NASCAR Sonoma results as Shane van Gisbergen | Sports News

Shane van Gisbergen reaffirmed his standing as one of, if not the best highway course drivers in NASCAR Cup Series historical past following a dominant win within the Toyota Save Mart 350.

On Sunday, Van Gisbergen coasted down victory lane at Sonoma Raceway moments after securing his third win of the season — thereby matching Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell for essentially the most victories in 2025. Perhaps even more spectacular, he grew to become the primary driver since Jeff Gordon in 1998 and 1999 to win three-straight highway course races from the pole.

“Hard to believe that, isn’t it? But I just have to thank these guys, you know, we’ve built up all year, got better and better,” Van Gisbergen stated post-race. “Now we need to keep getting better on the ovals and start proving some people wrong.

“The final couple of weeks … it has been a dream come true,” he added. “I’ve actually loved my time in NASCAR. Thanks everybody for making me really feel so welcome, and yeah, I hope I’m right here for a long time to return.”

In latest weeks, Van Gisbergen has utterly dominated the competitors on road circuits, securing spectacular victories on the Grant Park 165 and Viva Mexico 250. On Saturday, he snagged pole at Sonoma Raceway — although Larson expressed confidence that he’d have the ability to put a stop to the No. 88 Chevrolet driver’s win streak.

One day prior, Van Gisbergen got into a tightly contested battle with Connor Zilisch during the late levels of the Xfinity Series Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250. In the newest conflict between the budding rivals, the 18-year-old phenom emerged victorious to present Dale Earnhardt Jr. his first-ever win at Sonoma.

As most of the field flipped Stage 1 during the Toyota Save Mart 350, Ross Chastain chose to stay out and secure his first stage victory of the 2025 campaign. Bubba Wallace — who’s recently faced mounting pressure from 23XI — additionally opted to run it out, earning eight playoff points with a P3 finish before securing seven more points the following stage.

Several teammates got caught up in on-track dustups during the first half of the race, as Christopher Bell locked up his tires and collided with fellow Joe Gibbs Racing driver Chase Briscoe in Stage 1. “Dang it, I ended up within the marbles,” he conceded over the radio.

Then on Lap 45, Chastain got loose entering turn 11 and tagged the rear of Daniel Suarez, who did little to hide his frustration with his Trackhouse Racing teammate. “You better hope I don’t get to him today,” he boldly warned.

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Van Gisbergen once again displayed his incredible pace moments later after pitting with two laps to go in Stage 2, only to return to the track and secure the stage victory by passing Larson, who stayed out until the break in hopes of securing points.

Tensions boiled over off the track as crew members from Ty Gibbs and Brad Keselowski’s groups practically got here to blows. As the No. 54 Toyota driver tightly entered his stall, he clipped the hand of the No. 6 tire provider Telvin McClurkin.

McClurkin didn’t take kindly to the close call, swiftly making his approach in direction of the Gibbs’ box and giving the staff a piece of his thoughts. Several mild pushes ensued, although the battle didn’t escalate any additional.

With 15 laps remaining, Cody Ware’s wheel nut flew off his proper rear tire, which rolled down the observe and prompted the fourth yellow flag of the race. On the next restart, Noah Gragson bought turned and precipitated a multi-car wreck involving Larson, Josh Berry, Wallace, Erik Jones and Ryan Preece. Another warning was swiftly waved, which did not bode properly for a lot of of the drivers who opted for more energizing tires.