SONOMA, Calif. — Shane van Gisbergen gained his third consecutive NASCAR Cup Sequence race on a street course Sunday at Sonoma Raceway.
The New Zealander’s third victory of the season within the Trackhouse Racing No. 88 got here from the pole, and it was the second consecutive week that he triumphed from the No. 1 beginning spot after he gained final week’s Chicago Avenue Race.
It was his fourth victory in 34 begins, turning into the quickest to 4 wins since Parnelli Jones gained at Riverside in 1967 in his thirty first Cup begin.
Van Gisbergen led 92 laps en path to victory.
“We had an incredible automotive,” van Gisbergen mentioned. “Chase Briscoe, what an awesome racer and gave me respect. Jumped the final (restart) a little bit bit, and it was fairly tense, however wonderful. So stoked for Crimson Bull, Trackhouse, Chevy. I imagine we had a extremely enjoyable weekend right here, some nice races, and I hope everybody loved that.”
Profitable the second stage regardless of short-pitting to protect observe place, van Gisbergen superior to 3rd on the present Cup Playoff grid with 17 Playoff factors. He arrived on the end line 1.128 seconds forward of constant Chase Briscoe, however the win was removed from assured, given the chaos of the ultimate 15 laps.
Briscoe, who began second, completed second within the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 19.
“The one alternative I had was on the restarts,” Briscoe mentioned. “I by no means performed basketball in opposition to Michael Jordan in his prime, however I really feel like that’s most likely what it was like. That man is unbelievable on street programs. He’s simply so good. He’s actually raised the bar on this whole sequence.
“Happy with the trouble. I believed there was one restart I used to be perhaps going to get away from him, however in truth, even when I cleared him, he was most likely going to go me again by the top of the lap.”
Chase Elliott completed third within the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.
“It was good to be on offense and provides ourselves a shot,” Elliott mentioned. “I want I may have made it occur there. I used to be attempting, however I simply couldn’t get going like we would have liked to there on the finish.”
Michael McDowell was fourth within the No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, whereas Christopher Bell completed fifth in a Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.
