Shane van Gisbergen continued his street course dominance in Sunday’s race at Sonoma Raceway, however an ill-handling automotive and scorching 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 Collection’ Toyota/Save Mart 350:
Shane van Gisbergen hangs on for Sonoma win
The New Zealander has been in a unique league on street programs since he arrived on the scene on the 2023 Chicago Road Race. Whereas he prevailed on Sunday for his eighth profession street course win (in 16 begins) and second of the season, it took all the things he had to hold off a hard-charging Briscoe within the closing laps.
As van Gisbergen handled dealing with points making an attempt to keep up the lead, Briscoe received to inside putting 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 street course.
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