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 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 2020 Cup Series champion has been suspended from competing in this weekend's event at Gateway following an on-track retaliatory incident involving Denny Hamlin during Monday's Coke 600.
The 29-year-old Blaney from High Point, North Carolina, led a race-high 163 of 400 laps and withstood trials and challenges from Mother Nature to the on-track chaos to snap a 59-race winless drought in NASCAR's longest event on the schedule.
The two-time Daytona 500-winning crew chief from Lafayette, Indiana, is set to achieve a milestone start in his fifth full-time season as a crew chief in NASCAR's premier series.
Denny Hamlin outdueled Kyle Larson in a wild finish at Kansas to win the AdventHealth 400. After a back-and-forth battle over the final laps, Hamlin got position on Larson and clipped Larson's rear, spinning the Hendrick driver, but he held on to finish second.
The three-time Daytona 500 champion from Chesterfield, Virginia, led 34 of 267-scheduled laps and executed a thrilling last-lap victory over Kyle Larson to notch his first Cup victory of the 2023 season.
The two-time Cup Series champion from Las Vegas, Nevada, led three of 196 over-scheduled laps and dodged a final lap carnage amid late fuel concerns to claim his second triumph of the season and his first at 'Dega in 15 years.
