Chase Briscoe finished second to Shane van Gisbergen on June 28, 2026, at the NASCAR Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350.

What happened?

Van Gisbergen led 74 of 110 laps and held off Briscoe in a last-lap dash to capture the checkered flag for the second year in a row at Sonoma Raceway's road course.

Briscoe was conserving his tires with four laps to go when he missed Turn 1.

Why it matters for Chase Briscoe

This finish marks Briscoe's second consecutive second-place finish at Sonoma, with van Gisbergen taking the top spot both times.

Van Gisbergen's win is his seventh on the Cup Series, all coming on road courses.

What comes next?

Briscoe will look to improve his performance at future road course events, having come close to beating van Gisbergen at Sonoma.

Van Gisbergen is now tied with Tony Stewart for second-place for the most Cup Series road course wins, with Jeff Gordon leading with nine wins.

Briscoe praised van Gisbergen, calling him "one of the greatest road-course drivers in the world" and comparing racing against him to playing one-on-one against Michael Jordan.

The event saw other notable finishes, including Ty Gibbs in third, Kyle Larson in fourth, and Christopher Bell in fifth.

Ryan Blaney finished sixth, ahead of Connor Zilisch, who settled into seventh place for his first career top-10 finish.

AJ Allmendinger, a Los Gatos native, finished 16th despite running in the top 10 part of the day.

Van Gisbergen pitted with 27 laps to go and quickly worked his way back up to the lead ahead of Briscoe and Zilisch.

Briscoe made a small bobble, giving van Gisbergen some breathing room, but recovered and was on van Gisbergen's bumper coming through the hairpin Turn 11 heading to the checkered flag.

Van Gisbergen's win marks his third win in four races at Sonoma in two years.

The road course king from New Zealand led the field all the way to the finish, with Briscoe filling his rear-view mirror.

Briscoe thought he had the superior car but didn't drive as well as van Gisbergen, saying "I just have to be absolutely perfect to beat him, and I wasn’t perfect