Sonoma Raceway will play host to its 36th Cup Series race Sunday — but it's first in July. This is the latest in the calendar that NASCAR has visited the 11-turn, 1.99-mile road course of San Francisco. The previous 35 races were primarily held in June (from 1993-97, the race was run in May).

Six races ago, William Byron looked like a near-certain lock to win the NASCAR Cup Series regular-season championship, and the 15 bonus Playoff Points that go a

Two questions are front and center as the NASCAR Cup Series heads for Somona Raceway for Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 (3:30 p.m. ET on TNT, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). First, can any other driver in the series halt Shane van Gisbergen’s streak of perfection on road and street courses?

Shane van Gisbergen, driving a car for JR Motorsports, claimed the pole for Saturday’s Xfinity race at Sonoma Raceway. He toured the 1.99-mile road course at an average of 95.191 mph. Connor Zilisch will join van Gisbergen on the front row after a lap of 94.884 mph. That gives JR Motorsports a sweep of the front row.

A week after running the table in the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series at the Chicago Street Course, Shane van Gisbergen was back at his expected roa

See where your favorite NASCAR Xfinity Series driver will pit for the Pit Boss / FoodMaxx 250 at Sonoma Raceway on Saturday (4:30 p.m. ET, The CW, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

The Food Network fixture will give the command to start engines at the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday.