Things Get Spicy on Pit Road at Sonoma
It wasn’t even a stage break when tempers boiled over at lap 62 at Sonoma Sunday—but the yellow flag flew, and suddenly pit road turned into a low-budget sequel to Days of Thunder.
It wasn’t even a stage break when tempers boiled over at lap 62 at Sonoma Sunday—but the yellow flag flew, and suddenly pit road turned into a low-budget sequel to Days of Thunder.
Sonoma was less a race and more a performance—starring Shane van Gisbergen and 35 background cars.
Imagine the soft rustle of dry California grass.
A week ago, Connor Zilisch felt like he was pushed out of the way. At Sonoma, he pushed back and took the win ahead of Shane van Gisbergen.
For the second straight weekend, Shane van Gisbergen dominated NASCAR time trials—and predictably so.
He says it’s just a holiday, but Shane van Gisbergen is once again the road course driver everyone else is chasing.
What started with a bump in Chicago ended with a dinner in California—Bowman and Wallace are back on good terms.
The Next Gen car may have widened the tech gap, but for JRM, it created a sweet spot for independence—and wins.
The only thing tougher than the Sonoma course? Beating your own teammate to stay alive in NASCAR’s $1M challenge.
Rookies rarely win in their maiden seasons in NASCAR these days.