Toyota Development Driver scores most points, moves back into the provisional Chase field
SONOMA, Calif. (June 27, 2026) – Brent Crews continued to impress with another strong road course finish as he earned stage points in both stages and crossed the line in third – scoring an impressive 50 points on the day – in the NASCAR O’Reilly Series race at Sonoma Raceway on Saturday evening.
With the finish, Crews moved inside the provisional Chase field to 11th – 21 points above the cutline.
TOYOTA RACING Post-Race Recap
NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series (NOAPS)
Sonoma Raceway
Race 19 of 33 – 157.21 miles, 79 laps
TOYOTA FINISHING POSITIONS
1st, Shane van Gisbergen*
2nd, Connor Zilisch*
3rd, BRENT CREWS
4th, Anthony Alfredo*
5th, Parker Retzlaff*
13th, WILLIAM SAWALICH
18th, HARRISON BURTON
28th, DEAN THOMPSON
29th, TAYLOR GRAY
36th, BRANDON JONES
38th, BRAD PEREZ
*non-Toyota driver
TOYOTA QUOTES
BRENT CREWS, No. 19 Mobil 1 Toyota GR Supra, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 3rd
Scored more points than any other driver today. How do you assess your day?
“Yeah, overall happy with our performance with our Mobil 1 Toyota GR Supra today. We had a fast car, and we started up front, and ran up front all day. We got stage points. Felt like we passed 190 cars today, but overall, a good day for us. We got the most points there. Happy for our team. If we a little different of a points position, maybe we could have short pitted it and been able to race a little more with the 9 (Shane van Gisbergen), but overall, for our group, we mad big adjustments on it all day, and went back and forth with it, but overall happy.”
What could you have done differently to battle for the win there?
“We maximized our day with stage points and stuff like that, which was kind of the name of the game for us today, so we can race the next couple of weeks. Just trying to get a little buffer in case something would happen. Overall, happy for our team. We ran well all day, got stage points and finished in the top-three. Ultimately, had a good day. Not what we are striving for. Overall, our goal is to win, but we did about as good as we could do there.”
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