NASCAR Cup Series driver Shane van Gisbergen. Daniel Bartel-Imagn Images

Shane van Gisbergen wins pole for NASCAR Cup Series race at Sonoma

By Samuel Stubbs | Last updated Jul 12, 2025 4:09 PM ET

For the second straight weekend, Shane van Gisbergen has swept the poles for both the NASCAR Xfinity Series race and the NASCAR Cup Series race.

After winning the pole for the Xfinity Series race on Friday, van Gisbergen won the pole for Sunday's Cup Series race at Sonoma with a lap of 74.594 seconds.

"I'm shaking," van Gisbergen told truTV. "It's a great car."

It's the fourth pole of van Gisbergen's Cup Series career and his third of the 2025 season. Van Gisbergen will go for his third win of 2025 on Sunday.

Chase Briscoe, Daytona 500 champion William Byron, Ross Chastain and AJ Allmendinger — who was fastest in practice — rounded out the top five, with Ty Gibbs, Ryan Blaney, Tyler Reddick, Alex Bowman and Christopher Bell completing the top 10.

Who else but SVG?!@shanevg97 wins the #BuschLightPole at @RaceSonoma! pic.twitter.com/33xEymq2Yv
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) July 12, 2025

Other notable qualifying efforts include defending Sonoma winner Kyle Larson in 11th, Chase Elliott in 13th, Michael McDowell in 15th, Denny Hamlin in 16th and defending Cup Series champion Joey Logano in 22nd.

Cody Ware was the slowest of 36 drivers that took time, while brake issues prevented Katherine Legge from making a qualifying attempt.

The Toyota/Save Mart 350 will go green shortly after 3:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, with coverage on TNT, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Pre-race coverage will begin at 3 p.m. ET on TNT and at 2:30 p.m. ET on PRN.

Samuel Stubbs

Hailing from the same neck of the woods as NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin, Samuel has been covering NASCAR for Yardbarker since February 2024. He has been a member of the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) since October of 2024. When he’s not writing about racing, Samuel covers Arkansas Razorback basketball for Yardbarker

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