Daniel Suarez claimed his first NASCAR Cup Series victory on Sunday, leading the most laps and winning at Sonoma Raceway.
Daniel Suarez earned his first NASCAR Cup Series victory on Sunday, leading the most laps and winning at Sonoma Raceway.
Suarez was out front for 47 of 110 laps in the "Toyota/Save Mart 350," pushing the No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet to a 3.849-second margin of victory at the finish. His triumph at the 1.99-mile track was the first in the Cup Series for a Mexican driver.
Chris Buescher, back after a week's absence due to COVID-19, took second in the No. 17 RFK Racing Ford. Michael McDowell finished third with Kevin Harvick fourth and Daytona 500 winner Austin Cindric completing the top five.
Points leader Chase Elliott led 26 laps but was hampered by a pit stop penalty for his No. 9 team near the end of the second segment. He started the final stage in 34th place and moved up to eighth.
Teammate Kyle Larson, pole and last year's Sonoma winner, won the first stage and also led 26 laps, but his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet lost its right front wheel going uphill just after a pit stop in the final stage. He finished 15th.
Race standings:
| POS | DRIVER | CAR | BRAND | LAPS | GRID | LEADED | POINTS | BONUS | PENALTY KICK |
| 1 | Daniel Suarez | 99 | Chevrolet | 110 | 8 | 47 | 47 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Chris Buescher | 17 | Ford | 110 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | Michael McDowell | 34 | Ford | 110 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Kevin Harvick | 4 | Ford | 110 | 23 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | Austin Cindric | 2 | Ford | 110 | 25 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Ryan Blaney | 12 | Ford | 110 | 14 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Ross Chastain | 1 | Chevrolet | 110 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Chase Elliott | 9 | Chevrolet | 110 | 2 | 26 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | William Byron | 24 | Chevrolet | 110 | 20 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Brad Keselowski | 6 | Ford | 110 | 22 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Austin Dillon | 3 | Chevrolet | 110 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Justin Haley | 31 | Chevrolet | 110 | 18 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | Chase Briscoe | 14 | Ford | 110 | 15 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Aric Almirola | 10 | Ford | 110 | 21 | 0 | 38 | 15 | 0 |
| 15 | Kyle Larson | 5 | Chevrolet | 110 | 1 | 26 | 32 | 10 | 0 |
| 16 | Alex Bowman | 48 | Chevrolet | 110 | 19 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Joey Logano | 22 | Ford | 110 | 9 | 4 | 39 | 19 | 0 |
| 18 | Kurt Busch | 45 | Toyota | 110 | 11 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | AJ Allmendinger | 16 | Chevrolet | 110 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Joey Hand | 15 | Ford | 110 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Cole Custer | 41 | Ford | 110 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Erik Jones | 43 | Chevrolet | 110 | 33 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Ty Dillon | 42 | Chevrolet | 110 | 34 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Todd Gilliland | 38 | Ford | 110 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 47 | Chevrolet | 110 | 32 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | Martin Truex Jr. | 19 | Toyota | 110 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Christopher Bell | 20 | Toyota | 110 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Harrison Burton | 21 | Ford | 110 | 26 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 0 |
| 29 | Josh Bilicki | 77 | Chevrolet | 110 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Kyle Busch | 18 | Toyota | 110 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 0 |
| 31 | Denny Hamlin | 11 | Toyota | 110 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Cody Ware | 51 | Ford | 109 | 36 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Scott Heckert | 78 | Ford | 109 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Corey LaJoie | 7 | Chevrolet | 101 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Tyler Reddick | 8 | Chevrolet | 97 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Bubba Wallace | 23 | Toyota | 9 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |