King of the Road: Van Gisbergen wins at Sonoma
Key takeaways
- SONOMA, Calif. -- Shane van Gisbergen continued his remarkable run on the twistiest tracks in NASCAR, but this was no easy Sunday drive.
- The Trackhouse Racing driver became the winningest active Cup Series driver on road and street courses with his second consecutive victory at Sonoma Raceway.
- "We were really bad yesterday, and these guys did an amazing job turning this car into a winner," said van Gisbergen, who celebrated with a massive burnout for the grandstands.
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SONOMA, Calif. -- Shane van Gisbergen continued his remarkable run on the twistiest tracks in NASCAR, but this was no easy Sunday drive.
The Trackhouse Racing driver became the winningest active Cup Series driver on road and street courses with his second consecutive victory at Sonoma Raceway. Though he led 74 of the final 83 laps after starting sixth on the 1.99-mile road course north of San Francisco, van Gisbergen had to fend off a charge by runner-up Chase Briscoe with a No. 97 Chevrolet that hadn't been entirely to his liking since practice a day earlier.
"We were really bad yesterday, and these guys did an amazing job turning this car into a winner," said van Gisbergen, who celebrated with a massive burnout for the grandstands. "[Briscoe] was coming. He was really, really good, and I ran out at the end. Yeah, a couple more laps, we would have had some problems."