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‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Coin Crash Revs Up Fall NASCAR Court Showdown
A ruling by the Miami state court has the National Association for Stock Car Racing Inc. gearing up for a likely fall trial over allegations of false promises to the founders of the LGBCoin cryptocurrency, who earlier claimed they suffered $571 million in damages. Joseph Delich, a New York partner at Freedman Normand Friedland, is […]

A ruling by the Miami state court has the National Association for Stock Car Racing Inc. gearing up for a likely fall trial over allegations of false promises to the founders of the LGBCoin cryptocurrency, who earlier claimed they suffered $571 million in damages.
Joseph Delich, a New York partner at Freedman Normand Friedland, is the lead attorney for the plaintiff, the LetsGoBrandon.com Foundation, and is joined by his partner, Velvel Freedman, against the defendant, NASCAR. Delich and Freedman are the same duo who convinced jurors to return $5 million against CNN, largely as a result of pivotal cross-examinations at trial.
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Tyler Kicera Claims First CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series Win Since 2022 at Watkins Glen International
July 12, 2025 Roberto Sabato Scores First-Career Pro/Am Challenge Win WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (July 12, 2025) – In a surprising turn of events following the checkered flag in the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli event at Watkins Glen International, Tyler Kicera was declared the winner in Round 8 of the CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 […]

July 12, 2025
Roberto Sabato Scores First-Career Pro/Am Challenge Win
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (July 12, 2025) – In a surprising turn of events following the checkered flag in the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli event at Watkins Glen International, Tyler Kicera was declared the winner in Round 8 of the CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series following the disqualification of provisional race winner and points leader Tristan McKee. The fifth-place starting Nitro Motorsports driver coach in the No. 10 Nitro Motorsports Toyota Camry made his way to the runner-up position by making a lap-three pass on Sam Corry (No. 70 Stilo Helmets/Nitro Motorsports Toyota Camry), and then overtaking third when championship contender Thomas Annunziata (No. 90 Gazoo Racing/Nitro Motorsports Toyota Camry) faced a terminal engine issue. From there, Kicera hunted down second-place Nathan Herne (No. 15 Owosso Speedway/Blue Gold Industries Toyota Camry), taking the spot and crossing the finish line in second, behind points leader McKee. Following podium celebrations and post-race technical inspection, the first-place finisher was disqualified and Kicera was declared the winner, earning his third-career victory and first since 2022.
Third-place finisher Carson Brown and fifth-place Julian DaCosta were also issued post-race infractions disqualifying them from the event, meaning Adrian Wlostowski (No. 3 CMI/Spot-On Services/AMT Motorsports Ford Mustang) was promoted to second place, while Gian Buffomante (No. 95 Nitro Motorsports Toyota Camry) rounded out the adjusted overall podium in third, marking the first-career podiums for both competitors. Seamus McKendree (No. 20 Nitro Motorsports Ford Mustang) and Sam Corry (No. 70 Stilo Helmets/Nitro Motorsports Toyota Camry) were also elevated to top-five finishes.
Notes of Interest:
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Tyler Kicera earned his first CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series win since his victory at the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL in 2022, which was his last full-time season in TA2. He has since been serving as a driver coach at Nitro Motorsports.
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Kicera has made 33-career starts and has a total of three victories.
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In his 57th race in the TA2 Series, Adrian Wlostowski scored his first-career podium. It was also the first podium finish for Gian Buffomante, who has eight Pro starts in TA2.
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Seamus McKendree, who typically competes in the Western Championship, earned a top-five finish in his first National start.
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Sixth-place starter Sam Corry was forced to recover from an early flat tire, which sent him to the back of the pack, and then received late-race contact from a Pro/Am Challenge competitor while running fourth. Despite that, he still recovered to finish fifth following the post-race changes.
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Championship contender Thomas Annunziata fell out of the race after only eight laps due to a motor issue, relegating him to a 12th-place finish. Following the changes in results, he improved to ninth in class and leaves the weekend as the new points leader.
“Wow, what a weekend,” said Kicera after the race. “I didn’t even know I was driving this car until Thursday night. This win is the ultimate redemption, for so many different reasons. Brian Keselowski and the whole Nitro Motorsports crew gave me such a fast car. I can’t thank Nick Tucker enough – he’s the one who made this happen for me. This whole Nitro team is just incredible.”
CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series National Championship Top 10:
1. Tyler Kicera, No. 10 Nitro Motorsports Toyota Camry
2. Adrian Wlostowski, No. 3 CMI/Spot-On Services/AMT Motorsports Ford Mustang
3. Gian Buffomante, No. 95 Nitro Motorsports Toyota Camry
4. Seamus McKendree, No. 20 Nitro Motorsports Ford Mustang
5. Sam Corry, No. 70 Stilo Helmets/Nitro Motorsports Toyota Camry
6. Eric Cayton, No. 71 Ray Skillman Auto Group Ford Mustang
7. Will Robinson, No. 51 Mike Cope Race Cars LLC Ford Mustang
8. Nathan Herne, No. 15 Owosso Speedway/Blue Gold Industries Toyota Camry
9. Thomas Annunziata, No. 90 Gazoo Racing/Nitro Motorsports Toyota Camry
10. Boris Said Sr., No. 60 Nitro Motorsports Toyota Camry
Omologato Watches Fastest Lap of the Race:
Tyler Kicera, No. 10 Nitro Motorsports Toyota Camry
Bassett Hard Charger:
Seamus McKendree, No. 20 Nitro Motorsports Ford Mustang
In the Pro/Am Challenge, Barry Boes initially crossed the line first in class and an impressive fifth overall. However, Boes was disqualified post race, promoting Roberto Sabato (No. 61 6th Gear Garage Ford Mustang) to his first-career Pro/Am victory, followed by Keith Prociuk (No. 9 HP Tuners/Cope Race Cars Ford Mustang) in second and Doug Winston (No. 98 D&M Electric/TradeMentor.org Ford Mustang) in third.
“It’s a good day,” said Sabato on the podium. “You know, I have to thank my team; they did an incredible job. A very awesome job. And thank you to Trans Am and CUBE 3. It’s been a long time coming. I really love it.”
CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series Pro/Am Challenge Podium:
1. Roberto Sabato, No. 61 6th Gear Garage Ford Mustang
2. Keith Prociuk, No. 9 HP Tuners/Cope Race Cars Ford Mustang
3. Doug Winston, No. 98 D&M Electric/TradeMentor.org Ford Mustang
Full race results can be found here.
An encore presentation of today’s race will air tomorrow on SPEED SPORT 1 at 9:00 a.m. ET.
The CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series takes a brief hiatus before returning to action at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, August 28-31. Tickets can be purchased here.
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Shane van Gisbergen completes second straight NASCAR pole sweep – Field Level Media – Professional sports content solutions
SONOMA, Calif.- For the second straight weekend, Shane van Gisbergen dominated NASCAR time trials – and predictably so. On his second lap Saturday at Sonoma Raceway, the New Zealander became the only driver to top 96 mph on the 1.99-mile, 12-turn road course. Touring the circuit in 74.594 seconds (96.040 mph), van Gisbergen secured the […]

SONOMA, Calif.- For the second straight weekend, Shane van Gisbergen dominated NASCAR time trials – and predictably so.
On his second lap Saturday at Sonoma Raceway, the New Zealander became the only driver to top 96 mph on the 1.99-mile, 12-turn road course.
Touring the circuit in 74.594 seconds (96.040 mph), van Gisbergen secured the pole position for Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR Cup Series race (3:30 p.m. ET on TNT, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Van Gisbergen beat second-place qualifier Chase Briscoe (95.719 mph) by 0.25 seconds to claim his first Busch Light Pole Award at Sonoma, his third of the season and the fourth of his career.
His pole-winning run followed Friday’s top qualifying effort for the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Sonoma. Last weekend on the Chicago Street Course, van Gisbergen swept the poles and races in both series.
Qualifying in Group B, SVG picked up speed substantially from his first lap to his second, from 74.833 seconds to 74.594.
“I thought it could be faster,” said van Gisbergen, who won last season’s Xfinity race at Sonoma but will be making his first start here in a Cup car. “And then in the first group, we saw big gains from people in their second runs. I think the 24 (third-place qualifier William Byron) made a huge jump, which is pretty abnormal, I think, on these tires, especially this new soft tire.
“My first lap was just a banker almost. The second lap was really good.”
Byron navigated the course at 95.488 mph to claim the third spot on the grid. Ross Chastain was fourth at 95.409 mph, followed by AJ Allmendinger (95.367 mph) and Ty Gibbs (95.357 mph).
Ryan Blaney, Tyler Reddick, Alex Bowman and Christopher Bell claimed the sixth through 10th starting spots, respectively.
Drivers facing off in the third round of the In-Season Challenge qualified as follows: Gibbs, sixth vs. Zane Smith, 12th; Bowman, ninth vs. Ty Dillon, 26th; John Hunter Nemechek, 18th vs. LEGACY Motor Club teammate Erik Jones, 31st; and Reddick, eighth vs. Ryan Preece, 20th.
Preece, two points below the current elimination line for a berth in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, may be more concerned with the position of 30th-place starter Bubba Wallace, who is two points above the cut line with seven races left in the regular season.
Katherine Legge, who finished 19th last Sunday on the Chicago Street Course, did not make a qualifying attempt and will start 37th.
NASCAR Cup Series Qualifying – Toyota/Save Mart 350
Sonoma Raceway
Sonoma, California
Saturday, July 12, 2025
1. (88) Shane Van Gisbergen #, Chevrolet, 96.040 mph.
2. (19) Chase Briscoe, Toyota, 95.719 mph.
3. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet, 95.488 mph.
4. (1) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 95.409 mph.
5. (16) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 95.367 mph.
6. (54) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 95.357 mph.
7. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 95.350 mph.
8. (45) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 95.296 mph.
9. (48) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 95.224 mph.
10. (20) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 95.212 mph.
11. (5) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 95.198 mph.
12. (38) Zane Smith, Ford, 95.167 mph.
13. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 95.161 mph.
14. (17) Chris Buescher, Ford, 95.047 mph.
15. (71) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 95.003 mph.
16. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 94.967 mph.
17. (8) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 94.919 mph.
18. (42) John Hunter Nemechek, Toyota, 94.866 mph.
19. (99) Daniel Suarez, Chevrolet, 94.808 mph.
20. (60) Ryan Preece, Ford, 94.776 mph.
21. (6) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 94.732 mph.
22. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 94.726 mph.
23. (77) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet, 94.679 mph.
24. (2) Austin Cindric, Ford, 94.594 mph.
25. (21) Josh Berry, Ford, 94.467 mph.
26. (10) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 94.222 mph.
27. (41) Cole Custer, Ford, 94.112 mph.
28. (35) Riley Herbst #, Toyota, 93.949 mph.
29. (7) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 93.929 mph.
30. (23) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 93.923 mph.
31. (43) Erik Jones, Toyota, 93.896 mph.
32. (4) Noah Gragson, Ford, 93.894 mph.
33. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 93.695 mph.
34. (47) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet, 93.497 mph.
35. (34) Todd Gilliland, Ford, 93.364 mph.
36. (51) Cody Ware, Ford, 92.465 mph.
37. (78) Katherine Legge, Chevrolet, 0.000 mph.
— By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service. Special to Field Level Media.
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Where to watch NASCAR Xfinity Series Sonoma Race today: Time, channel, free live stream
NASCAR is headed to Sonoma, California this weekend, where the Xfinity Series will race in the Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250. Saturday’s competition begins at 4:30 p.m. ET in Sonoma Raceway. The NASCAR Xfinity Series at the 2025 Sonoma Race will air on The CW, and streams live on DirecTV (free trial). What: The Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250, […]

NASCAR is headed to Sonoma, California this weekend, where the Xfinity Series will race in the Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250. Saturday’s competition begins at 4:30 p.m. ET in Sonoma Raceway.
The NASCAR Xfinity Series at the 2025 Sonoma Race will air on The CW, and streams live on DirecTV (free trial).
What: The Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250, a NASCAR Xfinity Series race
When: Saturday, July 12, 2025
Where: Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California
Time: 4:30 p.m. ET
TV: The CW
Streaming Service | Free Trial | Promo | Monthly Price |
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DirecTV | Yes | $30 off first month | $86.99 |
fuboTV* | Yes | $20 off first month | $84.99 |
*It’s important to note that The CW has less reliable coverage on fubo, and new subscribers should check local channel availability.
Here’s a recent NASCAR story via The AP:
CHICAGO (AP) — Shane van Gisbergen burned out his tires in celebration, sending white smoke into the air. He signed a rugby ball and punted it into the stands in downtown Chicago.
It was a familiar scene.
Van Gisbergen completed a Windy City sweep Sunday, winning the NASCAR Cup Series race on the tricky street course in downtown Chicago.
“Epic weekend for us. I’m a lucky guy,” van Gisbergen said.
A talented one, too.
The 36-year-old New Zealand native became the second driver to sweep the Xfinity and Cup races in a single weekend from the pole, joining Kyle Busch at Indianapolis in 2016. With his third career Cup win, he also became the winningest foreign-born driver on NASCAR’s top series.
It was van Gisbergen’s second victory of the season after the Trackhouse Racing driver also won last month on a Mexico City road course.
“He’s the best road course stock car racer that I’ve ever seen,” Trackhouse owner Justin Marks said. “I think when he’s done with us all and walks away from the sport, I think he’s going to walk away as the best road course racer that this sport has ever seen.”
Marks brought van Gisbergen over from Australia’s Supercars for the first edition of NASCAR’s Chicago experiment in 2023, and he became the first driver to win his Cup debut since Johnny Rutherford in the second qualifying race at Daytona in 1963.
He also won Chicago’s Xfinity Series stop last year and the first stage in the Cup race before he was knocked out by a crash.
“This joint, it’s changed my life,” van Gisbergen said. “I didn’t have any plans to do more NASCAR races when I first came over here, and I never thought I’d be in NASCAR full time.”
In what might be the last NASCAR race on the downtown Chicago circuit, Ty Gibbs was second and Tyler Reddick finished third. Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch rounded out the top five.
“My team called a great strategy and got me in position to get me up front to compete for the win,” Gibbs said. “It worked out for us today, so I’m glad to have a good finish, but we wish we could have gone for the win.”
Michael McDowell joined van Gisbergen on the front row and quickly moved in front. He won Stage 1 and led for 31 laps before he was derailed by a throttle cable issue.
Van Gisbergen regained the lead when he passed Chase Briscoe with 16 laps left. As fog and rain moved into downtown Chicago, van Gisbergen controlled the action the rest of the way.
AJ Allmendinger was sixth, and Ryan Preece finished seventh. Ryan Blaney, who won the second stage, was 12th.
“I thought overall it was a pretty decent day. It was nice to win that stage,” Blaney said.
William Byron’s day was cut short by a clutch problem. The Hendrick Motorsports driver leads the point standings by 13 points over Chase Elliott.
After McDowell seized the lead early in the race, Carson Hocevar caused a multicar crash when he hit the wall and spun out between Turns 10 and 11. Brad Keselowski, Austin Dillon, Daniel Suárez and Will Brown were among the drivers collected in the wreck.
“I didn’t see it until the last second,” Keselowski said. “I slowed down and I actually felt I was going to get stopped and then I just kind of got ran over from behind. It’s just a narrow street course and sometimes there’s nowhere to go.”
Ty Dillon and Reddick moved into the third round of NASCAR’s inaugural in-season tournament when Keselowski and Hocevar were unable to finish the race. Dillon, the No. 32 seed, eliminated Keselowski after he upset top-seeded Denny Hamlin last weekend at Atlanta.
Gibbs, Preece, Alex Bowman, John H. Nemechek, Zane Smith and Erik Jones also advanced. The winner of the five-race, bracket-style tournament takes home a $1 million prize.
Bowman, the 2024 champion on the downtown street course, won his head-to-head matchup with Bubba Wallace. Bowman and Wallace made contact as they battled for position late in the race after they also tangled in Chicago last year.
“I wasn’t expecting that to happen or to get raced like that, but we did,” Bowman said. “We just have to move on from it and keep digging. I don’t really know what I could have done much different.”
Top-20 finish
Katherine Legge finished 19th for her best career Cup result. She became the first woman to finish in the top 20 in a Cup race since Danica Patrick at Texas in November 2017.
Legge was the first woman to qualify for the Cup race in downtown Chicago.
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The Cup Series is at Sonoma Raceway in California on Sunday, July 13.
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NXS Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250 at Sonoma
Shane van Gisbergen has taken back-to-back pole positions in the NASCAR Xfinity Series as he score the pole for Saturday’s Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250 at Sonoma Raceway with a 75.259-second lap around the 1.99-mile road course in Friday’s qualifying session. Van Gisbergen, who is seeking his second-consecutive NASCAR Xfinity Series win behind the wheel of the […]

Shane van Gisbergen has taken back-to-back pole positions in the NASCAR Xfinity Series as he score the pole for Saturday’s Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250 at Sonoma Raceway with a 75.259-second lap around the 1.99-mile road course in Friday’s qualifying session.
Van Gisbergen, who is seeking his second-consecutive NASCAR Xfinity Series win behind the wheel of the No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet, topped his JR Motorsports teammate Connor Zilisch for the pole by 0.244 seconds.
Sam Mayer, Jesse Love, and William Sawalich rounded out the top-five fastest in qualifying.
Here is the official starting lineup for Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250 at Sonoma Raceway. Race 19 of 33.
Pos |
Car |
Driver |
Lap time |
Diff |
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1 |
9 |
Shane van Gisbergen (i) |
75.259 |
— |
2 |
88 |
Connor Zilisch # |
75.503 |
0.244 |
3 |
41 |
Sam Mayer |
75.644 |
0.385 |
4 |
2 |
Jesse Love |
75.839 |
0.580 |
5 |
18 |
William Sawalich # |
75.881 |
0.622 |
6 |
8 |
Sammy Smith |
75.890 |
0.631 |
7 |
1 |
Carson Kvapil # |
76.168 |
0.909 |
8 |
20 |
Brandon Jones |
76.193 |
0.934 |
9 |
00 |
Sheldon Creed |
76.208 |
0.949 |
10 |
7 |
Justin Allgaier |
76.270 |
1.011 |
11 |
54 |
Taylor Gray # |
76.281 |
1.022 |
12 |
31 |
Blaine Perkins |
76.339 |
1.080 |
13 |
42 |
Anthony Alfredo |
76.372 |
1.113 |
14 |
17 |
Corey Day |
76.432 |
1.173 |
15 |
19 |
Riley Herbst (i) |
76.439 |
1.180 |
16 |
21 |
Austin Hill |
76.502 |
1.243 |
17 |
27 |
Jeb Burton |
76.630 |
1.371 |
18 |
11 |
Josh Williams |
76.785 |
1.526 |
19 |
25 |
Harrison Burton |
76.809 |
1.550 |
20 |
07 |
Alex Labbe |
76.895 |
1.636 |
21 |
16 |
Christian Eckes # |
77.046 |
1.787 |
22 |
14 |
Connor Mosack (i) |
77.075 |
1.816 |
23 |
48 |
Nick Sanchez # |
77.137 |
1.878 |
24 |
99 |
Matt DiBenedetto |
77.194 |
1.935 |
25 |
91 |
Josh Bilicki |
77.237 |
1.978 |
26 |
53 |
Sage Karam |
77.270 |
2.011 |
27 |
71 |
Ryan Ellis |
77.312 |
2.053 |
28 |
5 |
Kris Wright |
77.355 |
2.096 |
29 |
39 |
Ryan Sieg |
77.365 |
2.106 |
30 |
51 |
Jeremy Clements |
77.369 |
2.110 |
31 |
10 |
Daniel Dye # |
77.390 |
2.131 |
32 |
44 |
Brennan Poole |
77.478 |
2.219 |
33 |
32 |
Austin Green |
77.559 |
2.300 |
34 |
4 |
Parker Retzlaff |
77.574 |
2.315 |
35 |
26 |
Dean Thompson # |
77.591 |
2.332 |
36 |
70 |
Will Rodgers |
77.696 |
2.437 |
37 |
28 |
Kyle Sieg |
78.073 |
2.814 |
38 |
45 |
Brad Perez |
78.566 |
3.307 |
DNQ |
35 |
Austin J. Hill |
78.672 |
3.413 |
# indicates Rookie of the Year
(i) indicates a driver ineligible to score points
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NASCAR Cup Series qualifying: Full Sonoma starting lineup
For the third time in the last month, the NASCAR Cup Series is set to run a non-oval race, with this weekend’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 scheduled to take place at Sonoma Raceway. The Cup Series uses the 12-turn, 1.99-mile (3.203-kilometer) Sonoma, California road course layout, and Sunday afternoon’s race, the third road course race and […]

For the third time in the last month, the NASCAR Cup Series is set to run a non-oval race, with this weekend’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 scheduled to take place at Sonoma Raceway.
The Cup Series uses the 12-turn, 1.99-mile (3.203-kilometer) Sonoma, California road course layout, and Sunday afternoon’s race, the third road course race and fourth non-oval race of the 2025 season, is set to be a 110-lap race.
The qualifying format used for road and street course races is fairly straightforward, though it does differ from what Sonoma has seen in previous years.
Drivers are split up into two groups based on the qualifying metric. The current formula is a two-variable formula which replaced the old four-variable formula after the 2024 season. A full breakdown of that metric can be found here.
Drivers with the higher (worse) scores run in the first group, and drivers with the lower (better) scores run in the second. Results of both groups are simply combined to determine the full 37-car starting lineup. There is no longer a second round, and there are no row-by-row designations based on which group a driver is in.
Follow along with our live qualifying updates from Sonoma Raceway.
NASCAR at Sonoma: Full starting lineup
1st – Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
2nd – Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
3rd – William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
4th – Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
5th – A.J. Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
6th – Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
7th – Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford
8th – Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota
9th – Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
10th – Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
11th – Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
12th – Zane Smith, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford
13th – Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
14th – Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford
15th – Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
16th – Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
17th – Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
18th – John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
19th – Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
20th – Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford
21st – Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford
22nd – Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford
23rd – Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
24th – Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford
25th – Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford
26th – Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
27th – Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Ford
28th – Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota
29th – Justin Haley, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
30th – Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota
31st – Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
32nd – Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford
33rd – Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
34th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet
35th – Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford
36th – Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford
37th – Katherine Legge, No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet
TNT Sports is set to provide live coverage of the Toyota/Save Mart 350 from Sonoma Raceway beginning a 3:30 p.m. ET this Sunday, July 13.
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Shane van Gisbergen’s unique braking technique makes him favorite for NASCAR at Sonoma
Shane van Gisbergen proved in his NASCAR debut to be an elite road and street course racer by winning in his first career outing. Two years later, his rivals have gotten a good look at the New Zealander’s technique and have declared him the favorite to win Sunday at Sonoma Raceway. He will start from […]

Shane van Gisbergen proved in his NASCAR debut to be an elite road and street course racer by winning in his first career outing.
Two years later, his rivals have gotten a good look at the New Zealander’s technique and have declared him the favorite to win Sunday at Sonoma Raceway. He will start from the pole for the second consecutive week and third time in five races.
“It’s pretty awesome, we’ve had a really cool couple of weeks,” said the Trackhouse Racing driver. “It’s so cool how stoked everyone is and you feel the energy in the shop when you walk in. It’s just a cool atmosphere in the shop, everyone is lifted up.”
Van Gisbergen is on a two-race winning streak on the specialty courses following victories on the road course in Mexico City (where he won by 16.6 seconds from the pole) and last Sunday on the streets of Chicago (again from the pole). He has five consecutive finishes of seventh or higher dating back to Watkins Glen International last September.
“He’s so good and it’s rare that you see somebody stand out like that and distance himself from the competition,” said Kyle Larson, last year’s winner at Sonoma. “He’s way, way, way better than us at the road course stuff.”
The secret, his rivals have learned, is a toe-heel braking technique that none of them can master.
“If I tried to learn what he’s doing, it would take me until I retire,” Kyle Busch said.
Added Larson: “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. There’s zero chance I can learn how to do that.”
Van Gisbergen, who won at Sonoma in his Xfinity Series debut last year and started from the pole Saturday in that race, will be making his Cup debut Sunday on the picturesque track in Northern California’s wine country.
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He is beatable, said Denny Hamlin, but it won’t be easy for any driver to stop van Gisbergen’s dominance.
“I think you are going to need things to not go his way, and then someone is going to have to really hit it,” Hamlin said. “That, to me, is probably going to be challenging. Cautions could turn things upside down. He is beatable, on speed alone, but I would say outright pace? No.”
In addition to the way van Gisbergen brakes, Hamlin commended the way the Kiwi approaches the courses.
“His approach to how he attacks certain corners seems to be the thing where we’re more reactive,” Hamlin said. “I’m more reactive to seeing how someone approaches a corner to go fast. He’s proactive and knows how to approach it, so he’s better and faster before I am. And by the time I start to get closer, he then refines his technique and goes even faster.”
Joey Logano had little to offer on his current feud with Ross Chastain. It heated up last week at Chicago when Chastain spun Logano in a retaliatory move that sent Logano to NASCAR to demand punishment for a deliberate action.
NASCAR did not penalize Chastain and the two drivers have not spoken since Sunday’s postrace confrontation.
“We haven’t talked,” Logano said Saturday. “It is what it is.”
Logano didn’t want to talk about Chastain, anyway.
“He made his choices. I’m just going to go race my car,” Logano said.
As for Chastain? He maintained that “there’s three sides to every story.”
“I think that a lot of people were all running into each other for the last couple of laps,” Chastain said. “That’s what I saw.”
Bubba Wallace tried to fix his frayed relationship with Alex Bowman as soon as they arrived in California earlier this week.
The two had an incident at Chicago for the second consecutive year and have had other run-ins in the past. After the latest dustup, Bowman expressed surprise that the two were still having issues.
“I thought we had squashed our beef, but clearly we have not,” Bowman said in Chicago.
To prove to Bowman that they had indeed moved on, Wallace said he saw Bowman in a Napa Valley restaurant, approached him from behind and wrapped him in a bear hug. He later paid for Bowman’s dinner.
“I told him I messed up like an idiot,” Wallace said of his driving at Chicago. “I apologized. I was down for a couple days about it. So I bought him a meal. It felt right.”
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