Shane van Gisbergen continued his highway course dominance in Sunday’s race at Sonoma Raceway, however an ill-handling automotive and sizzling pursuit from Chase Briscoe made him work for it in a race that solely featured one warning for incident.
Listed below are 4 takeaways from the NASCAR Cup Sequence’ Toyota/Save Mart 350:
Shane van Gisbergen hangs on for Sonoma win
The New Zealander has been in a special league on highway programs since he arrived on the scene on the 2023 Chicago Avenue Race. Whereas he prevailed on Sunday for his eighth profession highway course win (in 16 begins) and second of the season, it took every little thing he had to hold off a hard-charging Briscoe within the closing laps.
As van Gisbergen handled dealing with points attempting to take care of the lead, Briscoe acquired to inside hanging distance earlier than a free second in Flip 10 put him too far again to make one final transfer in a nail-biting end on the 1.99-mile highway course.
