Shane Van Gisbergen, Australian Supercars veteran turned Xfinity Series ace, proved once again that he’s one to watch at road courses at Sonoma on June 8th, 2024, muscling the No. 97 NASCAR Chevy Camaro SS to the win for the second week in a row.
Van Gisbergen took control of the race with 11 laps to go, shouldering his way past the No. 21 NASCAR Chevy Camaro of Austin Hill in Turn 7 of the Californian road course. It wasn’t an easy pass for Van Gisbergen, however, as Hill put up a hell of a side-by-side fight trying to defend his position. Their battle culminated in contact before Van Gisbergen Got away with the lead and crossed the finish line 1.323 seconds ahead of Hill.
“Man, what a race – an adventure up and down and up and down all day,” Van Gisbergen said. “But that last restart, I was just giving it all I had, and two guys going for the same real estate came together. It was pretty awesome though, a lot of fun. Hope everyone enjoyed the show. Pretty awesome back-to-back weeks for us.”
Fellow NASCAR Chevy driver Hill was frustrated with the contact that ultimately cost him the race and relegated him to a fifth-place finish.
“I’m gonna leave it to the keyboard warriors on this one; I’ll let them figure out what happened,” said Hill. “No matter what comment I say, it’ll be wrong. I plead the fifth; I’m not going to say anything about it.”
He added, “We’ll just go on to the next one, good hard racing. We were holding off SVG for a while, had that caution, and I knew it was going to be tough on the restart, and it didn’t work out. But we had a good points day and finished in the top five. You can’t ask for more than that.”
| Finish | Start | Car Number | Driver | Team | Laps Run | Laps Led | Car |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 97 | Shane Van Gisbergen # | WeatherTech Chevrolet | 79 | 32 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 2 | 9 | 18 | Sheldon Creed | MRC Construction Toyota | 79 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
| 3 | 8 | 1 | Sam Mayer | myRTIC Chevrolet | 79 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 4 | 22 | 32 | Austin Green | 3Dimensional.com Chevrolet | 79 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 5 | 3 | 21 | Austin Hill | Bennett Transportation Chevrolet | 79 | 21 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 6 | 5 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | BRANDT Partners Chevrolet | 79 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 7 | 11 | 81 | Chandler Smith | QuickTie Toyota | 79 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
| 8 | 7 | 20 | John Hunter Nemechek(i) | Safeway Toyota | 79 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
| 9 | 12 | 00 | Cole Custer | Haas Automation Ford | 79 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 10 | 14 | 48 | Parker Kligerman | Spiked Lite Coolers Chevrolet | 79 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 11 | 13 | 31 | Parker Retzlaff | FUNKAWAY Chevrolet | 79 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Jesse Love # | Whelen Chevrolet | 79 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 13 | 15 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Monster Energy Ford | 79 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 14 | 33 | 44 | Brennan Poole | Frontline Fire Protection Chevrolet | 79 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 15 | 17 | 26 | Ed Jones | Synergy Modular Careers Toyota | 79 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
| 16 | 31 | 92 | Josh Bilicki | SBC Contractors Inc. Chevrolet | 79 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 17 | 4 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Celsius Chevrolet | 79 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 18 | 21 | 29 | Blaine Perkins | AutoParkit.com Ford | 79 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 19 | 19 | 07 | Alex Labbe | Sonoma Aviation Chevrolet | 79 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 20 | 18 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | Sci Aps Ford | 79 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 21 | 36 | 38 | Matt DiBenedetto | Viking Motorsports Ford | 79 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 22 | 23 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | One Stop/All South Electric Chevrolet | 79 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 23 | 32 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | RSS Racing Ford | 79 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 24 | 30 | 14 | Brad Perez | Refology/Weiss Ford | 79 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 25 | 24 | 50 | Preston Pardus | Chinchor Electric Inc Chevrolet | 79 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 26 | 34 | 43 | Ryan Ellis | Classic Collision Chevrolet | 79 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 27 | 38 | 4 | Garrett Smithley | Dozer Winch Chevrolet | 79 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 28 | 35 | 17 | Boris Said | HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 79 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 29 | 29 | 42 | Leland Honeyman # | RANDCO Industries Chevrolet | 78 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 30 | 25 | 91 | Kyle Weatherman | DriveSmart/ML20 Chevrolet | 78 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 31 | 16 | 5 | Anthony Alfredo | Chevy Accessories Chevrolet | 77 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 32 | 37 | 15 | Hailie Deegan # | VIVA Tequila Seltzer Ford | 72 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 33 | 10 | 8 | Sammy Smith | Pilot Flying J Chevrolet | 71 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 34 | 26 | 6 | Thomas Annunziata | TeamJDMotorsports.com Chevrolet | 63 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 35 | 2 | 19 | Ty Gibbs(i) | Starkey/Soundgear Toyota | 50 | 26 | Toyota TRD Supra |
| 36 | 20 | 27 | Jeb Burton | FVP/Bommarito Auto Group Chevrolet | 49 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 37 | 28 | 11 | Josh Williams | Alloy Employer Services Chevrolet | 49 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 38 | 27 | 9 | Brandon Jones | Menards/Jeld-Wen Chevrolet | 49 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver
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Comments
SVG should be in the Cup road course races as well.
What will Chevy race in 2025? The Camaro stopped production in Jan.2024.