
Hamlin gets Ty Dillon as Sonoma bracket picture sharpens
Denny Hamlin will open NASCAR’s In-Season Challenge against Ty Dillon at Sonoma, with several awkward road-course matchups now set.
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Denny Hamlin will open NASCAR’s In-Season Challenge against Ty Dillon at Sonoma, with several awkward road-course matchups now set.

Ryan Preece leaves NASCAR’s San Diego street race with the final provisional Chase place after his Stage 2 win and RFK Racing’s strongest road-course response of the summer.

Corey Heim’s first NASCAR Cup win will not be followed by an immediate Sonoma start, with the No. 67 absent from the entry list.

Shane van Gisbergen’s San Diego crash has quickly rolled into a major Sonoma reset, with NASCAR confirming him on the entry list as the defending winner and In-Season Challenge opener looms.

AJ Allmendinger will make his 500th NASCAR Cup Series start at Sonoma after a timely Kaulig Racing lift in San Diego.

Bubba Wallace recovered from a two-lap penalty to finish second at San Diego, giving 23XI a 1-2 but leaving Sonoma as the next road-course test.

Tyler Reddick starts NASCAR’s In-Season Challenge at Sonoma after San Diego turned his Cup points lead and 23XI momentum into a sharper test.

Christopher Bell’s planned San Diego relief-driver handover to Brent Crews ended with a mechanical failure and a 39th-place finish.

Tyler Reddick still leads the NASCAR Cup standings, but Denny Hamlin cut the gap to eight points after San Diego.

Kevin Magnussen’s NASCAR Cup debut ended with a tense pit-road exchange with Noah Gragson after their San Diego contact.

AJ Allmendinger’s San Diego NASCAR Cup top five has pulled Kaulig Racing back toward the Chase cutline before Sonoma.

NASCAR has not locked in its 2027 street-race plans, but San Diego has strengthened the case for future Cup events away from traditional circuits.