Shane van Gisbergen captured the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway, edging Chase Briscoe by 0.357 seconds in a tightly contested finish.
A calculated pit strategy
The team elected to pit before the stage concluded, a move championed by crew chief Stephen Doran to flip the stage order and lock in track position.
After the stop he cycled back to the front, extending his lead to over two seconds with thirty laps remaining, before a final green‑flag sequence saw him fend off Briscoe’s late charge.
The victory vaulted him from 17th to 14th in the driver standings, tying him for second on the all‑time Cup road‑course win list with Tony Stewart, while Jeff Gordon remains the all‑time leader with nine.
With the playoff berth secured, van Gisbergen joins a select group of drivers who have dominated NASCAR’s premier series on its road‑course circuits, having won seven of the last nine such events.