Sonoma, CA

Holy smokes, folks! Another great race. Lots of spinning, lots of rubbin' and lots of smoke. After a couple of last minute caution flags and shoot-out style restarts, Washington State's very own Kasey Kahne ended a year long winless streak to edge out Tony Stewart for the checkered flag at Sonoma's Infineon Raceway this afternoon. The Tasmanian Devil himself, Marcos Ambrose, ran a fantastic race and ended up 3rd. This is why I love the road race format. You never know what you're going to end up with. A spinout on a road race doesn't necessarily bring out the caution flag. And we had lots of spinouts without yellow flags, believe me. Even after a penalty through pit row for speeding, Jimmie Johnson ended up 4th. Jeff Gordon was guilty of speeding on pit road as well and, after serving his lap through pit row at pit row speed under green, he managed to battle his way to finish in the top 10 at 9th. Points standings still stay pretty much the same, with Tony Stewart in 1st, Jeff Gordon 2nd and Jimmie Johnson in 3rd. Next Sunday (June 28th), we go back to the east coast for racing at Loudon, New Hampshire beginning at 1:30pm EST on TNT. See you there!

Top 10 Finish of the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma's Infineon Raceway on June 21, 2009:

1. Kasey Kahne (#9)
2. Tony Stewart (#14)
3. Marcos Ambrose (#47)
4. Jimmie Johnson (#48)
5. Denny Hamlin (#11)
6. Juan Pablo Montoya (#42)
7. AJ Allmendinger (#44)
8. Clint Bowyer (#33)
9. Jeff Gordon (#24)
10. Elliott Sadler (#19)

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As you will see in the chart below the wine country town of Sonoma saw a little rally in the month of May. Not only did we see some of the higher end homes bring the average sales price for the month up, but the volume held steady (even up slightly) from April.

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As of June 3, 2009 38% of listings in the beautiful wine country town of Sonoma are in escrow.

For the month of May 2009 38 homes sold in Sonoma for an average final selling price of $714,327.

The average original asking price of these homes was $765,926.

The range of final selling prices was from a low of $104,900 to a high of $3,260,000.

Of the 38 homes that sold, 3 sold at their original asking price and 8 sold over their original asking price. All others sold for less.

It took these homes an average of 147 days to sell.

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Normally I do a detailed market report each month, but this month I just don't have the time. However, I am able to share the updated sales chart.

As you will see in the chart below the average sales price and the number of homes sold is up slightly in the wine country town of Sonoma. As President Obama has said, there are some glimmers of hope.

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One of my very favorite restaurants, ever, will be serving their last meals on May 13th. Deuce has long been a regular favorite of ours for food, beverage, atmosphere and service.

If you have never been, treat yourself while you still can. If you have been, you should treat yourself again while you still can.

The location will remain, but the people that bought the business are putting in some kind of spaghetti factory with live music and dancing. At least that's what I've heard. I'm sure that will make the local residents happy -- to move to a new neighborhood.

In case you need directions, the address is 691 Broadway in Sonoma.

Their phone number is 707-933-3823.

Pete and Kirsten have done an outstanding job in every aspect and will be greatly missed.