Sonoma, California. – Another road course was expected to win Sher van gisbergen In that trackhouse racing, the additional tires were ready for the Sonoma Raceway Jeet Utsav.
Van Gisbergen won the third time in five races and the second time on Sunday when he dominated the California Road course. New Josender once again showed that he is completely different on roads and road courses compared to his rivals as he led 97 out of 110 laps to win from the pole in Sonoma Racewe.
He celebrated with traditional burnouts, then his trackhouse crew changed the tires on number 88 Chevrolet to spin another smoke-spin on the way to the Victory Lane. He also kept with his tradition and kicked a rugby ball in Grandstand.
Van Gisbergen said, “This means everything. That’s why I run cars. I had a wonderful time in Australia, and then to come here and to come here and in the last few weeks, or years, in fact, in fact, a dream has come true,” said Van Gisbergen. “I really enjoyed my time in NASCAR. Thank you, everyone, for welcoming me so much. I hope I’m here for a long time to come.”
This year, all three of his wins were from the pole – which tied him to the NASCAR record of winning three consecutive road courses from the top opening place with Jeff Gordon. Gordon did it between the sessions of 1998 and 1999.
He joins Christopher bell, Denny Hamlin And Kyle Larsen This season as the three -winning only driver and it took him to third place for playoff seeding. The van was ranked 33rd in Gisbergen Standing and was not eligible for the playoffs five weeks ago yet.
Vijay No. Four for Van Gisbergen – who surprised NASCAR in 2023, when he joined the race for Chicago Street Course from Australian V8 Supercar and won – California Wine Country also gave one before the teams were revealed to the teams. His rivals have said that “SVG” has a unique braking technique that he is not any of them – all oval experts – can learn anytime.
The victory in Chicago two years ago inspired Van Gisbergen to go to the United States for Career Change Driving Stock Cars for Trackhouse Racing. That and Ross chastean The Coca-Cola 600 has a Memorial Day weekend win with Chastain with a summer stretch pumping the energy in the team.
Van Gisbergen is the fastest driver to win the four cup series race – in his 34th beginning – since Parneli Jones In 1969. He is also the most winning driver born outside the United States.
He said, “This is unrealistic. To do Chicago, an experience that I really liked, and never thought that it would lead to moving alone and moving to things,” he said. “It’s amazing, everything that I expected this could happen anytime.”
Sonoma Vin registered four wins for the trackhouse in eight weeks. Van Gisbergen was second in Saturday’s Exfinity Series Race from pole.
Chase brisko Which was the second in Toyota for gibs racing.
Bisco said after not being able to pass the van Gisbergen at two late restarts, “I never played a basketball against Michael Jordan in my prime, but I think it was probably so.”
“That man is incredible on road courses. He is just so good. He has really raised the bar on this whole series.”
Was done after Briscoe Chase eliet In a Chevrolet for Hendric motorcysts. McDowell was fourth in a Chevi for Spire Motisports and Christopher Bell was fifth in a Toyota for gibs racing.
Season challenge
The mid-season tournament that pays $ 1 million to the winner is below for four drivers.
Alex boman Stayed 25th and finished Tie dillonWhich finished 26th. Tyler radic (11th) knocked out Ryan Pris (16th), John Hunter Nemchec Teammate out Eric Jones As he finished 21st and 22nd, and Ti gibesWith the end of the seventh place, it ended Zen Smith,
In the eighth, Boman is the most seeded driver who is still in the challenge, which started this year.
Driver fight
NASCAR officials had to separate the crew Brad Keselovsky And Gibbs when members of both teams were scattered on the pit road during the race.
The crew of the Keselowski faced the crew of the Gibbs when Gibbs fired through his pit stall and narrowly missed some of the crew members of Keselovski on waiting for him.
The collision appeared to be linked to pushing and shoving and NASCAR quickly stepped between them. Both the crew was given an official warning to fight but NASCAR said Gibbs did nothing wrong.
Clean race – for a while
It took 61 out of 110 laps for the first caution for the on-track event-when Ryan Blani In the third phase, early and dirt was knocked. Contact with Chris Baschar The left bluni strands, and could throw NASCAR yellow just before, Babba Wallace And both Denny Hamlin roams.
This was technically the third caution of the race, but the first two were for the break of the natural platform.
The race ended with six warnings – three in the last 13 laps.
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The cup series runs on the Dover Motor Speedway in Delaware on Sunday, where Hamlin won last year.
