Pit Stops

The 2024 Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series pit stop performance data highlights the fastest pit stops, team efficiency, and crew performance from Sonoma Raceway.

Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 250

Saturday, June 8th, 2024

Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, CA

  • 25 Chevrolet
  • 8 Ford
  • 6 Toyota

  • Wednesday, June 5th, 2024
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Road racin’ in wine country: Sonoma Raceway up next

The NASCAR Xfinity Series will be staying in the road course groove as it heads to Sonoma Raceway for the Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 250 on Saturday, June 8 at 8 p.m. ET on FS1, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, after coming off a wild one at Portland International Raceway road course last weekend.

This will be the second time the Xfinity Series has competed on the Sonoma, California 1.99-mile course. The first was last season in a race that saw Aric Almirola take the checkered flag over road course ringer A.J. Allmendinger by a mere 1.868 seconds.

Although Almirola was the first to land himself in Victory Lane at the 12-turn Sonoma circuit, it was Kyle Larson who won the pole with a speed of 91.393 mph.

Neither driver is entered in this weekend’s Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 250 so we will see a new pole sitter and race winner at Sonoma Raceway.

Xfinity Series drivers will kick off their weekend with practice at 4:05 p.m. ET on Friday, June 7, which will air on FS1 at 5 p.m. ET. Qualifying will be the following day at 3:30 p.m. ET on FS2.

Different Winners Streak: Can Van Gisbergen go back-to-back?

To no one’s surprise, New Zealander and former V8 Supercars star Shane van Gisbergen, now driving for Kaulig Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, showed his road course prowess last weekend at Portland International Raceway and secured his first NASCAR Xfinity Series win, locking himself into the Playoffs. Van Gisbergen is the 11th different driver to win in the Xfinity Series this season and the seventh consecutive different winner in as many races. Now, the 35-year-old is looking to ride the wave of momentum from his victory to Sonoma Raceway and keep the winning ways going this weekend.

If van Gisbergen were to win this weekend, he would not only end the streak of different winners, but also join Austin Hill as just the second driver this season to win consecutive Xfinity Series races this year.

And for those that don’t know, van Gisbergen’s win last weekend made him the seventh different foreign-born driver to win a race in the NASCAR Xfinity Series all-time (1982-2024), joining Daniel Suarez (Mexico), Marcos Ambrose (Australia), Nelson Piquet Jr. (Brazil), Juan Pablo Montoya (Columbia), Ron Fellows (Canada) and Larry Pollard (Canada).

Masters of Xfinity Series road racing

The all-time NASCAR Xfinity Series road course winners list was extended to 41 drivers last weekend after Kaulig Racing’s Shane van Gisbergen grabbed his first career win at Portland International Raceway. Now, the Xfinity Series teams have turned their focus on this week’s Sonoma Raceway, the second of six road courses on the NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule this season. Of the 41 all-time Xfinity road course winners, eight are entered this weekend in the Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 250 on June 8.

Active Xfinity Road Course Winners

Xfinity Road & Street Course Wins

AJ Allmendinger

11

Ty Gibbs

4

Justin Allgaier

3

Sam Mayer

3

Cole Custer

2

Boris Said

1

Shane Van Gisbergen

1

Jeremy Clements

1

Tracks

Active Road Course Winners This Weekend by Track

Watkins Glen International

Sam Mayer (1), Ty Gibbs (1)

Indianapolis Motor Speedway RC

AJ Allmendinger (1), Ty Gibbs (1)

Charlotte ROVAL

AJ Allmendinger (4), Sam Mayer (1)

Road America

AJ Allmendinger (1), Sam Mayer (1), Jeremy Clements (1), Justin Allgaier (1), Ty Gibbs (1)

Circuit of The Americas

AJ Allmendinger (2)

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (Montreal)

Boris Said (1), Justin Allgaier (1)

Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

AJ Allmendinger (2), Justin Allgaier (1)

Portland International Raceway

AJ Allmendinger (1), Cole Custer (1), Shane van Gisbergen (1)

Daytona Road Course

Ty Gibbs (1)

Chicago Street Race

Cole Custer (1)

Sonoma Raceway

None

Kaulig Racing’s A.J. Allmendinger heads to Sonoma looking to avenge his runner-up finish in last year’s race. They don’t call him the king of road courses for nothing as he currently leads the Xfinity Series record with 11 victories on road courses. This year, in the first two road course races at COTA and Portland, he’s finished 10thand fourth, respectively.

In search of his second win of the season, JR Motorsports’ Sam Mayer looks to continue to show how he has become one of the premier road course ringers in the series. Last season he posted wins on three out of the eight road courses on the schedule (Road America, Watkins Glen, Charlotte ROVAL). On this season’s road courses, he posted a ninth-place finish at COTA and won the pole at Portland.

While still searching for his first career win on a road course, Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Hill could finally get over the hump this weekend. Last season, he posted top-five finishes on four out of the eight road courses on the schedule (Portland, Chicago, Road America, Indianapolis Road Course) and top-10 finishes on two others (Sonoma, Charlotte Road Course). Hill came close to posting his first road course victory at COTA earlier this season, taking home a runner-up finish.

Playoff picture tightens up after Portland

With a win by Shane van Gisbergen last weekend at Portland, another spot in the Playoffs has been filled. So far, Austin Hill, Chandler Smith, Justin Allgaier, Jesse Love, Sam Mayer and Shane van Gisbergen have clinched their way into the postseason by virtue of their wins, leaving just six spots up for grabs.

Double duty drivers at Sonoma –A couple drivers will be looking to get some extra seat time this weekend at Sonoma Raceway – Ty Gibbs and John Hunter Nemechek.

Gibbs will be getting behind the wheel of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota for his third Xfinity Series start of the 2024 season. He ran at Sonoma last season in the series, posting a fourth-place finish.

Nemechek will be joining Joe Gibbs Racing behind the wheel of the No. 20 Toyota for his seventh Xfinity Series start of the season. He ran in the inaugural Xfinity Series Sonoma race last season, posting a 16th-place finish.

Said Heads Unite! Boris Said returns to NASCAR with Hendrick Motorsports –Veteran road racing ace Boris Said will be making his triumphant return to the NASCAR Xfinity Series this weekend at Sonoma Raceway driving the No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.

Said, from Carlsbad, California, will be making his first series start since driving the No. 13 for Carl Long at COTA in 2021.

Though, Said has not competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Sonoma, he has made 17 NASCAR Cup Series start at the road course posting five top-10 finishes.

  • Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 250
  • Pole Winner: Shane Van Gisbergen #
  • Age: 35
  • Team : No 97 - WeatherTech Chevrolet
  • Owner: Matthew Kaulig
  • Crew Chief: Bruce Schlicker
  • Shane Van Gisbergen won the Pole Award for the Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 250 with a lap of 74677 seconds, 95933 mph
  • This is his first pole in 14 NASCAR Xfinity Series races
  • This is his first pole and fourth top-10 start in 2024
  • This is his first pole in one races at Sonoma Raceway
  • Ty Gibbs (second) posted his third top-10 start of 2024 and his second in two races at Sonoma Raceway
  • Austin Hill (third) posted his first top-10 start at Sonoma Raceway It is his ninth in 14 races this season
  • Shane Van Gisbergen (first) was the fastest qualifying rookie

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Shane van Gisbergen gets second career Xfinity win at Sono

New Zealander Shane van Gisbergen powered his way to the lead on a restart with 11 laps remaining in Saturday’s Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 250 on the Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway road course and bolted off to a 1.323-second victory – his second career NASCAR Xfinity Series win coming only a week after his first.

The 35-year old Kiwi – who earned his first career pole position earlier Saturday at the 1.99-mile course and led a race best 32 laps – took the lead from Austin Hill negotiating a tight Turn 7 on a late race restart; his No. 97 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet winning a battle of tough side-by-side action that ultimately cost Hill four positions.

Both drivers acknowledged the close racing – the second time this season they have had contact racing for the late race lead at a road course. At Austin’s Circuit of The America they collided racing for the win on the last lap only to see NASCAR Cup Series regular Kyle Larson bolt by to claim the victory over them both.

“Man, what a race – an adventure up and down and up and down all day,” said Van Gisbergen, who – as he did in Portland – celebrated his win by signing a rugby ball and kicking it into the grandstands.

“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.”

Hill, who led 21 laps and finished fifth in the No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, was clearly displeased with the contact between himself and Van Gisbergen, but insisted on taking a sort or racing “high road.”

“I’m gonna leave it to the keyboard warriors on this one, I’ll let them figure out what happened,” said Hill, as he watched the replay on the track’s big video screen. “No matter what comment I say, it’ll be wrong.

“I plead the fifth, I’m not going to say anything about it,” he continued. “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.”

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Sheldon Creed finished runner-up to Van Gisbergen, the ninth second-place finish for Creed in the series and second of the 2024 season. JR Motorsports’ Sam Mayer was third with Jordan Anderson Racing rookie Austin Green fourth and Hill rounding out the top-five.

It marked the second top-10 finish in three career starts for the 23-year old recent college grad Green and was particularly impressive considering he started 22nd.

It was another young driver, former Xfinity Series champion Ty Gibbs who looked to be among Van Gisbergen’s toughest challengers early in the day. He led 26 laps but a slow second pit stop dropped in the field for the Stage 2 restart and he was among 13 cars collected in an accident in Turn 2 that eliminated several top cars.

The other NASCAR Cup Series regular in the field, John Hunter Nemechek was sixth in a Joe Gibbs Toyota with JR Motorsports Justin Allgaier, JGR’s Chandler Smith, Stewart-Haas Racing’s Cole Custer and Big Machine Racing’s Parker Kligerman rounding out the top-10.

“It was the work we did between weeks to make the car better again,” said Van Gisbergen, who also took the Stage 1 victory; his first career stage win.

“It was awesome racing Ty Gibbs at the start, we were really pushing each other. It’s special to win two road courses in a row and dream about one day winning on an oval.”

Custer’s eighth-place finish was good enough to keep a 12-point championship lead over both Hill and Chandler Smith.

  • Drivers Entered: 39 (1 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 70
  • Laps Actual: 79 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 01.323 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 11 Minutes 2 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 71.986
  • Cautions: 4 for 14 laps
  • Lead Changes: 3
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,069 (16.4 passes per green flag lap)

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  • Race Winner: Shane Van Gisbergen #
  • Age: 35
  • Team : No 97 - WeatherTech Chevrolet
  • Owner: Kaulig Racing
  • Crew Chief: Bruce Schlicker
  • Shane van Gisbergen won the Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 250, his second victory in 14 Xfinity Series races
  • This is his second victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2024
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish at Sonoma Raceway
  • Sheldon Creed (second) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Sonoma Raceway It is his eighth top-10 finish in 2024
  • Sam Mayer (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Sonoma Raceway
  • Shane van Gisbergen (first) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Cole Custer leads the point standings by 12 points over Austin Hill
  • Van Gisbergen becomes the first driver since Austin Cindric in 2019 to win his first two races in back-to-back events on the NXS schedule
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Pit Stop Summary Report

Summary of each driver's pit stop during the race. Detailed Report is below the Summary Report.

Average Driver and Crew Pit Stop Time
Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 250 at Sonoma Raceway Pit Stop Summary
DRIVER ST FIN STATUS PIT STOPS AVG DRVR TIME DRVR RANK AVG CREW TIME CREW RANK AVG TTL TIME TTL RANK FST STOP SLW STOP
Sam Mayer 8 3 Running 3 29.564 7 11.180 1 40.744 1 37.293 47.370
Cole Custer 12 9 Running 3 29.076 3 15.028 3 44.105 2 43.083 45.741
Austin Hill 3 5 Running 2 33.432 35 11.198 2 44.629 3 44.064 45.194
Shane van Gisbergen 1 1 Running 2 29.605 8 15.687 5 45.292 4 45.286 45.297
Riley Herbst 15 13 Running 2 30.077 18 15.266 4 45.343 5 44.613 46.072
Justin Allgaier 5 6 Running 2 29.659 10 16.299 6 45.958 6 45.178 46.738
Jeb Burton 20 36 Accident 2 29.434 5 16.796 9 46.230 7 45.664 46.795
Parker Kligerman 14 10 Running 3 29.673 11 16.741 7 46.413 8 46.204 46.632
AJ Allmendinger 4 17 Running 2 29.465 6 18.042 17 47.506 9 46.844 48.168
Austin Green 22 4 Running 2 30.137 20 17.547 12 47.683 10 47.498 47.868
Josh Williams 28 37 Accident 2 29.894 15 17.810 13 47.704 11 46.675 48.733
Josh Bilicki 31 16 Running 4 30.913 29 16.992 10 47.905 12 41.934 54.287
Sammy Smith 10 33 Running 2 30.077 18 17.858 14 47.935 13 45.157 50.712
Ryan Sieg 18 20 Running 2 30.075 17 17.906 15 47.981 14 47.803 48.158
Sheldon Creed 9 2 Running 2 29.284 4 18.782 20 48.066 15 47.035 49.097
Brandon Jones 27 38 Accident 2 30.056 16 18.618 19 48.674 16 46.937 50.410
John Hunter Nemechek 7 8 Running 2 29.004 2 19.754 23 48.758 17 46.051 51.464
Blaine Perkins 21 18 Running 3 30.446 22 18.543 18 48.989 18 46.881 51.582
Chandler Smith 11 7 Running 2 32.276 33 16.791 8 49.067 19 46.975 51.158
Jeremy Clements 23 22 Running 2 29.700 12 19.369 21 49.069 20 46.584 51.554
Kyle Sieg 32 23 Running 2 29.624 9 20.403 30 50.027 21 48.632 51.421
Kyle Weatherman 25 30 Running 2 29.817 14 20.236 27 50.053 22 48.678 51.427
Parker Retzlaff 13 11 Running 2 29.781 13 20.338 29 50.119 23 49.593 50.644
Ty Gibbs 2 35 Accident 2 30.687 27 19.719 22 50.406 24 46.904 53.908
Jesse Love 6 12 Running 2 30.262 21 20.187 26 50.449 25 46.564 54.334
Brad Perez 30 24 Running 2 30.492 24 20.321 28 50.813 26 50.207 51.419
Ryan Ellis 34 26 Running 2 31.280 30 19.814 24 51.094 27 50.880 51.307
Anthony Alfredo 16 31 Running 2 28.992 1 22.470 34 51.462 28 51.213 51.710
Boris Said 35 28 Running 2 33.631 36 18.031 16 51.662 29 46.592 56.732
Brennan Poole 33 14 Running 1 30.464 23 21.904 32 52.368 30 52.368 52.368
Ed Jones 17 15 Running 3 30.806 28 21.766 31 52.572 31 49.265 56.999
Hailie Deegan 37 32 Running 2 35.722 38 17.366 11 53.088 32 52.487 53.688
Alex Labbe 19 19 Running 2 30.609 25 23.248 35 53.857 33 50.486 57.227
Thomas Annunziata 26 34 Transmission 1 34.519 37 19.986 25 54.505 34 54.505 54.505
Garrett Smithley 38 27 Running 2 32.827 34 22.437 33 55.263 35 53.264 57.262
Preston Pardus 24 25 Running 2 31.531 31 24.210 36 55.741 36 54.030 57.451
Leland Honeyman Jr 29 29 Running 1 30.676 26 25.389 38 56.065 37 56.065 56.065
Matt DiBenedetto 36 21 Running 2 32.043 32 24.963 37 57.005 38 55.741 58.269

Pit Stop Detailed Report

Each 2- and 4-wheel pit stop during the race.

Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 250 at Sonoma Raceway Pit Stop Detail
DRIVER LDR LAP DRV LAP DRV TIME CREW TIME TOT TIME TYPE
AJ Allmendinger 42 41 29.694 17.150 46.844 4-wheel change
AJ Allmendinger 21 21 29.235 18.933 48.168 4-wheel change
Boris Said 21 21 31.116 15.476 46.592 4-wheel change
Boris Said 46 46 36.146 20.586 56.732 4-wheel change
Justin Allgaier 46 46 29.530 15.648 45.178 4-wheel change
Justin Allgaier 17 16 29.788 16.950 46.738 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 46 46 29.805 16.399 46.204 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 21 21 29.220 17.184 46.404 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 66 66 29.993 16.639 46.632 4-wheel change
Jeb Burton 46 46 29.782 15.882 45.664 4-wheel change
Jeb Burton 21 21 29.086 17.709 46.795 4-wheel change
Matt DiBenedetto 21 21 32.117 23.624 55.741 4-wheel change
Matt DiBenedetto 46 46 31.968 26.301 58.269 4-wheel change
Ryan Ellis 46 46 31.501 19.379 50.880 4-wheel change
Ryan Ellis 21 21 31.059 20.248 51.307 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 46 46 29.662 18.141 47.803 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 21 21 30.487 17.671 48.158 4-wheel change
Kyle Weatherman 46 46 29.426 19.252 48.678 4-wheel change
Kyle Weatherman 21 21 30.207 21.220 51.427 4-wheel change
Brennan Poole 46 46 30.464 21.904 52.368 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 17 16 29.036 14.047 43.083 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 46 46 29.169 14.321 43.490 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 66 66 29.024 16.717 45.741 4-wheel change
Garrett Smithley 21 21 33.279 19.985 53.264 4-wheel change
Garrett Smithley 46 46 32.374 24.888 57.262 4-wheel change
Josh Bilicki 58 57 30.189 11.745 41.934 Right-sides only
Josh Bilicki 66 66 31.854 10.177 42.031 Left-sides only
Josh Bilicki 46 46 30.612 22.755 53.367 4-wheel change
Josh Bilicki 21 21 30.998 23.289 54.287 4-wheel change
John Hunter Nemechek 21 21 29.134 16.917 46.051 4-wheel change
John Hunter Nemechek 46 46 28.874 22.590 51.464 4-wheel change
Alex Labbe 21 21 30.675 19.811 50.486 4-wheel change
Alex Labbe 46 46 30.542 26.685 57.227 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 42 41 29.816 14.248 44.064 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 21 21 37.047 8.147 45.194 4-wheel change
Brandon Jones 21 21 30.554 16.383 46.937 4-wheel change
Brandon Jones 46 46 29.557 20.853 50.410 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 46 46 29.644 16.940 46.584 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 21 21 29.756 21.798 51.554 4-wheel change
Josh Williams 46 46 29.709 16.966 46.675 4-wheel change
Josh Williams 21 21 30.079 18.654 48.733 4-wheel change
Riley Herbst 21 21 29.431 15.182 44.613 4-wheel change
Riley Herbst 46 46 30.723 15.349 46.072 4-wheel change
Anthony Alfredo 46 46 29.129 22.084 51.213 4-wheel change
Anthony Alfredo 21 21 28.854 22.856 51.710 4-wheel change
Preston Pardus 46 46 31.440 22.590 54.030 4-wheel change
Preston Pardus 21 21 31.621 25.830 57.451 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 46 46 29.251 17.784 47.035 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 14 13 29.317 19.780 49.097 4-wheel change
Ty Gibbs 17 17 30.421 16.483 46.904 4-wheel change
Ty Gibbs 46 46 30.953 22.955 53.908 4-wheel change
Blaine Perkins 66 66 29.817 17.064 46.881 4-wheel change
Blaine Perkins 46 46 31.011 17.493 48.504 4-wheel change
Blaine Perkins 21 21 30.511 21.071 51.582 4-wheel change
Kyle Sieg 22 22 27.078 21.554 48.632 4-wheel change
Kyle Sieg 46 46 32.169 19.252 51.421 4-wheel change
Sam Mayer 46 46 29.285 8.008 37.293 Left-sides only
Sam Mayer 41 41 29.427 8.142 37.569 Right-sides only
Sam Mayer 17 16 29.981 17.389 47.370 4-wheel change
Chandler Smith 21 21 33.878 13.097 46.975 4-wheel change
Chandler Smith 46 46 30.673 20.485 51.158 4-wheel change
Hailie Deegan 66 59 34.903 17.584 52.487 4-wheel change
Hailie Deegan 46 39 36.541 17.147 53.688 4-wheel change
Parker Retzlaff 46 46 30.141 19.452 49.593 4-wheel change
Parker Retzlaff 21 21 29.420 21.224 50.644 4-wheel change
Brad Perez 66 66 30.621 19.586 50.207 4-wheel change
Brad Perez 21 21 30.363 21.056 51.419 4-wheel change
Sammy Smith 21 21 29.170 15.987 45.157 4-wheel change
Sammy Smith 66 58 30.984 19.728 50.712 4-wheel change
Leland Honeyman Jr 21 21 30.676 25.389 56.065 4-wheel change
Ed Jones 46 46 30.567 18.698 49.265 4-wheel change
Ed Jones 17 16 30.444 21.009 51.453 4-wheel change
Ed Jones 53 53 31.407 25.592 56.999 4-wheel change
Jesse Love 17 17 29.948 16.616 46.564 4-wheel change
Jesse Love 46 46 30.576 23.758 54.334 4-wheel change
Shane van Gisbergen 21 21 29.816 15.470 45.286 4-wheel change
Shane van Gisbergen 46 46 29.394 15.903 45.297 4-wheel change
Austin Green 42 41 30.186 17.312 47.498 4-wheel change
Austin Green 17 16 30.087 17.781 47.868 4-wheel change
Thomas Annunziata 46 46 34.519 19.986 54.505 4-wheel change