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• Predicting RFK Racing's driver lineup for 2027 Cup season

  28-06-2026 20:20 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  RFK Racing is stuck in an interesting situation. The organization only has two charters for three drivers heading into the 2027 NASCAR Cup Series season. Chris Buescher signed a long-term contract extension, while Brad Keselowski should return as the owner. However, what about Ryan Preece?Despite not having a third charter, Motorsports Wire predicts that Preece will stay in the No. 60 car for RFK Racing, competing in an open entry. This will be an unfortunate financial situation, but RFK Racing
  
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• Official race results: 2026 NASCAR Cup at Sonoma

  29-06-2026 01:12 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoFor the second time this year, Shane van Gisbergen is back in Victory Lane as a NASCAR Cup Series race winner. SVG now joins Denny Hamlin, Tyler Reddick, and Chase Elliott as the only drivers to win multiple races this year.Sunday's win was also the eighth of his career, which ties him with Tony Stewart for second on the all-time road course wins list.Chase Briscoe finished second, just 0.357s back of Van Gisbergen. Pole-sitter Ty Gibbs won both Stage 1 and Stage 2, before going
  
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• NASCAR In-Season Challenge Results Today: Who Advanced at Sonoma? Round 1 Winners, Round 2 Matchups

  29-06-2026 01:09 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The second annual NASCAR In-Season Challenge officially kicked off at the Toyota / Save Mart 350. With a $1 million prize on the line, the bracket-style tournament brought a new level of intensity to Sonoma. Here is a look at the results from the Round 1 matchups and who advanced to the next stage of the competition.We’ll lead off with the In-Season Tournament results from Round 1 on Sunday at Sonoma. Immediately below that is where you can find the matchups for Round 2 next week in Chicag
  
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• Shane van Gisbergen wins Sonoma NASCAR Cup race, Denny Hamlin takes points lead

  29-06-2026 00:56 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoIt was likely far closer than Shane van Gisbergen likely wanted it to be, narrowly fending off Chase Briscoe to win Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Sonoma Raceway.The victory pushes SVG back above the Chase cut-line and now 14th in the overall standings. Van Gisbergen is now tied with Tony Stewart on the all-time road course wins list, collecting the eighth of his Cup career while sweeping the weekend.Watch: King of Wine Country! SVG holds off Briscoe to win Sonoma"What a day,
  
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• NASCAR Race Today: Winners, Losers from Toyota / Save Mart 350

  29-06-2026 00:55 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Shane van Gisbergen largely dominated Sunday’s Toyota / Save Mart 350, with only Chase Briscoe providing a last-second challenge for him in the closing laps at Sonoma Raceway. While there’s only one winner, there is plenty of analysis to get into.Let’s dive into our winners and losers from the NASCAR race today at Sonoma.Winner: Shane van GisbergenIMAGN IMAGES via Reuters ConnectAfter a stunning DNF at Naval Base Coronado, Shane van Gisbergen found himself in must-win territory
  
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• Shane van Gisbergen is NASCAR’s leading active winner on road and street courses with Sonoma victory

  29-06-2026 00:47 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Shane van Gisbergen became the winningest active NASCAR Cup Series driver on road and street courses, dominating at Sonoma Raceway for the second consecutive year.The Trackhouse Racing driver earned his second win this season on Sunday and the eighth of his career on the tracks that require left and right turns, breaking a tie with Chase Elliott. Four-time Cup champion Jeff Gordon is the all-time leader with nine road course victories in NASCAR’s premier series,
  
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• NASCAR Standings Today: Cup Series Points Leaders After Sonoma, The Chase Cutline Right Now

  29-06-2026 00:45 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Sunday’s road course race at Sonoma Raceway has shaken up the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series standings. With the field fighting for a spot in The Chase, every point collected today could prove crucial in determining which 16 drivers make it into the 10-race chase. Now that this weekend’s Cup race is over, we can take a look at the NASCAR standings right now and the new The Chase cutline after 18 points races with a new regular-season points leader at the top.Let’s dive into the NASCAR
  
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• Who won NASCAR Sonoma race? Winner is Shane van Gisbergen, plus full results

  29-06-2026 00:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Shan van Gisbergen dominated and won the NASCAR Sonoma road race on June 28.Van Gisbergen led 74 of the 110 laps to claim his second race of 2026 and the eighth of his career in 68 starts.All eight of his wins have come on road courses, and he tied Tony Stewart at second on the list in NASCAR Cup history. Jeff Gordon holds the record with nine road course wins.Van Gisbergen held off Chase Briscoe, who pressured him through the third and final stage before finishing second. Ty Gibbs won the first
  
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• Shane van Gisbergen Dominates Sonoma to Earn NASCAR Cup Series Victory

  29-06-2026 00:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Shane van Gisbergen delivered another road course masterclass Sunday, controlling the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway from start to finish to earn his latest NASCAR Cup Series victory.The Trackhouse Racing driver spent much of the afternoon at the front of the field, leading the majority of the race while keeping challengers at bay on Sonoma’s demanding 1.99-mile road course. Barring any post-race issues, it marked another statement performance from one of NASCAR’s premier roa
  
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• Shane van Gisbergen Dominates Sonoma for Second NASCAR Cup Win of 2026

  29-06-2026 00:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Shane van Gisbergen delivered another road course masterclass Sunday, dominating the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway to earn his second NASCAR Cup Series victory of the 2026 season.The Trackhouse Racing driver led 76 of the race’s 110 laps and rarely looked threatened, holding off Chase Briscoe by 1.128 seconds while Ty Gibbs completed the podium in third. The victory further cemented Van Gisbergen’s status as NASCAR’s premier road course racer and moved him within one r
  
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• Kay Adams, Jeff Gluck Re-Ignite NASCAR Social Media Fun With Carson Hocevar

  28-06-2026 22:31 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Photo Credit: Scott Kinser.If anyone needed proof that NASCAR’s silly season isn’t confined to the racetrack, social media has provided plenty of entertainment this week.The unofficial king of the timeline? Carson Hocevar.Fresh off NASCAR’s trip to the San Diego Street Race and heading into Sonoma’s wine country, Hocevar has kept fans laughing with a string of playful exchanges on X. NFL media personality Kay Adams has become a recurring part of the fun, with the two trad
  
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• NASCAR Truck has tight battle for final Chase spot in 2026

  28-06-2026 22:20 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The NASCAR Truck Series regular season is winding down, and the Chase bubble is very tight. Jake Garcia is the 10th and final driver currently in the Chase with a five-point deficit over Grant Enfinger. However, if Garcia wants to make the field, he must perform very well over the next five NASCAR weekends.There are six drivers within 37 points of the Chase bubble, ending with Tanner Gray in 16th place. Meanwhile, Daniel Hemric and Tyler Ankrum hold small leads over Garcia in the standings. This
  
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• Stewart Friesen looking to make ground for Chase spot in 2026

  28-06-2026 22:10 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Stewart Friesen is fighting for a spot in the 2026 Chase. With five races remaining in the 2026 NASCAR Truck Series regular season, Friesen sits 12th in the standings with a 10-point deficit to Jake Garcia. The Halmar Friesen Racing driver only has one top-5 finish and three top-10 finishes during the campaign.Friesen is capable of winning races and making the Chase, but he has struggled to have consistent results. It is not all of his doing, as the driver of the No. 52 truck has faced some unfo
  
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• Grant Enfinger in tight battle for final spot in 2026 Chase

  28-06-2026 22:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Grant Enfinger is in a very tight battle for the final Chase spot in 2026. With five races remaining in the 2026 NASCAR Truck Series regular season, Enfinger is 11th in the standings with a five-point deficit to Jake Garcia. The CR7 Motorsports driver has struggled with consistent results during the 2026 campaign.Enfinger only has one top-5 finish and three top-10 finishes, which is down from his performances in the last two NASCAR seasons. The driver of the No. 9 truck has the talent to compete
  
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• Jake Garcia sits on Chase bubble with 5 races left in regular season

  28-06-2026 21:50 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  For the second straight season, Jake Garcia is sitting on the bubble. With five races left in the 2026 NASCAR Truck Series regular season, Garcia is five points above Grant Enfinger for the final spot in the Chase. The ThorSport Racing driver has several competitors close to him on points below the cut line.ThorSport Racing has struggled to have significant speed during the 2026 Truck Series season, but Garcia still has himself in a Chase spot. There hasn't been race-winning speed, but the consi
  
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• Kaden Honeycutt sits firmly in second during 2026 Truck regular season

  28-06-2026 21:40 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Kaden Honeycutt firmly sits second in the NASCAR Truck Series point standings. Honeycutt is 65 points behind the leader, Layne Riggs, and 63 points above Chandler Smith, who sits in second place. This comes after the TRICON Garage driver lost significant ground to Riggs at San Diego last weekend.Honeycutt only has one win in the No. 11 truck for TRICON Garage, while Riggs has entered victory lane four times. While second place isn't a bad position to be entering the Chase, the driver of the No.
  
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• Layne Riggs expanding points lead in 2026 Truck Series regular season

  28-06-2026 21:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Layne Riggs is quickly pulling away with the 2026 NASCAR Truck Series regular season championship. After winning the Truck Series race at San Diego, Riggs has a 65-point lead in the standings over Kaden Honeycutt. This comes after the Front Row Motorsports driver won his fourth race of the 2026 season.In fact, Riggs has won three of the last four races, continuing his reign as the best driver in the Truck Series. The driver of the No. 34 truck has been very strong throughout the 2026 NASCAR seas
  
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• No Wine Country for Elton Sawyer: NASCAR’s Top Official Staying in Charlotte

  28-06-2026 21:23 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Photo Credit: Mark J. Rebilas.NASCAR’s top rules man is taking a different approach this weekend.Senior Vice President of Competition Elton Sawyer, the man ultimately responsible for many of the sport’s biggest officiating decisions, is overseeing the NASCAR Cup Series race at Sonoma Raceway remotely from NASCAR’s Competition Center in Charlotte rather than from pit road in California.It’s another example of how NASCAR continues to modernize race control, albeit a bit of
  
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• ‘It’s So Easy to Get Them Riled Up’: Carson Hocevar Loves Playing NASCAR’s Villain

  28-06-2026 21:23 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Carson Hocevar looks on before practice for the NASCAR Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway on June 27, 2026, in Sonoma, California. GettyLess than 24 hours after qualifying on the front row for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Sonoma Raceway, Carson Hocevar made one thing perfectly clear.He knows exactly how people view him.The Spire Motorsports driver has become one of NASCAR’s most polarizing personalities, both for his aggressive driving style and his unapologetic
  
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• How to watch NASCAR at Sonoma: Toyota/Save Mart 350 TV channel, live stream & start time

  28-06-2026 20:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The NASCAR Cup Series heads to California’s wine country on Sunday for one of the most technical races of the season, the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway.MORE: NASCAR at Sonoma, starting lineup for 2026 Toyota/Save Mart 350Jun 27, 2026; Sonoma, California, USA; General view of Turn 2 at the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Race at Sonoma Raceway. Mandatory Credit: Stan Szeto-Imagn ImagesThe race marks the beginning of NASCAR’s 2026 In-Season Challenge, a five-race, sing
  
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• Bubba Wallace Frustrated By The 23XI Racing Team Suspensions

  28-06-2026 20:15 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NASCAR issued an official suspension to members of the 23XI Racing team for violations occurring last weekend’s action at Naval Base Coronado.The sport announced the official suspensions on Tuesday."Rear-tire changer Adam Hartman and jackman Nathan Ricketts have been suspended for the next two events, running through Chicagoland Speedway on July 5, after a detachment of Bubba Wallace’s right-front wheel on Lap 18 in Sunday’s Anduril 250 on the Qualcomm Circuit at Naval Base Cor
  
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• Predicting Team Penske's driver lineup for 2027 Cup season

  28-06-2026 20:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Team Penske enters the 2027 NASCAR Cup Series season with one big question mark. Ryan Blaney recently signed a long-term contract extension, while Joey Logano is locked into his No. 22 car. However, will Austin Cindric earn another year in the No. 2 car? It might be one of the biggest questions in NASCAR's silly season.Despite not having the same success as his Team Penske teammates over the last few seasons, Motorsports Wire is predicting that Cindric will drive the No. 2 car in 2027. There sho
  
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• Predicting Joe Gibbs Racing's driver lineup for 2027 Cup season

  28-06-2026 19:50 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Gibbs Racing will enter the 2027 NASCAR Cup Series season with familiar faces. Chase Briscoe, Christopher Bell, and Ty Gibbs will all return to Joe Gibbs Racing, with Denny Hamlin as the biggest question mark. However, that question mark isn't even that big for the 2027 NASCAR season.Hamlin has stated his intentions to retire after the 2027 NASCAR season, and it seems likely that he would stick to it. If the driver of the No. 11 car won the 2026 Cup Series championship, it would be the perfe
  
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• Ryan Newman returns to NASCAR with Kaulig Racing at North Wilkesboro

  28-06-2026 19:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Ryan Newman is back in NASCAR. Newman will drive the No. 25 truck for Kaulig Racing in the NASCAR Truck Series race at North Wilkesboro Speedway. This will be the former full-time NASCAR Cup Series competitor's first start in the Truck Series since the 2018 season.Kaulig Racing has put several big-name drivers into the No. 25 "Free Agent" truck, such as Tony Stewart, Parker Kligerman, and Jamie McMurray. Newman doesn't race in NASCAR much anymore, but he will have an opportunity to drive for Ram
  
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• Larry McReynolds to drive pace car before Cup race at EchoPark in 2026

  28-06-2026 19:20 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NASCAR has a special guest for the Cup Series race at EchoPark Speedway in July. FOX Sports analyst Larry McReynolds will drive the pace car before the Cup Series event at EchoPark in Georgia. McReynolds is known for his role with FOX Sports and his success as a NASCAR crew chief.McReynolds has enjoyed success in both roles at EchoPark Speedway. He visited victory lane with Ernie Irvan as the winning crew chief in the spring of 1994, and his voice has helped tell the story of numerous iconic NAS
  
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• Kyle Busch Receives Another Major Honor One Month After His Death

  28-06-2026 19:16 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  More than one month after the NASCAR world lost Kyle Busch, another chapter has been added to the two-time Cup Series champion’s remarkable legacy.Busch has been named to the 2026 West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame class, an eight-member group that also includes drag racing legends John Force and Ron Capps, longtime NASCAR crew chief and competition director Ernie Cope, off-road icon Roger Mears, Casey Mears, National Sprint Car Hall of Famer Brad Noffsinger and former ARCA Mena
  
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• Dodge increasingly likely to enter NASCAR Cup Series in 2026

  28-06-2026 19:09 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Kaulig Racing's future in the NASCAR Cup Series is up for debate. After the organization partnered with Ram in the NASCAR Truck Series, it lost its support from Chevrolet, making life difficult in the Cup Series. However, Kaulig Racing's partnership with Chevrolet in the Cup Series may be ending very soon.Dodge is increasingly likely to enter the Cup Series for the 2027 season, as reported by The Athletic's Jordan Bianchi. The manufacturer is working to finalize its plan, which would give NASCAR
  
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• NASCAR at Sonoma, starting lineup for 2026 Toyota/Save Mart 350

  28-06-2026 19:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The NASCAR Cup Series is in Sonoma, California, for the 2026 Toyota/Save Mart 350 on Sunday, June 28, at Sonoma Raceway to kick off the In-Season Challenge on the challenging road course. Ty Gibbs and the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota sits in the pole position, followed by Carson Hocewar and the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet.Chevrolet dominated in qualifying, with Kyle Larson and the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, Michael McDowell and the No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
  
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• NASCAR TV ratings for Truck Series race at San Diego in June 2026

  28-06-2026 18:49 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NASCAR arrived in San Diego for the 2026 Navy 250, and the 13th race of the season was exciting. Layne Riggs won Stage 1 while Parker Kligerman won Stage 2; however, only one driver was able to enter victory lane. Despite a tough challenge from Tyler Reif, it was a Front Row Motorsports driver who landed in the winner's circle.At the end of the day, Riggs won his fourth Truck Series race of 2026 in San Diego. After a slight overview of the notable moments, here are the NASCAR TV ratings fol
  
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• Van Gisbergen fends off Briscoe, seals weekend sweep with Sonoma win

  28-06-2026 18:34 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Shane van Gisbergen roared to his second consecutive Sonoma Raceway victory Sunday, holding off Chase Briscoe to notch his second NASCAR Cup Series win of the season.Van Gisbergen led a race-best 74 of the 110 laps in the Toyota/Save Mart 350, rotating into the lead for the final time on Lap 88 after the last pit-stop cycle completed. His No. 97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet was just 0.357 seconds in front at the checkered flag.RELATED: Unofficial results | At-track photos: SonomaThe triumph marke
  
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