The 2026 Toyota/Save Mart 350 was an NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on June 28, 2026, at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California. Contested over 110 laps on the asphalt road course, it was the 18th race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, as well as the first race of the 2026 NASCAR In-Season Challenge.
Shane van Gisbergen won the race. Chase Briscoe finished 2nd, and Ty Gibbs finished 3rd. Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell rounded out the top five, and Ryan Blaney, Connor Zilisch, Ryan Preece, Michael McDowell, and Alex Bowman rounded out the top ten.
Report
Background
Sonoma Raceway is a road course and drag strip located on the landform known as Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains in Sonoma, California, U.S. The road course features 12 turns on a hilly course with of total elevation change. It is host to one of only seven NASCAR Cup Series races each year that are run on road courses. It is also host to the NTT IndyCar Series and several other auto races and motorcycle races such as the American Federation of Motorcyclists series. Sonoma Raceway continues to host amateur, or club racing events which may or may not be open to the general public. The largest such car club is the Sports Car Club of America. In 2022, the race was reverted to racing the club configuration.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Ryan Blaney was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 1:15.808 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 1:15.808 94.502 2 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:15.924 94.358 3 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 1:15.938 94.340Official practice results
Qualifying Ty Gibbs scored the pole for the race with a time of 1:14.829 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:14.829 95.738 2 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1:14.854 95.706 3 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:14.870 95.686 4 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1:14.877 95.677 5 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1:14.913 95.631 6 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1:14.914 95.630 7 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:14.984 95.540 8 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1:15.045 95.463 9 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:15.052 95.454 10 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 1:15.085 95.412 11 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 1:15.100 95.393 12 33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:15.192 95.276 13 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:15.359 95.065 14 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:15.366 95.056 15 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 1:15.384 95.033 16 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 1:15.391 95.025 17 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1:15.414 94.996 18 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:15.541 94.836 19 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 1:15.628 94.727 20 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 1:15.640 94.712 21 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1:15.737 94.590 22 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:15.832 94.472 23 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 1:15.838 94.465 24 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 1:15.848 94.452 25 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 1:15.878 94.415 26 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 1:15.887 94.404 27 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 1:15.923 94.359 28 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 1:15.958 94.315 29 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 1:16.080 94.164 30 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:16.129 94.103 31 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1:16.292 93.902 32 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 1:16.303 93.889 33 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 1:16.534 93.605 34 4 Noah Gragson Rick Ware Racing Ford 1:16.605 93.519 35 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 1:16.631 93.487 36 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 1:17.439 92.512 Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 25
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 84 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 75 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 66 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 48 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 39 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 210 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 1
Stage Two Laps: 30
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 84 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 75 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 66 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 57 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 48 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 39 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 210 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 1
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 55
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 6 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 110 63 2 7 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 110 37 3 1 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 110 54 4 3 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 110 35 5 14 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 110 50 6 16 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 110 32 7 17 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 110 33 8 19 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 110 35 9 4 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 110 36 10 22 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 110 32 11 2 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 110 33 12 13 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 110 25 13 23 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 110 31 14 5 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 110 29 15 35 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 110 22 16 8 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 110 29 17 18 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 110 20 18 24 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 110 24 19 15 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 110 18 20 27 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 110 17 21 33 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 110 16 22 26 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 110 15 23 32 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 110 17 24 10 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 110 13 25 20 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 110 12 26 9 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 110 11 27 30 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 110 10 28 28 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 110 9 29 29 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 110 8 30 25 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 110 8 31 21 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 110 6 32 34 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 110 5 33 36 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 109 4 34 12 33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 109 0 35 31 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 109 2 36 11 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 106 2 Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 8 among 6 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 3 for 8 laps Red flags: 0 Time of race: 2 hours, 37 minutes and 53 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television TNT covered the race on the television side. Adam Alexander, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Marty Snider, Shannon Spake, Danielle Trotta and Mamba Smith handled pit road for the television side.
TNTBooth announcersPit reportersLap-by-lap: Adam AlexanderColor-commentator: Dale Earnhardt Jr.Color-commentator: Steve Letarte Marty SniderShannon SpakeDanielle TrottaMamba Smith
Radio The race was broadcast on radio by the Performance Racing Network and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Brad Gillie and Nick Yeoman called the race in the booth while the field was racing on the pit straightaway. Pat Patterson called the race from a stand outside of turn 2 when the field was racing up turns 2, 3 and 3a. Doug Turnbull called the race from a stand outside of turn 7a when the field was racing through turns 4a and 7a. Michael Young called the race from a billboard outside turn 11 when the field was racing through turns 10 and 11. Andrew Kurland, Heather DeBeaux and Wendy Venturini reported from pit lane during the race.
PRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Brad GillieAnnouncer: Nick Yeoman Turns 2, 3 & 3a: Pat PattersonTurns 4a & 7a: Doug TurnbullTurns 10 & 11: Michael Young Andrew KurlandHeather DeBeauxWendy Venturini
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Denny Hamlin 719 1 2 Tyler Reddick 718 (–1) 3 Ryan Blaney 615 (–104) 1 4 Ty Gibbs 589 (–130) 1 5 Kyle Larson 571 (–148) 6 Chase Elliott 554 (–165) 7 Chris Buescher 518 (–201) 1 8 Carson Hocevar 509 (–210) 1 9 Daniel Suárez 484 (–235) 2 10 Christopher Bell 472 (–247) 1 11 Chase Briscoe 468 (–251) 1 12 William Byron 446 (–273) 2 13 Bubba Wallace 444 (–275) 3 14 Shane van Gisbergen 425 (–294) 1 15 Ryan Preece 402 (–317) 1 16 Austin Cindric 401 (–318)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 837 2 Chevrolet 739 (–98) 3 Ford 592 (–245)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
NASCAR In-Season Challenge bracket
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