July 13, 2025; Sonoma, California, USA; Drivers navigate around Turn 4 on Sonoma Raceway. Compulsory Credit: Stan Szeto-Imagn Pictures For the third time in the five races, Shane Van Gisbergen level the ground in the NASCAR Cup Series Road course, Ziging and Zaging, Sonoma, Mart 350 Sev in California for victory at Sonoma Reswe in Sunday in Toyota.
Trackhouse Racing Road Ace Outreen Chess Brisco took the number 19 Toyota driver to the top to 1.13 seconds for his second direct victory on its third late restart in the four-lap sprint.
This was his third win of 2025, tied to Denny Hamlin, Christopher Bell and Kyle Larsen for the series lead.
He won the fourth time at the beginning of 34 career, to reach four, Parnelli Jones needed 31 in 1967 to reach four.
Chase Elliot, Michael McDowell and Bell were the top-five finishers in the six-level program.
Van Gisbergen led the ground for green over a track throughout the weekend, after scoring his third consecutive road course poll and fourth of his career, on all road courses, last week’s Chicago winner, 12-turn, 1.99 mile layout.
Auckland, New Zealand, native led the first 22 laps of stage 1, but decided to a pit with a lead of about seven-seconds on William Bayron, the leader of the points. It took the lead of Ross Chastain, who led after the 25th lap and grabbed 10 bonus points.
Van Gisbergen and Bubba Wallace hit the number 1 Chevrolet in the break, in which Ricky Stenhouse Junior and Bayran completed the top five.
With 10 circuits in Stage 2, the trackhouse team partner Chasten and Daniel Suarez, 2022 Sonoma winner, Suarez’s number 99 hard contacted and blocked Chastain and blocked Chastain and turned backwards on the track.
In the second phase, van Gisbergen’s run was the same as before, although he did it with very small benefits. He topped the brisco for more than three seconds as the pitting on Lap 52 began.
After bringing his number 88 for service, Van Gisbergen passed Larsen, who led his first lap after Charlot on Memorial Day Weekend to win the stage. Kyle Busch, Wallace and Stenhouse chased behind the pair.
Two incidents on Lap 62 took the first care for the reason because Chris Busher locked Ryan Blane into a grass patch and volcass and hemaline near each other.
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