Shane Van Gisbergen Secures Back-to-Back Xfinity Poles at Sonoma, Chicago

Shane van Gisbergen continues to dominate road course racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, securing pole position at Sonoma Raceway with a lap time of 1:15.259, marking his fifth career Xfinity Series pole. This achievement follows his recent sweep of both the NASCAR Xfinity and Cup Series races at the Chicago Street Course, where he also started from pole and won. Van Gisbergen, driving for JR Motorsports, edged out teammate Connor Zilisch by 0.244 seconds to lock out the front row, with Sam Mayer and Jesse Love qualifying third and fourth respectively. Despite Zilisch's disappointment at missing the pole, he remains confident in his race-winning potential. Van Gisbergen, the defending Sonoma Xfinity race winner, praised the car's performance and expressed enthusiasm for the upcoming race, highlighting the track's warmer and slipperier conditions compared to last year. His success has prompted his Cup Series team owner to suggest he may be the greatest American stock car road course racer of all time, and a victory at Sonoma could make van Gisbergen the most successful international driver across NASCAR's top three tiers.