Overview

• Van Gisbergen led 97 of 110 laps at Sonoma from pole to register his fourth Cup Series victory in five weeks.
• He matched Jeff Gordon’s mark with three consecutive road-course wins from pole and became the fastest driver since Parnelli Jones in 1969 to reach four Cup victories.
• The Sonoma result reduced the in-season challenge lineup to four contenders—Alex Bowman, Tyler Reddick, John Hunter Nemechek and Zane Smith—who will compete next at Dover.
• Chase Briscoe finished second and compared racing van Gisbergen on road courses to facing “Michael Jordan in his prime.”
• His Supercars-honed braking technique continues to unsettle oval specialists, and a pit-road skirmish between Brad Keselowski’s and Ty Gibbs’ crews underscored mounting series tensions.