Shane van Gisbergen has perfect weekend at Sonoma: New Zealander Shane van Gisbergen powered his way to the lead on a restart with 11 laps remaining in Saturday’s Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 250 on the Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway road course and bolted off to a 1.323-second victory – his second career NASCAR Xfinity Series win coming only a week after his first.(Read more)(6-8-2024)

Capping off a perfect weekend, #97-Shane van Gisbergen won the Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 250 Xfinity Series Season race at Sonoma Raceway. It’s his second career victory coming in consecutive weeks after winning at Portland last weekend. Van Gisbergen led a race-high 32 laps from the pole position.
#18-Sheldon Creed recorded his ninth runner-up finish, overcoming an unscheduled pit stop from early in the race. Three-time road course winner #1-Sam Mayer finished third, with #32-Austin Green and #21-Austin Hill rounding out the top five. Van Gisbergen moved Hill out of the way on a restart with 11 laps remaining.
#7-Justin Allgaier, #81-Chandler Smith, #20-John Hunter Nemechek, #00-Cole Custer and #48-Parker Kligerman completed the top 10.
#97-van Gisbergen won the opening stage, earning his first career stage victory. #19-Ty Gibbs won Stage 2.
There were three lead changes among three drivers and four cautions for 14 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 71.986 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Sonoma Paint Schemes

Race Fast Facts – Sonoma:
Shane van Gisbergen # won the Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 250, his second victory in 14 Xfinity Series races.
This is his second victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2024.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish at Sonoma Raceway.
Sheldon Creed (second) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Sonoma Raceway. It is his eighth top-10 finish in 2024.
Sam Mayer (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Sonoma Raceway.
Shane van Gisbergen (first) was the highest finishing rookie.
Cole Custer leads the point standings by 12 points over Austin Hill.
Van Gisbergen becomes the first driver since Austin Cindric in 2019 to win his first two races in back-to-back events on the NXS schedule.

Xfinity Series Playoff Standings after Sonoma(Race 14 of 33):
1)#00-Cole Custer 509 points, +184 (regular season championship leader)
2)#21-Austin Hill (2 wins)
3)#81-Chandler Smith (2 wins)
4)#97-Shane van Gisbergen (2 wins)
5)#7-Justin Allgaier (1 win)
6)#2-Jesse Love (1 win)
7)#1-Sam Mayer (1 win)
8)#16-AJ Allmendinger 409, +84
9)#98-Riley Herbst 403, +78
10)#18-Sheldon Creed 396, +71
11)#48-Parker Kligerman 379, +54
12)#8-Sammy Smith 336, +11
Currently below elimination line
13)#39-Ryan Sieg 325, -11
14)#9-Brandon Jones 306, -30
15)#5-Anthony Alfredo 305, -31
16)#31-Parker Retzlaff 271, -65
17)#44-Brennan Poole 263, -73
See the Drivers Points Standings and Owners Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 79: #97-van Gisbergen wins for the second straight week. #18-Creed, #1-Mayer, #32-Green and #21-Hill round out the top five. #7-Allgaier, #81-Smith, #20-Nemechek, #00-Custer and #48-Kligerman complete the top 10.
Lap 76: #31-Retzlaff gets into the rear of #39-Sieg for 10th position after Sieg pushed Retzlaff wide on the frontstretch. #50-Pardus spun off course.
Lap 75: #18-Creed passes #1-Mayer for second position.
Lap 70: #43-Ellis spins in Turn 11.
Lap 68: #97-van Gisbergen gets into #21-Hill and moves him out of the way for the race lead. #18-Creed wheel hopped and spins #16-Allmendinger out entering Turn 7.
Lap 65: #2-Love spun from eighth position off the exit of Turn 2 and brought out the caution. #48-Kligerman pits from a top-10 spot.
Lap 61: #97-van Gisbergen reports a voltage problem. #48-Kligerman locked his right-front tire up and #18-Creed got into him entering Turn 11.
Lap 56: #81-Smith loops around and drops outside the top 30.
Lap 55: #97-van Gisbergen passes #16-Allmendinger for second. #1-Mayer got into the bumper of #00-Custer to turn him around.
Lap 49: #27-Burton turned #81-Smith, causing a massive pileup. #19-Gibbs, #9-Jones, #26-Jones, #11-Williams, #98-Herbst, #31-Retzlaff, #91-Weatherman, #92-Bilicki, #6-Annunziata and #50-Pardus all had significant damage.
Lap 47: #00-Custer wins the race off pit road, followed by #97-van Gisbergen. #19-Gibbs loses 10 spots. #20-Nemechek and #51-Clements were caught speeding on pit road. #98-Herbst pitted outside of his pit box, #17-Said had a safety violation and #50-Pardus had equipment interference.
Lap 45: #19-Gibbs wins Stage 2, his first stage victory of the season. #97-van Gisbergen, #2-Love, #18-Creed, #00-Custer, #81-Smith, #20-Nemechek, #48-Kligerman, #7-Allgaier and #31-Retzlaff score stage points.
Lap 41: #1-Mayer, #21-Hill, #32-Green, #16-Allmendinger pit and will flip the stage.
Lap 40: #97-van Gisbergen passes #1-Mayer for third position.
Lap 38: #19-Gibbs continues to lead. #2-Love, #1-Mayer and #97-van Gisbergen have a three-car battle for second. #18-Creed is a steady fifth after an earlier tire problem.
Lap 30: #07-Labbe makes contact with #17-Said entering Turn 7 and spins Said out.
Lap 25: #42-Honeyman goes off track from 29th position entering Turn 1.
Lap 24: #97-van Gisbergen gained three spots in the first half lap after the restart and is up to fifth.
Lap 22: #15-Deegan loses power under caution. #98-Herbst sped on pit road and will restart at the rear of the field. #19-Gibbs stayed out and is the race leader.
Lap 20: #97-van Gisbergen wins Stage 1, his first stage victory. #16-Allmendinger, #21-Hill, #48-Kligerman, #20-Nemechek, #81-Smith, #8-Smith, #5-Alfredo, #31-Retzlaff and #98-Herbst score stage points.
Lap 18: #19-Gibbs and #2-Love pit from second and third positions.
Lap 17: #1-Mayer, #7-Allgaier, #00-Custer, #32-Green and #26-Jones pit with three laps remaining in the stage.
Lap 14: #18-Creed makes an unscheduled pit stop for what he believed was a flat left-rear tire.
Lap 13: #21-Hill wheel hopped into Turn 11 and tagged the outside tire barrier.
Lap 10: #81-Smith gets into #48-Kligerman under braking, which moves #00-Custer out of the way.
Lap 8: #19-Gibbs is the quickest car on the track and maintaining the gap to race leader #97-van Gisbergen.
Lap 4: #16-Allmendinger is struggling with the handling with his car and has dropped to fifth.
Lap 1: Polesitter #97-vann Gisbergen stretches his lead over #19-Gibbs. #16-Allmendinger has moved to third.

Cars to the rear: #17-Boris Said (backup car)

Pit Stall Selections

On the heels of winning his first Xfinity Series race last weekend at Portland, #97-Shane van Gisbergen won his first career pole at Sonoma Raceway and will lead the field to the green flag of the Zip Pay Now, But Later 250. His speed of 95.933 mph was nearly four-tenths of a second ahead of second place #19-Ty Gibbs (95.458 mph).
#21-Austin Hill, looking for his first win on a road course, will start third (95.370 mph), with #16-AJ Allmendinger (95.040 mph) and #7-Justin Allgaier (95.009 mph) rounding out the top five.
#2-Jesse Love, #20-John Hunter Nemechek, #1-Sam Mayer, #18-Sheldon Creed and #8-Sammy Smith complete the top 10.
Did Not Qualify: #35-Sage Karam
See the complete Sonoma Starting Lineup.

Qualifying Fast Facts — Sonoma
Shane Van Gisbergen # won the Pole Award for the Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 250 with a lap of 74.677 seconds, 95.933 mph.
This is his first pole in 14 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his first pole and fourth top-10 start in 2024.
This is his first pole in one races at Sonoma Raceway.
Ty Gibbs(i) (second) posted his third top-10 start of 2024 and his second in two races at Sonoma Raceway.
Austin Hill (third) posted his first top-10 start at Sonoma Raceway. It is his ninth in 14 races this season.
Shane Van Gisbergen (first) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

Qualifying Order

Practice for the Zip Pay Now, Buy Later 250 Xfinity Series race at Sonoma Raceway is complete. The top five, slowest, news and notes:
#97-Shane van Gisbergen 95.152 mph
#48-Parker Kligerman 94.763 mph
#18-Ty Gibbs 94.754 mph
#7-Justin Allgaier 94.521 mph
#2-Jesse Love 94.368 mph
Slowest: #92-Josh Bilicki 90.293 mph
Most laps run: #81-Chandler Smith, 24
Notes: Less than 10 minutes into the session, #92-Josh Bilicki had something break in the rear of the car, causing him to loop the car around. #35-Sage Karam went wide off the course in Turn 2. #51-Jeremy Clements overshot Turn 10 and spun in the grass. #21-Austin Hill spun through Turn 3. With 15 minutes remaining, #17-Boris Said lost control entering Turn 1 and pancaked the outside wall. #98-Riley Herbst and #43-Ryan Ellis both spun in the waning minutes.
See full Sonoma Practice Results.

Crew Rosters

Goodyear Tire Notes

There are 39 drivers/teams on the entry list for the Zip Pay Now, Buy Later 250 at Sonoma Raceway. One car will miss the show.
Notables: #4-Garrett Smithley, #6-Thomas Annunziata, #07-Alex Labbe, #14-Brad Perez, #17-Boris Said, #19-Ty Gibbs,#20-John Hunter Nemechek, #26-Ed Jones, #29-Blane Perkins, #32-Austin Green, #35-Sage Karam, #50-Preston Pardus, #92-Josh Bilicki.
See the full Sonoma Entry List.

Sonoma At-Track Schedule