NASCAR Results Today: Van Gisbergen takes historic win at Sonoma after late cautions

Shane van Gisbergen claimed his third win of the NASCAR Cup Series season at Sonoma on Sunday, leading a staggering 97 out of 110 laps.

The Kiwi driver finished second in Stage 1 and won Stage 2, despite pitting in the final laps of each to flip the stages and put himself into the best possible position for the race win – which he took in style to extend his status as the Cup Series' winningest foreign-born driver.

Ross Chastain was among those who opted to stay out and take the playoff point for stage victory in the opening 25-lap salvo, finishing a couple of seconds ahead of Van Gisbergen.

However, when Kyle Larson tried to do the same thing 30 laps later his mirrors were full of Van Gisbergen's No. 88 car when the Kiwi emerged from pit road, and couldn't hold him off in a physical battle before the green and white flag.

The start of the final stage saw the first caution for cause of the entire weekend's racing, with Ryan Blaney getting run off the track by Chris Beuscher and getting stuck on a grass barrier with his rear wheels stuck in the air. That incident dropped him to the back of the field, a lap down.

A second caution with 15 laps remaining threatened to throw Van Gisbergen's race into chaos when a number of cars behind him pitted for fresh tyres, but 12 cars stayed out behind him to give him a buffer against those on new rubber.

The race didn't even last another whole lap without incident when it restarted with 11 laps to go, a pile-up bringing out another caution and scrubbing away more time for those trying to chase down SVG. Restarting again with seven to go...exactly the same happened.

In the end, none of it mattered for the race win, with Van Gisbergen now sitting with the joint-most wins on the year and gobbling up playoff points, with Watkins Glen still to come.

With that said, let’s take a look at the results from Sunday's race.

NASCAR Cup Series: Who won the Sonoma race today?

NASCAR Cup Series: Sonoma Stage 2 results

NASCAR Cup Series: Sonoma Stage 1 results

NASCAR Cup Series: Sonoma Stage 1 results

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