NASCAR Live Race Updates: Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma
Welcome to the Racing America On SI Live Race Updates page for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway.
Be sure to refresh this post throughout Sunday's event as the Live Race Updates story will be updated regularly with the biggest moments from the 218.9-mile race around the 1.99-mile road course, including lead changes, crash replays, the winner of the race, finishing results, and In-Season Tournament updates.
Final Stage Updates
Lap 110: Shane Van Gisbergen Wins!
Shane van Gisbergen took his second consecutive race win, and third win of the season with another dominant road course performance Sunday at Sonoma Raceway. SVG held off Chase Briscoe, and Chase Elliott for the win.
Race Results:
Fin | Car | Driver | Laps | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 88 | Shane van Gisbergen # | 110 | -- |
2 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | 110 | 1.128 |
3 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 110 | 2.254 |
4 | 71 | Michael McDowell | 110 | 3.451 |
5 | 20 | Christopher Bell | 110 | 5.108 |
6 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 110 | 5.484 |
7 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | 110 | 5.554 |
8 | 24 | William Byron | 110 | 5.913 |
9 | 22 | Joey Logano | 110 | 6.513 |
10 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 110 | 6.890 |
Lap 108: Josh Berry sends Hocevar Spinning Out
Josh Berry ran through Carson Hocevar on Lap 108, which sent the driver of the No. 77 spinning out. No caution.
Lap 107: Kyle Larson Goes Around, and Backs Into Ryan Blaney!
No caution, but Kyle Larson spun and then backed into Ryan Blaney, who was trying to get by the incident. Big damage to both cars, but we stay green.
Lap 107: Back to Green!
Shane van Gisbergen once again leads the field back to green, but Chase Briscoe gets a really good restart. They're side-by-side, and make slight contact in Turns 1 and 2, but SVG pulls away as the leader in Turn 3.
Lap 104: Caution!
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. got turned in a minefield of cars from inside the top-10, and he slammed into the tire barrier. This brings out the caution as the tire barrier will need repairs.
Lap 104: Back to Green!
Shane van Gisbergen and Chase Briscoe are side-by-side going through Turn 1 for the lead. Briscoe held next to him through Turn 2, but SVG emerged with the lead through Turn 3.
Lap 100: Caution!
Erik Jones, and Noah Gragson were both spun out from near the front of the pack, which led to a bunch of cars stacking up. Ryan Preece caught Gragson's car as he was trying to get by the crash, and it looked like Kyle Larson collided with the rear of Gragson's car. This incident sent us back to caution.
Soon after the restart, the No. 4 spins, and the field scatters! @Erik_Jones and @RyanPreece_ are collected in the chaos! pic.twitter.com/YXVOdXIav5
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) July 13, 2025
Lap 100: Back to Green!
We have 11 laps left, and Shane van Gisbergen leads the field to green. Chase Briscoe stays alongside him initially, but SVG pulls back to the lead by himself.
Lap 98: Shane Van Gisbergen Stays on Track as Many Pit
The top-13 cars stayed out under this caution, including Shane van Gisbergen who has dominated this race. Chase Elliott is the highest-running driver, who hit pit road as he'll lineup 14th on this restart.
Michael McDowell's team encountered a fire in their pit box as he drove away from his pit stall, but it didn't slow the driver down.
Running order going into the restart:
1. 88-Shane Van Gisbergen
2. 19-Chase Briscoe
3. 17-Chris Buescher
4. 24-William Byron
5. 20-Christopher Bell
6. 38-Zane Smith
7. 77-Carson Hocevar
8. 47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
9. 21-Josh Berry
10. 43-Erik Jones
11. 4-Noah Gragson
12. 7-Justin Haley
13. 11-Denny Hamlin
14. 9-Chase Elliott
15. 54-Ty Gibbs
16. 71-Michael McDowell
17. 6-Brad Keselowski
18. 60-Ryan Preece
19. 5-Kyle Larson
20. 2-Austin Cindric
Lap 96: Caution!
Cody Ware suffered a detached right rear wheel on Lap 96. The tire rolled away from Ware's No. 51 car and came to a rest in Turn 4, which brought out the caution.
Lap 65: Back to Green!
Shane van Gisbergen continues to lead as he eked out an advantage over Chase Briscoe on this latest restart. William Byron sits third.
Lap 62: Caution!
Chris Buescher got loose going down the hill into Turn 1, made contact with Ryan Blaney, which sent him off into the dirt. Blaney's No. 12 car ended up getting beached in the hill, and is unable to drive away. This leads to a caution flag.
Here's the incident between Ryan Blaney and Chris Buescher, which sent Blaney into the dirt mound in Turn 1, which brought out that last caution. pic.twitter.com/lkPfGPjoj1
— Toby Christie (@Toby_Christie) July 13, 2025
As that was happening, Bubba Wallace went for a spin from 27th position, and Denny Hamlin also went spinning from 30th.
Lap 60: Back to Green!
Shane van Gisbergen settles into the lead on this restart, and Noah Gragson gets turned on the opening lap back into the green flag period.
Stage 2 Updates
Lap 55: Shane Van Gisbergen Takes Stage 2 Win
He has embarrassed the field over the last couple of weeks, and the trend continued in Stage 2 of Sunday's Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma as Shane van Gisbergen pitted before the end of Stage 2 and was still able to get around Kyle Larson, who stayed out, for the lead and took the Stage 2 win.
Stage 2 Results:
Fin | Car | Driver | Stage Points | Playoff Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 88 | Shane van Gisbergen # | 10 | 1 |
2 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 9 | -- |
3 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 8 | -- |
4 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 7 | -- |
5 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 6 | -- |
6 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | 5 | -- |
7 | 10 | Ty Dillon | 4 | -- |
8 | 17 | Chris Buescher | 3 | -- |
9 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 2 | -- |
10 | 24 | William Byron | 1 | -- |
Lap 55: SVG Gets Back By Larson for Stage Lead!
Despite pitting, it looks like Shane van Gisbergen will still take the Stage 2 win as he got around Kyle Larson in Turn 3 on the final lap of Stage 2.
Shane van Gisbergen chose to once again flip the Stage in Stage 2 as he pitted on Lap 53, which handed the lead to Kyle Larson, who will likely take the Stage 2 win.
Lap 46: Chastain Spins Suarez
Ross Chastain just committed a teammate sin as he spun his Trackhouse Racing teammate with a tap coming into Turn 11 on Lap 46. Suarez spun out.
We have @TeamTrackhouse trouble in Turn 11! pic.twitter.com/z86zO5cZL3
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) July 13, 2025
Lap 45: Briscoe and Blaney Trying to Reel in SVG
Chase Briscoe and Ryan Blaney have gotten around William Byron and Ty Gibbs and now run second and third. Both drivers had a moment on the restart at the beginning of the Stage as Briscoe shoved Blaney's left side tires off the racing surface.
Both are trying to reel in SVG for the race lead, but have been unsuccessful so far.
Lap 31: Allmendinger Spins From 5th
AJ Allmendinger went for a spin in Turn 2 on Lap 31, which sent him sliding out of the fifth position Allmendinger spun in a bunch of dirt, which had been kicked onto the track from drivers ahead of him.
John Hunter Nemecehek also went for a spin after contact with Austin Cindric on the same lap.
Big In-Season Challenge ramifications here! @JHNemechek goes around, and he now trails @Erik_Jones on the track! pic.twitter.com/Im1TMCa8na
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) July 13, 2025
Lap 29: Back to Green!
Shane van Gisbergen leads the field back to green as Ross Chastain pitted from the lead in the stage break caution. SVG goes side-by-side with William Byron into Turn 1, and he leaves the turn in full possession of the lead.
Stage 1 Updates
Lap 25: Ross Chastain Takes Stage 1 Win
Ross Chastain captured the Stage 1 win, and pocketed 10 Stage Points and 1 Playoff Point as he and crew chief Phil Surgen opted to not pit prior to the end of Stage 1 of Sunday's Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma.
Stage 1 Results:
Fin | Car | Driver | Stage Points | Playoff Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Ross Chastain | 10 | 1 |
2 | 88 | Shane van Gisbergen # | 9 | -- |
3 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 8 | -- |
4 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 7 | -- |
5 | 24 | William Byron | 6 | -- |
6 | 10 | Ty Dillon | 5 | -- |
7 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | 4 | -- |
8 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 3 | -- |
9 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | 2 | -- |
10 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 1 | -- |
Lap 24: SVG Pits to Flip the Stage, Bell Spins
Shane van Gisbergen has pitted from the lead to put himself in a better position for the next Stage, which has handed the lead and most likley the Stage 1 win to Ross Chastain. SVG still runs second after making his pit stop.
Christopher Bell spun in Turn 2 on Lap 24.
Lap 20: SVG's Lead Increasing
Shane van Gisbergen has extended his lead massively as tires are starting to wear out in the field. SVG leads William Byron by more than five seconds on Lap 20. There are five laps to go in Stage 1.
Lap 17: Buescher, Preece Get Past Larson
Kyle Larson, the defending winner of the Toyota/Save Mart 350 has started to drop in the running order. On Lap 17, RFK Racing teammates Chris Buescher and Ryan Preece got past him for the 13th and 14th spots. Larson now runs 15th after starting from the 11th position.
Lap 11: Bell on the Move
Christopher Bell has moved up from the 10th starting spot and runs sixth after getting past Ryan Blaney on Lap 11. Bell has looked really, really good in the opening laps as he is now closing in on AJ Allmendinger on Lap 12.
Ty Gibbs runs eighth, but he has a solid challenge in his In-Season Tournament matchup in the opening laps as Zane Smith runs 10th.
Lap 4: Byron to P2
William Byron, the regular-season point leader who has seen his point lead cut to 13 points heading into today, has moved into the third spot as he passed Chase Briscoe on Lap 4.
Briscoe is now under attack from Ross Chastain, who passes him for the third spot in Turn 11 on Lap 4.
3:51 PM ET: Green Flag!
Shane van Gisbergen leads the field to green from the pole position, and he defeats Chase Briscoe into Turn 1 for the race lead. Briscoe slots into P2 ahead of William Byron.
Pre-Race Updates
3:39 PM ET: Engines Fired!
Chef Tyler Florence, who is a Food Network host, delivered the command for drivers to start their engines ahead of Sunday's Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway. The engines have roared to life, and it is time for the 37 cars to head onto track for the pace laps.
NASCAR Reveals Timeline of Pre-Race Festivities
- 3:30 PM ET: Invocation
- 3:31 PM ET: National Anthem
- 3:38 PM ET: Command to Start Engines
- 3:50 PM ET: Green Flag
Toyota/Save Mart 350 Pre-Race Info
The Toyota/Save Mart 350 will be televised on TNT, the third of five NASCAR Cup Series races to be covered by the cable television channel this season. The TNT Sports race broadcast will begin at 3:30 PM ET, and the five-race TNT schedule can also be streamed on the HBO Max streaming service.
The Performance Racing Network (PRN) and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will provide the radio broadcast of Sunday's race. For subscribers of the HBO Max streaming service, NASCAR Driver Cam, which streams live in-car camera footage from every car in the field, will be available for today's race.
The overall race purse, which teams will fight for their portion of in Sunday's race, is a total of $11,055,250.
The race distance is 110 laps around the 1.99-mile, 12-turn road course, which equates to a 218.9-mile race distance.
The Toyota/Save Mart 350 will be broken up into three Stages. Stage 1 will end at the conclusion of Lap 25. Stage 2 will end at the conclusion of Lap 55. And the race is scheduled to finish at the end of Lap 110, barring an Overtime finish.
The winner of Stages 1 and 2 will be awarded one Playoff Point, and the overall race winner will be awarded five Playoff Points. The Playoff Points will be added to the reseeded point totals if the drivers make it into the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, and will be carried through each round of the Playoffs.
Kyle Larson is the defending winner of this event, and polesitter Shane van Gisbergen won last week's Chicago Street Race.
Shane Van Gisbergen Takes Pole Position As He Seeks Second Consecutive Race Win
Shane van Gisbergen continues to showcase the road racing ability, which landed him a full-time ride with Trackhouse Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series this season as he picked up his second-consecutive NASCAR Cup Series pole position as he also embarks on his second straight win in Sunday's Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma.
SVG's pole-winning run came on the strength of a 74.594-second (96.040 mph) lap, which slotted him into the top spot by a margin of 0.250 seconds over Chase Briscoe. SVG didn't feel that his car was very good in practice earlier in the day, but had an incredible qualifying lap at the end of the session.
"I'm shaking. That was pretty full-on," Van Gisbergen said after winning the pole. "I'm stoked to have RedBull on the car. Thank you to Trackhouse and Chevy, amazing car. We weren't very good in practice, but new tires fixed it. Hopefully, we can be good for the race. But what a cool day."
Toyota/Save Mart 350 Starting Lineup
Pos | Car | Driver | Lap time | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 88 | Shane van Gisbergen # | 74.594 | -- |
2 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | 74.844 | 0.250 |
3 | 24 | William Byron | 75.025 | 0.431 |
4 | 1 | Ross Chastain | 75.087 | 0.493 |
5 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 75.120 | 0.526 |
6 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | 75.128 | 0.534 |
7 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 75.134 | 0.540 |
8 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 75.176 | 0.582 |
9 | 48 | Alex Bowman | 75.233 | 0.639 |
10 | 20 | Christopher Bell | 75.243 | 0.649 |
Click here for the full Starting Lineup
In-Season Tournament Matchups
Eight drivers remain in the inaugural NASCAR In-Season Tournament as we enter the third of five rounds this weekend at Sonoma Raceway. The opening race of the tournament at EchoPark Speedway wreaked havoc on the top seeds, and more shakeups took place at the Chicago Street Course.
Here are the four two-driver head-to-head matchup pairings set for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway, including the starting position for those drivers.
- No. 32 seed Ty Dillon (qualified 26th) vs No. 8 seed Alex Bowman (9th)
- No. 12 seed John Hunter Nemechek (18th) vs No. 20 seed Erik Jones (31st)
- No. 15 seed Ryan Preece (20th) vs No. 23 seed Tyler Reddick (8th)
- No. 6 seed Ty Gibbs (6th) vs No. 14 seed Zane Smith (12th)
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