NASCAR at Sonoma results: Shane van Gisbergen remains ‘King of the Road’ with third straight road course win

In another performance that shame all the other road racing skills, Shane Van Gisbergen dominated by leading 97 of the 110 laps to win the Toyota / Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday for his third consecutive victory during the last month of the slate of races on the road to Nascar. Van Gisbergen’s fourth victory in career career continues a historic pace to start his career in Nascar, because his fourth victory in 34 career departures made him the fastest pilot to win four victories to start his career since Parnelli Jones won his fourth victory in 1967 in just his 31st departure.

After dominating the post and having done the same for both Mexico And ChicagoVan Gisbergen also becomes the first pilot to win three consecutive road journeys since the pole since the Nascar Hall of Famer, Jeff Gordon, did it between 1998 and 1999 as part of a sequence of six lines from 1997 to 2000. His three victories also linked him for the most of this season, while he is now standing next to Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell Winning drivers in Playoff.

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After winning his cup debut in Chicago two years ago, Van Gisbergen left V8 Supercars in career racing in Australia – where he won 80 career victories and three championships – to move to the United States and a full -time Nascar career. Now, the 36-year-old man from Auckland, New Zealand, raises the bar for road races on the Carrosens, and quickly claimed to be one of the best road runners that Nascar has ever seen.

“That means everything. That’s why I make cars, you know,” Van Gisbergen told TNT Sports. “I had an incredible time in Australia, then to come the year, the last two years have been a dream come true. I really enjoyed my stay in Nascar. Thank you all for making me feel so welcome, and I hope I have been there for a long time.”

Chase Briscoe would be the best of the rest of the field in second position, followed by Chase Elliott, Michael McDowell and Bell finishing the first five. Tyler Reddick, Ty Gibbs, William Byron, Joey Logano and Kyle Busch composed the rest of the Top 10.

Gibbs, Keselowski Crews have a confrontation on the road to the stands

Although a large part occurred in the van Gisbergen rear view mirror, the Sunday race has seen its fair share of action and its dust, including one on Pit Road. During a series of green flag stand, Gibbs and Brad Keselowski came together to their stands of stands, with Gibbs crossing the Keselowski stand in stand n ° 54, but dangerously closer to the Keselowski crew already above the wall in the process. Gibbs approached enough crew No. 6 to cut a tire held by the crew member Telvin McClurkin, twisting his wrist in the process.

An exasperated McClurkin went to face the Gibbs stand team immediately after the two teams finished their stops, which led to a brief decline match that was interrupted by Nascar officials. The officials would rule later that Gibbs did nothing to justify a penalty, Gibbs himself explaining that he had followed the procedures of the standing road.

“According to Nascar’s rules, I am the main car because I am the past pit box where on the 6th, and I am also ahead of him,” Gibbs told TNT Sports. “We have these orange lines … where if I am behind him, I have to get around these orange lines to make it a rule (sic). And when I entered, I have the priority.

“They are on the wall for a reason, they jump for a reason, they go away in a way. These guys like to push it, and this is the kind of consequence you pay. It is regrettable for them that they had a penalty. Nothing malicious is my grip.”

Drama until the end

Meanwhile, the race to progress in the challenge in Nascar season came to the last corner, while Ty Dillon put the bump and the race on Alex Bowman for 17th place, allowing him to continue his unlikely race while the seeded n ° 32 entering the tournament.

Dillon will face the seeded n ° 12 John Hunter Nemechek in the semi-finals of Dover Motor Speedway, while Tyler Reddick, n ° 23, will face n ° 6 Ty Gibbs on the other side of the support.

The two best finisters of each clash next week in Dover will go to the championship to determine the winner of the challenge in season in the Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis.

Toyota / Save Mart 350 Results

1. # 88 – Shane Van Gisbergen (R)
2. # 19 – Chase Briscoe
3. # 9 – Chase Elliott
4. # 71 – Michael McDowell
5. # 20 – Christopher Bell
6. # 45 – Tyler Reddick
7. # 54 – Ty Gibbs
8. # 24 – William Byron
9. # 22 – Joey Logano
10. # 8 – Kyle Busch
11. # 6 – Brad Keselowski
12. # 60 – Ryan Preece
13. # 21 – Josh Berry
14. # 99 – Daniel Suarez
15. # 7 – Justin Haley
16. # 17 – Chris Buescher
17. # 10 – Ty Dillon
18. # 16 – AJ ALLMENDINGER
19. # 48 – Alex Bowman
20. # 11 – Denny Hamlin
21. # 3 – Austin Dillon
22. # 34 – Todd Gilliland
23. # 41 – CUSTER COLE
24. # 1 – Ross Chastain
25. # 35 – Riley Herbst (R)
26. # 23 – Bubba Wallace
27. # 38 – Zane Smith
28. # 42 – John Hunter Nemechek
29. # 43 – Erik Jones
30. # 2 – Austin Cindric
31. # 78 – Katherine LEGGE
32. # 77 – Carson Hocevar
33. # 47 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
34. # 51 – Cody Ware
35. # 5 – Kyle Larson
36. # 12 – Ryan Blaney
37. # 4 – Noah Gragson