TC Daily Pit Stop: Shane van Gisbergen Continues to Dominate on the Road, Takes Historic Sonoma Win

TC Daily Pit Stop: Monday, July 14th, 2025

Jul 14, 2025

Shane van Gisbergen wins the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway NASCAR Cup Series — Aaron Giffin | TobyChristie.com

It’s obvious that this is Shane van Gisbergen’s world, and we’re all just living in it. The driver of the No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet took a dominant victory in Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway, and made a bit of history in the process.

SVG, who started on the pole, won Stage 2, and led a race-high 97 laps, actually broke the NASCAR Cup Series record for most laps led in a race at Sonoma Raceway, which was previously held by Jeff Gordon, who led 92 laps in the 2004 Sonoma Raceway event.

The driver never had a legit threat to his win on Sunday, and the closest thing he had to a challenge was three late-race cautions, which forced him to execute three restarts late in the event to win the race.

“Yeah, it was pretty tough stuff.” Van Gisbergen said of the late-race restarts. “We had an amazing car. Chase Briscoe, what a great racer, and [he] gave me respect. Jumped the last one a little bit, and it was pretty tense, but amazing. So stoked for Red Bull, Trackhouse, Chevy. I believe we had a really fun weekend here, some great races, and I hope everyone enjoyed that.”

Chase Briscoe, who admits Sonoma is his worst track, finished second ahead of Chase Elliott, Michael McDowell, and Christopher Bell.

Video: Ryan Blaney Goes Spinning Into Turn 1 Dirt After Contact with Buescher

Ryan Blaney spin into Turn 1 dirt mound after contact from Chris Buescher Sonoma Raceway video

Ryan Blaney’s tough luck in 2025 continued on Sunday as he suffered an excursion into the dirt hill in Turn 1 after contact from Chris Buescher on Lap 62. This would put Blaney a lap down. Later in the race Blaney would be KOed by a spinning Kyle Larson.