NASCAR Sonoma Winners, Losers: Kyle Busch Re-Enters Playoff Conversation with Late Run
SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, JUL 14 – Van Gisbergen tied Jeff Gordon's record with three consecutive road course wins from pole and led a race-high 97 laps at Sonoma Raceway, marking his fourth career NASCAR Cup victory.
- Shane van Gisbergen won the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway, California, on July 13, capturing his third NASCAR Cup Series victory of 2025.
- Van Gisbergen achieved this through dominating pace, leading a race-high 97 laps and securing three consecutive road course wins from the pole, tying Jeff Gordon's record.
- The race included six caution periods, with half occurring in the last 13 laps, and Chase Briscoe finished second after failing to overtake Van Gisbergen during two late-race restarts.
- Van Gisbergen’s playoff points rose to 17, moving him to third in playoff seeding, and Kyle Busch improved his playoff hopes with a 10th-place finish despite starting 46 points behind the cutline.
- With six races left in the regular season, drivers must maintain steady performances as the Cup Series next heads to the track in Delaware.
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Van Gisbergen dominates on another road course
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“Nobody Can Run With Him”: Denny Hamlin and Co. hail SVG’s road course dominance after Sonoma victory
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Winners and losers from SVG's dominant NASCAR Cup win at Sonoma
Shane van Gisbergen is redefining what it means to be a road racing specialist, winning again this weekend at Sonoma. He led 97 of 110 laps, and if not for a runner-up finish in the Xfinity race, he would have back-to-back weekend sweeps right now. He also returned Red Bull to Victory Lane in the Cup Series for the first time in nearly 14 years.The Cup race at Sonoma was action-packed behind ...Keep reading
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