The 31-year-old Wallace from Mobile, Alabama, led 23 of 268 over-scheduled laps and fended off Kyle Larson through two overtime attempts to snap a 100-race winless drought and become the 17th competitor overall to win at the Greatest Spectacle in Racing.
The 2024 Southern 500 champion from Mitchell, Indiana, posted a pole-winning lap at 183.165 mph in 49.136 seconds, which was enough to claim his third crown-jewel pole position of the 2025 Cup Series season and his first at his home track.
The three-time Daytona 500 champion from Chesterfield, Virginia, native will continue to pilot the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota entry on a new multi-year basis in NASCAR's premier series.
NASCAR travels to Dover Motor Speedway this weekend. Sunday afternoon the NASCAR Cup Series will close out the weekend activities with the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400.
The reigning three-time Cup Series champion from Middletown, Connecticut, is scheduled to achieve a milestone start in his 17th consecutive season as a full-time competitor in NASCAR's premier series.
The 2025 NASCAR Sonoma penalty report features two Rick Ware Racing's No. 51 crew members suspended for two Cup races for detached wheels and three Xfinity teams penalized for lug nut infractions.
