A week after crashing out at Naval Base Coronado, Shane van Gisbergen reclaimed his crown as NASCAR’s current king of road courses.
The 37-year-old from New Zealand held off a pair of Toyotas from Joe Gibbs Racing – Chase Briscoe and Ty Gibbs – to win at Sonoma Raceway for the second consecutive year, taking the checkered flag on Sunday in the Toyota/Save Mart 350.
The victory was the eighth of van Gisbergen’s Cup Series career, tying him for second all-time in road course wins with Tony Stewart. Van Gisbergen trails record-holder Jeff Gordon by just one road course victory now, but he’ll have to wait until next season to match the NASCAR Hall of Famer as Sonoma was the final road course race of the season.
Van Gisbergen swept the weekend at Sonoma, also winning the second-tier O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race on Saturday. He is now tied with AJ Allmendinger for the most combined road course wins across NASCAR’s top three national touring series at 14.
This is the second consecutive year that van Gisbergen has won at Sonoma, making him one of nine drivers in the history of NASCAR's Cup Series to win multiple races at the road course circuit in the rolling hills of California's wine country.
The 37-year-old from New Zealand held off a pair of Toyotas from Joe Gibbs Racing – Chase Briscoe and Ty Gibbs – to win at Sonoma Raceway for the second consecutive year, taking the checkered flag on Sunday in the Toyota/Save Mart 350.
The victory was the eighth of van Gisbergen’s Cup Series career, tying him for second all-time in road course wins with Tony Stewart. Van Gisbergen trails record-holder Jeff Gordon by just one road course victory now, but he’ll have to wait until next season to match the NASCAR Hall of Famer as Sonoma was the final road course race of the season.
Van Gisbergen swept the weekend at Sonoma, also winning the second-tier O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race on Saturday. He is now tied with AJ Allmendinger for the most combined road course wins across NASCAR’s top three national touring series at 14.
This is the second consecutive year that van Gisbergen has won at Sonoma, making him one of nine drivers in the history of NASCAR's Cup Series to win multiple races at the road course circuit in the rolling hills of California's wine country.
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