Chase Briscoe gave Shane van Gisbergen the most important problem any driver has given the New Zealand native on a highway course lately, however van Gisbergen held off the Joe Gibbs Racing driver to win Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Sequence race at Sonoma Raceway.
Briscoe gained on SVG within the closing laps, however slipped simply sufficient in flip 10 on the ultimate lap to permit van Gisbergen to carry on. It is the second yr in a row that van Gisbergen and Briscoe completed 1-2 at Sonoma.
The victory is the eighth of van Gisbergen’s Cup Sequence profession, his second of 2026 and his second at Sonoma. It additionally completes a weekend sweep for van Gisbergen, who received Saturday’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Elements Sequence race as effectively.
“What a day,” van Gisbergen instructed TNT Sports activities. “These guys did a tremendous job turning this automotive right into a winner. 19 was coming. Fairly particular win. Chase was actually good. Couple extra laps and we’d’ve had an issue.”
Briscoe, polesitter and Levels 1 and a couple of winner Ty Gibbs, Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell rounded out the highest 5, with Ryan Blaney, Connor Zilisch, Ryan Preece, Michael McDowell and Alex Bowman finishing the highest 10.
Notable outcomes
Different notable finishers embody Carson Hocevar in eleventh, Chase Elliott in seventeenth, Bubba Wallace in twenty second, Joey Logano in twenty fourth and Daniel Suarez in thirty first.
Denny Hamlin took over the sequence factors lead regardless of a Twenty sixth-place end after Tyler Reddick completed final (thirty sixth) with energy steering points. It is the primary time all season {that a} driver apart from Reddick has led the standings.
