Overview
- Shane van Gisbergen won the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway, completing a weekend sweep after winning the O’Reilly Auto Parts race and holding off Chase Briscoe in a 0.357‑second finish on Sunday.
- Trackhouse deliberately short‑pitted before the ends of Stages 1 and 2 to trade stage points for clean air and track position, a strategy crew chief Stephen Doran credited with securing control late in the race.
- Van Gisbergen led a race‑high 74 of 110 laps and the victory was his eighth Cup win and second of 2026, a total that ties him with Tony Stewart for second‑most Cup road‑course wins.
- Tyler Reddick suffered a power‑steering failure that relegated him to last place and opened the door for Denny Hamlin to seize the regular‑season points lead by one point.
- The result lifts van Gisbergen into provisional Chase contention and underscores a wider question for his title hopes: he must translate road‑course dominance to faster oval form as the series moves to Chicagoland on July 5.