NASCAR News: van Gisbergen rockets to Xfinity pole at Sonoma
Shane Van Gisbergen is having a ‘field day’ on NASCAR road courses, thoroughly schooling the ‘we only turn left’ NASCAR regulars.
JR Motorsports has locked out the front row for the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Sonoma Raceway. Once again, Shane van Gisbergen earned pole position with a lap of 1m15.259s. His teammate, Connor Zilisch, was 2nd, 2/10ths slower.
For Van Gisbergen, this is his fifth pole in 35 NASCAR Xfinity Series races and his second pole and second top-10 start in 2025.
This is his second pole in two races at Sonoma Raceway, and Van Gisbergen is also the defending winner of the Sonoma Xfinity race.
Car is really, really good,” said van Gisbergen. “I was having fun out there … Looking forward to the race tomorrow.”
Xfinity Series Qualifying Results
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Speed |
| 1 | 9 | Shane Van Gisbergen(i) | Quad Lock Chevrolet | 75.259 | 95.191 |
| 2 | 88 | Connor Zilisch # | Roto-Rooter Chevrolet | 75.503 | 94.884 |
| 3 | 41 | Sam Mayer | Audibel Ford | 75.644 | 94.707 |
| 4 | 2 | Jesse Love | Whelen Chevrolet | 75.839 | 94.463 |
| 5 | 18 | William Sawalich # | Soundgear Toyota | 75.881 | 94.411 |
| 6 | 8 | Sammy Smith | Pilot Chevrolet | 75.890 | 94.400 |
| 7 | 1 | Carson Kvapil # | Bass Pro Shops/Clarience Tech Chevrolet | 76.168 | 94.055 |
| 8 | 20 | Brandon Jones | Menards/Little Giant Toyota | 76.193 | 94.024 |
| 9 | 0 | Sheldon Creed | Pit Boss Ford | 76.208 | 94.006 |
| 10 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | BRANDT Chevrolet | 76.270 | 93.929 |
| 11 | 54 | Taylor Gray # | Operation 300 Toyota | 76.281 | 93.916 |
| 12 | 31 | Blaine Perkins | Warrior Health Foundation Chevrolet | 76.339 | 93.845 |
| 13 | 42 | Anthony Alfredo | Dude Wipes Chevrolet | 76.372 | 93.804 |
| 14 | 17 | Corey Day | HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 76.432 | 93.730 |
| 15 | 19 | Riley Herbst(i) | Monster Energy Toyota | 76.439 | 93.722 |
| 16 | 21 | Austin Hill | Bennett Transportation Chevrolet | 76.502 | 93.645 |
| 17 | 27 | Jeb Burton | BG Products Chevrolet | 76.630 | 93.488 |
| 18 | 11 | Josh Williams | Alloy Employer Services Chevrolet | 76.785 | 93.299 |
| 19 | 25 | Harrison Burton | AirBox Ford | 76.809 | 93.270 |
| 20 | 7 | Alex Labbe | Sonoma Aviation Chevrolet | 76.895 | 93.166 |
| 21 | 16 | Christian Eckes # | LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet | 77.046 | 92.983 |
| 22 | 14 | Connor Mosack(i) | Knight Fire Protection Chevrolet | 77.075 | 92.948 |
| 23 | 48 | Nick Sanchez # | Big Machine Label Group Chevrolet | 77.137 | 92.874 |
| 24 | 99 | Matt DiBenedetto | Viking Motorsports Chevrolet | 77.194 | 92.805 |
| 25 | 91 | Josh Bilicki | SBC Contractors Inc Chevrolet | 77.237 | 92.753 |
| 26 | 53 | Sage Karam | Eternal Fan Toyota | 77.270 | 92.714 |
| 27 | 71 | Ryan Ellis | Classic Collision Chevrolet | 77.312 | 92.663 |
| 28 | 5 | Kris Wright | First National Bank Corp Chevrolet | 77.355 | 92.612 |
| 29 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | Sci Aps Ford | 77.365 | 92.600 |
| 30 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Alliance/All South Electric Chevrolet | 77.369 | 92.595 |
| 31 | 10 | Daniel Dye # | Champion Container Chevrolet | 77.390 | 92.570 |
| 32 | 44 | Brennan Poole | Finance Pro Plus Chevrolet | 77.478 | 92.465 |
| 33 | 32 | Austin Green | 3Dimensional.com Chevrolet | 77.559 | 92.368 |
| 34 | 4 | Parker Retzlaff | FUNKAWAY Beads Chevrolet | 77.574 | 92.351 |
| 35 | 26 | Dean Thompson # | Thompson Pipe Group Toyota | 77.591 | 92.330 |
| 36 | 70 | Will Rodgers | Refology/Sipeos Chevrolet | 77.696 | 92.206 |
| 37 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | RSS Racing Ford | 78.073 | 91.760 |
| 38 | 45 | Brad Perez | Pala Casino Chevrolet | 78.566 | 91.184 |
| 39 | 35 | Austin J Hill | Chevrolet | 78.672 | 91.062 |