The 2021 IndyCar Series champion from Sant Antoni de Vilamajor, Spain, led 10 of 55 laps and executed on a late pit strategy to overtake pole-sitter Colton Herta with seven laps remaining and extend his championship lead with his third victory of the season.
Kyle Busch won Stage 2 at Sonoma but couldn't catch Martin Truex Jr. late and settled for the runner-up spot.
"I thought I could catch Martin," Busch said. "I gave it my best shot. There's nothing like a charge in 'Wine Country,' except for maybe a 'charge' in 'Tequila Country.'"
The 2017 Cup Series champion from Mayetta, New Jersey, led a race-high 51 of 110-scheduled laps and capitalized on a 15-lap dash to the finish to fend off Kyle Busch to claim his fourth Cup triumph in Sonoma, California.
The 39-year-old Almirola from Tampa, Florida, led 17 of 79-scheduled laps and fended off road-ringers Allmendinger and Larson through a 15-lap dash to the finish to notch his first Xfinity victory since 2017.
The three-time Daytona 500 champion from Chesterfield, Virginia, claimed his second Cup pole award of the 2023 season after posting a pole-winning lap at 92.178 mph in 77.719 seconds.
The 2021 Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, will lead the field to the start of the Xfinity Series' inaugural event at the 12-turn circuit in Northern California after he posted a pole-winning lap at 91.393 mph in 78.387 seconds.
The NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series travel to Sonoma Raceway this weekend while the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series is off until Friday, June 23 at Nashville Superspeedway. The ARCA Menards Series West will kick off the racing action with the General Tire 200 Friday evening at 6:30 p.m. on FloRacing.com with a paid subscription.
Kyle Larson headlines a growing list of Cup and Xfinity Series competitors who will be pulling double duty efforts between the ARCA Menards Series West, Xfinity and Cup weekend events in Sonoma, California.
Kyle Busch started on the pole at World Wide Technology Raceway and won Stage 1 on his way to the win in the Enjoy Illinois 300. Busch managed several restarts down the stretch and repelled the challenge of Kyle Larson.
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The 2026 Daytona 500 champion from Corning, California, led a race-high 58 of 95 laps and became the first ever competitor to win the first three events in a Cup Series schedule following a dominant victory in Austin.
Kyle Busch and the No. 8 Rebel Root Beer Whiskey Chevrolet Persevere Making Impactful Adjustments to Finish Inside the Top-15 at Circuit of The Americas
Thanks to a late surge in Sunday’s DuraMAX Texas Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas, Josh Berry and the No. 21 DEX team were in contention for a top-25 finish before ultimately coming home 26th.
