-3711, (707) 224-3963, fax
napanews.com
Marty James, executive sports editor, 
mjames@napanews.com  
Andy Wilcox, sports reporter, 
awilcox@napanews.com   
Yousef Baig, sports reporter, 
ybaig@napanews.com  
Jeannie Broussal, motorsports writer, racegirl@colfaxnet.com

STOCKTON RECORD
530 E. Market St., Stockton, CA 95202
(209) 546-8282, (209) 943-8570, fax
recordnet.com
Scott Linesburgh, (209) 951-5667, 
slinesbu@recordnet.com
sports@recordnet.com
 

MODESTO BEE
1325 H St., Modesto, CA 95354
(209) 578-2000, (209) 238-4551, fax
modbee.com

sports@modbee.com 
Joe Cortez, sports editor, (209) 578-2380, 
jcortez@modbee.com
Ron Agostini, sports reporter, ragostini@modbee.com 
James Burns, sports reporter, 
jburns@modbee.com 

MONTEREY COUNTY HERALD
8 Upper Ragsdale Dr., Monterey, CA 93940
(831) 372-3311, (831) 372-8401, fax, (831) 646-4366, news

sports@montereyherald.com 
David Coffin, sports writer, (831) 375-4509, 
dcoffin@sbcglobal.net
John Devine, sports columnist, jdevine@montereyherald.com 
Dennis Taylor, sports reporter, (831) 646-4344, 
dtaylor@montereyherald.com

SONOMA INDEX-TRIBUNE
117 W. Napa St., Sonoma, CA. 95476
(707) 938-2111, (707) 938-1600, fax
News Dept., 
info@sonomanews.com
Henry Coleman, (707) 812-6971, henry-coleman@att.net 
Bill Lynch, editor in chief, (933) 933-2721, 
blynch@sonomanews.com
Steven Serafini, sports editor, (707) 933-2733, sports@sonomanews.com

SONOMA VALLEY SUN NEWSPAPERS
158 W Napa St., Sonoma, CA. 95476
(707) 933-0101, (707) 933-1573 fax
News Desk, 
news@sonomasun.com
Victor Mejia, editor, (707) 933-0101 ext. 114, vmejia@sonomasun.com
Jody Purdom, editor, jpurdom@sonomasun.com 
Val Robichaud, editor, 
vrobichaud@sonomasun.com  
Bill Hoban, sports editor, bill.hoban@sonomanews.com 
Jason Walsh, editor, Jason.walsh@sonomanews.com 


BENICIA HERALD
820 1st St., Benicia, CA 94510
(707) 745-0733, (707) 745-8583, fax
Steve Guertin, sports editor, 
sguertin@earthlink.net 
Marc Ethier, editor, 
beniciaherald@gmail.com 
Mike Dinosfria, 
benheral@pacbell.net


SANTA MARIA TIMES
3200 Skyway Dr., Santa Maria, CA 93455
(805) 925-2691, (805) 928-5657, fax
Elliott Stern, sports editor, 
estern@santamariatimes.com, (805) 739-2235
Dan Watson, assistant sports editor, 
dwatson@santamariatimes.com, ext. 2278
Kenny Cress, sports reporter, 
kcress@santamariatimes.com 
Brad Memberto, sports reporter, 
bmemberto@santamariatimes.com

LODI NEWS-SENTINEL
125 N Church St., Lodi, California 95240-2197
(209) 369-2761, (209) 369-1084 fax
News Desk, 
news@lodinews.com
Scott Howell, sports editor, (206) 369-2761 ext. 221, scotth@lodinews.com
Mike Bush, sports reporter, mikeb@lodinews.com 
David Witte, sports reporter, davidw@lodinews.com


TELEVISION

KPIX-TV 5 (CBS)
855 Battery St., San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 362-5550, (415) 765-8916, fax, (415) 765-8610, news
kpix.com
News Desk, 
newsdesk@kpix.com
Dennis O'Donnell, sports director, (415) 765-8774, djodonnell@cbs.com; djodonnell@kpix.cbs.com
Vernon Glenn, sports reporter, jvglenn@cbs.com
Dave Ramezzano, (415) 765-8794, dcramezzano@cbs.com 
Gretchen White, planning editor, (415) 765-8703, 
white@kpix.cbs.com
Wendy Tokuda, education reporter/YES program, (415) 765-8617, wstokuda@kpix.cbs.com
Brian Dea, sports executive producer, bdea@kpix.cbs.com 
Lisa White, assistant news director, lwhite@kpix.cbs.com 


KGO-TV 7 (ABC)
900 Front St., San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 954-7777, (415) 956-6402, fax, (415) 954-7926, news
kgo-tv.com
Mike Shumann, morning sports anchor, (415) 954-7934, 
mike.shumann@abc.com
Larry Biel, sports anchor, larry.biel@abc.comlarry.beil@abc.com 
Evan Doherty,  
Evan.X.Doherty.-nd@abc.com
Colin Resch, (415) 954-7934, colin.resch@abc.com 
Ed Walsh, weekend assignment editor, 
ed.walsh@abc.com
Lisa Tabb, daily assignment editor, lisa.tabb@abc.com


KRON-TV 4 
1001 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 441-4444, (415) 561-8136, fax, (415) 561-8905, news
kron.com
Gary Radnich, sports director, 
gary@knbr.com 
Vernon Glenn, sports director, (415) 561-8993, 
vern@kron.com
Jason Applebaum, sports producer, (415) 561-8981, jason@kron.com
Mark Carpenter, sports reporter, carpenter@kron4.com 
Tamara Barry, news assignment editor, berry@kron4.com 
Aaron Pero, news director, pero@kron4.com 


KTVU-TV 2 (FOX)
Two Jack London Square, Oakland, CA 94607
(510) 834-1212, (510) 451-2610, fax, (510) 874-0242, news
ktvu.com
News Desk, 
newstips@ktvu.com
Ellen Ellery, assignment editor, ellen.ellery@foxtv.com 
Joe Fonzi, sports anchor, (510) 874-0523, 
joe.fonzi@ktvu.com
Mark Ibanez, sports director, mark.ibanez@foxtv.com  
Scott Reiss, sports reporter, 
Scott.Reiss@FOXTV.com 
Peter Lupetti, (510) 874-0252, 
peter.lupetti@ktvu.com 
Fred Inglis, sports anchor, 
fringlis@ktvu.com; fringlis@foxtv.com
Jason Toupes, jason.toupes@ktvu.com 
Jason Appelbaum, sports reporter, Jason.appelbaum@foxtv.comJason.appelbaum@ktvu.com

COMCAST SPORTS NET BAY AREA
SportsNet Central (6 and 10:30 p.m. nightly)
370 Third St., Suite 100
San Francisco, CA 94107
csnbayarea.com
News Desk, 
csnbayinfo@comcastsportsnet.com
Scott Gourvitz, assistant assignment manager, sgourvitz@comcastsportsnet.com, (415) 615-4634, office; (646) 275-0636, cell; (415) 615-4608, fax
Doug Brown, Race Week producer, (415) 615-4632, 
dbrown@comcastsportsnet.com
Willard Ogan, assignment manager, wogan@comcastsportsnet.com, (415) 615-4652
Chris Olivere, news director, 
colivere@comcastsportsnet.com 
Lee Siegel, assistant news director, lsiegel@comcastsportsnet.com 

 

 

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KNTV-TV (NBC)
645 Park Ave., San Jose, CA 95110
(408) 286-1111, (408) 286-1530, fax, (408) 297-8780, news
News Desk, 
newstips@nbcbayarea.com
Craig Fierro, sports producer, (408) 432-4425, craig.fierro@nbc.com
Tim Bollinger, news assignment editor, tim.bollinger@nbcuni.com 
Stephanie Adrouny, news assignment director, stephanie.adrouny@nbcuni.com 
Shelby Hanson, news assignment editor, shelby.hansen@nbcuni.com 


KCRA-TV 3 (NBC)
3 Television Circle, Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 446-3333, (916) 441-4050, fax, (916) 325-3306, news
kcra.com
Del Rodgers, (916) 446-3333, 
drodgers@hearst.com 
Michelle Dapper, sports reporter, 
mdapper@hearst.com 

KTXL-TV 40 (FOX)
4655 Fruitridge Road, Sacramento, CA 95820
(916) 454-4422, (916) 739-0559, fax, (916) 454-4548, news
ktxl.com
Jim Crandell, sports director, (916) 454-4422, 
jcrandell@tribune.comjim.crandell@fox40.com 
Mark Demsky, (916) 206-0724, mdemsky@tribune.com 

KXTV-TV 10 (ABC)
400 Broadway, Sacramento, CA 95818
(916) 441-2345, (916) 447-6107, fax, (916) 321-3300, news
kxtv10.com
Bryan May, (916) 919-1708, 
bmay@news10.net
Ryan Yamamoto, (916) 441-2345, ryamamoto@news10.net 
Pierre Noujaim, sports reporter, pnoujaim@abc10.com 

SPANISH
KUVS-TV 19 (Univision)
1710 Arden Way, Sacramento, CA 95815
(916) 927-1900, (916) 614-1906, fax (916) 614-1962, news
Juan Francisco Ramirez, assignment desk, (916) 927-1972, 
jframirez@univision.net 
Pablo Iacub, news director, 
piacub@univision.net
Gustavo Barraza, news assignment editor, gbarraza@univision.net

KDTV-TV 14 (Univision)
50 Fremont St., Fl 41, San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 538-8000, (415) 538-8053, fax, (415) 538-8014, news, (415) 538-8002, news fax
News Desk, 
noticias14@univision.net 
Tony Lopez, sports director, (415) 538-8010, 
tlopex@univision.net
Eddie Alvarado, "Al Despertar" show producer, 415-538-8000, ealvarado@univision.net
Carolina Nunez, news director, cnunez@univision.net

KNTV - Communidad Del Valle, weekly bilingual morning program
Damian Trujillo, producer/host, (408) 432-6221, 
damian.trujillo@nbc.com



RADIO

KNBR-AM (680/1050) KFOG-FM (104.5)
55 Hawthorne St., 11th floor #1100, San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 995-6800, (415) 995-6867, fax
knbr.com

sports@knbr.com 
Lee Hammer, operations manager, (415) 995-6885, 
lee.hammer@cumulus.com
Murph and Mac Show, murphandmac@knbr.com 
Gary Radnich, mid-day host, 
gary@knbr.com 
Jennifer Violet, 
jennifer.violet@cumulus.com 
Mike Hohler, (415) 995-6890, 
mike.hohler@cumulus.com 
Patrick Connor, 
patrick.connor@cumulus.com

KGO-AM (810)
900 Front St., San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 954-8100, (415) 954-8686, fax
kgo.com

producers@kgoradio.com 
Rich Walcoff, sports director, (415) 216-1300, 
richwalcoff@kgoradio.com

KCBS-AM (740)
865 Battery St., 3rd floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 765-4000, (415) 765-4146, fax
kcbs.com, 
kcbsnewsdesk@cbs.com 
Hal Ramey, sports director, 
hramey@hotmail.com 
Steve Bitker, sports anchor, 
steve.bitker@cbsradio.com 
Kevin Radich, sports anchor, 
kradich@cbsradio.com 

KSRO-AM (1350)
1410 Neotomas Ave., Suite #200, Santa Rosa, CA 95405
(707) 545-1000, (707) 542-1077, fax
ksro.com
Michael DeWald, (707) 543-0141, 
michaeld@sonomacountyradio.comMichael@mysonomamedia.com
Melanie Morgan, news director, Melanie@mysonomamedia.com 
Larry Olsen, co-anchor sports, 
larry@mysonomamedia.com 

KVON-AM (1440)
1124 Foster Rd., Napa, CA 94558
(707) 252-1440, (707) 226-7544, fax
kvon.com
Ira Smith, sports director,(707) 252-1440 Ext. 224, 
ira@kvon.com; Ira@winecountrybroadcasting.com

KFGY-FM (92.9) 
1410 Neotomas Ave, Suite #200, Santa Rosa, CA 95405
(707) 543-0100, (707) 542-1077, fax
froggy929.com
Racquel Wooley, morning producer, (707) 322-5974, 
racquel617@aol.com
Rob Taylor, program director, (707) 543-0167, rob92.9@hotmail.com 
Jim Murphy, program director, 
jim@mysonomamedia.com 

KZST-FM (100.1) 
3392 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95403
(707) 528-4434, (707) 527-8216, fax
Steve Zabriskie, ext. 136, 
steve@kzst.com
Brent Faris, brent@kzst.com
Debbie Abrams, host of Sonoma County Talking show, (707) 528-8892, debbie@kzst.com

KFBK-AM (1530)
1440 Ethan Way, Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 929-5325, (916) 929-5325, fax
Pat Walsh, 
patwalsh@clearchannel.com; patwalsh@iheartmedia.com 

KHTK-AM 
1436 Auburn Rd., Sacramento, CA 95815
(916) 338-9226, (916) 923-6566, fax
khtk.com
Jason Ross, sports director, (916) 338-9230, 
jason.ross@cbsradio.com 
Joe Pittman, 
joe.pittman@cbsradio.com
Mark Demsky, sports reporter, mark.demsky@fox40.com 

KFOX-FM/KUFX (98.5/102.1)
201 Third Street, Suite 1200, San Francisco, CA 94103
kfox.com
Garner Goin, program director, (415) 777-0965, 
ggoin@kfox.com

Chris Hoffman, program director,  choffman@kfox.com