{"id":3216,"date":"2026-06-28T12:10:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T12:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=3216"},"modified":"2026-06-28T12:10:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T12:10:36","slug":"with-extra-lap-at-sonoma-ty-gibbs-earns-first-pole-position-on-a-road-course-in-nascar-cup-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=3216","title":{"rendered":"With extra lap at Sonoma, Ty Gibbs earns first pole position on a road course in NASCAR Cup career"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>SONOMA (AP) \u2014 Ty Gibbs earned the first road-course pole position of his NASCAR Cup Series career, capitalizing on a decision to take another crack at Sonoma Raceway.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=3214\">Could a fertilizer breakthrough at Lawrence Livermore Lab spark the next Green Revolution?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gibbs\u2019 No. 54 Toyota shot to the top of the board late in the final qualifying session on Saturday after a disappointing initial lap. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver toured the 1.99-mile layout in one minute, 14.829 seconds and just topped Carson Hocevar (1:14.854). Kyle Larson qualified third, followed by Michael McDowell and Ross Chastain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like I just had some more speed out there,\u201d Gibbs said about convincing his team to take another run. \u201cI just thought that I didn\u2019t have a great first lap. It was pretty good, but I just think I could get better and then I just stuck to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the third career Cup pole and the first since July 2024 at Pocono Raceway for the 23-year-old grandson of NASCAR Hall of Famer Joe Gibbs, who won three Super Bowls as Washington\u2019s head coach.<\/p>\n<p>Ty Gibbs broke through in April for his first Cup win at Bristol Motor Speedway and is optimistic for Sunday\u2019s 110-lap race.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=3209\">Bay Area hospitals race to rebuild, facing new earthquake standards<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Camry is really fast,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m really happy with it. It did a really good job, and I did a good job as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Defending race winner Shane van Gisbergen qualified sixth after winning the pole in his four previous NASCAR starts at Sonoma. He is coming off a 38th at the San Diego street race, where he started on pole but was caught in a crash that knocked him to 17th in the points standings and outside a provisional spot in the Chase championship playoff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a good opportunity for a points day,\u201d van Gisbergen said of San Diego. \u201cMy car just came alive, so I was pretty gutted trying to think about what I could have done better there. I was pretty pissed off with that, but I can use it as motivation pretty well. I\u2019m pretty fired up this weekend but also pretty calm and focused, too. We just have to go and execute, do my job and try and make up for it this week.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bubba Wallace qualified 26th despite spinning and smacking the wall. His No. 23 Toyota will need major front-end repairs to keep its starting spot without going to a backup car.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=3207\">San Francisco police arrest 5 at trans march; 2 officers injured in scuffle<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defending race winner Shane van Gisbergen qualified sixth after winning the pole in his four previous NASCAR starts at Sonoma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>With extra lap at Sonoma, Ty Gibbs earns first pole position on a road course in NASCAR Cup career - 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