Jun 29, 2026, 10:32 AM ET

Shane Van Gisbergen was the top favorite to win the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway even before the race began. Van Gisbergen started the race from sixth and quickly made his way towards the front in the first stage. However, he did not have enough speed to get past Ty Gibbs in the first stage. Instead, SVG went to pit road just before the end of the stage, while Gibbs stayed out of pit road to win the first stage. Van Gisbergen did move through the field far enough to end the first stage in seventh and score four stage points. He cycled to the lead in the second stage and dominated it without much competition until he headed to pit road before the end of the stage. Similarly to the first stage, SVG was far enough to move back into seventh before the end of the second stage and earn four more stage points. In the final stage, Van Gisbergen cycled back to the lead and never looked back, outside of a green flag pit stop in the middle of the stage. Chase Briscoe emerged as a contender against SVG in the closing laps as Van Gisbergen was struggling with lap traffic and the handling of his car. However, Briscoe did not have enough time to get past Van Gisbergen before the checkered flag, meaning that Van Gisbergen would win over Briscoe at Sonoma for the second year in a row. With his second victory of the 2026 season, Van Gisbergen moves up to 14th in the regular season standings after 18 races.--Sean Engel - RotoBaller
Source: NASCAR.com