NASCAR at Sonoma live updates: Kyle Larson sweeps stages, wins Toyota Save Mart 350

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The NASCAR Cup Series is at Sonoma Raceway today. The Toyota Save Mart 350 started at 4 p.m. on FS1.

The race will be 226.8 miles (90 laps) with stages ending on laps 20, 40 and 90 on the 2.52-mile road course. All times are Eastern.

Check back here for live updates throughout the race and follow NASCAR reporter Alex Andrejev on Twitter at @AndrejevAlex. Full results will be posted here after the race.

Race results

Pos.

Car

Driver

Time behind

Laps

Best Time

Best Speed

1

5

Kyle Larson

--

92

99.445

91.226

2

9

Chase Elliott

0.614

92

99.969

90.748

3

19

Martin Truex Jr.

1.869

92

100.249

90.495

4

22

Joey Logano

2.637

92

101.3

89.556

5

18

Kyle Busch

3.474

92

100.124

90.608

6

1

Kurt Busch

4.838

92

101.065

89.764

7

42

Ross Chastain

5.558

92

100.952

89.864

8

11

Denny Hamlin

6.896

92

100.905

89.906

9

48

Alex Bowman

7.495

92

100.583

90.194

10

12

Ryan Blaney

8.389

92

101.132

89.705

11

43

Erik Jones

8.904

92

101.123

89.713

12

99

Daniel Suarez

9.637

92

101.268

89.584

13

3

Austin Dillon

10.432

92

100.777

90.021

14

23

Bubba Wallace

10.757

92

101.253

89.597

15

2

Brad Keselowski

10.917

92

101.235

89.613

16

17

Chris Buescher

11.169

92

100.846

89.959

17

14

Chase Briscoe #

11.619

92

101.322

89.536

18

7

Corey LaJoie

11.789

92

100.936

89.879

19

8

Tyler Reddick

12.315

92

100.691

90.097

20

41

Cole Custer

13.808

92

101.513

89.368

21

37

* Ryan Preece

14.064

92

100.717

90.074

22

4

Kevin Harvick

14.152

92

100.535

90.237

23

21

Matt DiBenedetto

14.384

92

101.052

89.776

24

20

Christopher Bell

15.063

92

100.932

89.882

25

15

James Davison

15.272

92

102.422

88.575

26

78

Scott Heckert

15.605

92

103.649

87.526

27

10

Aric Almirola

16.53

92

101.283

89.571

28

34

Michael McDowell

16.949

92

101.356

89.506

29

52

Josh Bilicki

17.863

92

103.57

87.593

30

77

Ben Rhodes(i)

18.001

92

103.479

87.67

31

38

Anthony Alfredo #

18.29

92

101.83

89.09

32

53

Garrett Smithley(i)

20.125

92

105.314

86.142

33

6

Ryan Newman

24.04

92

101.935

88.998

34

51

Cody Ware(i)

-8

84

103.805

87.395

35

24

William Byron

-16

76

100.872

89.936

36

0

Quin Houff

-23

69

104.112

87.137

37

47

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

-52

40

101.329

89.53

NASCAR at Sonoma live updates

Final Stage

7:29 p.m., Final: Kyle Larson holds off Chase Elliott in the final two laps to win nearly wire-to-wire, for all intents and purposes. Larson won all three stages Sunday at Sonoma in a dominant victory.

7:25 p.m., Overtime: Larson leads the field to the green-white-checkered restart, with Chase Elliott on his tail. Elliott looking for any chance he can, any angle, to try and cut down Larson.

7:16 p.m., Lap 88: Larson leads Elliott out of the restart and takes off again. And then a caution again as there is a spin what seems like way out of the way. After a reply, a handful of cars checked up and were involved, including Bowman and Bell. We will officially go to overtime.

7:10 p.m., Lap 85: Caution is out! This will make for a fun finish. Cody Ware and Ryan Preece involved in this one, and that is going to bunch the front of the field up a bit. Chase Elliott is probably the happiest person here, as this will bring him within a car length of the front with a restart set for 3 or 4 laps to go.

7:04 p.m., Lap 82: Kyle Larson ran his fastest lap of the race in Lap 81, which has put a big gap between himself and second place. That is now Chase Elliott, by the way. Martin Truex Jr. is now in third, as well, as Logano keeps moving in the wrong direction with tires that aren’t quite as fresh.

7:00 p.m., Lap 79: Green flag racing. Tight through the first few corners between Larson and Logano, but in Turn 5, Larson makes a great move to check up on Logano and then put some distance out there. Nice bit of racing. Now he opens up a full second difference.

6:51 p.m., Lap 77: Man, is Larson just dealing today. Kyle Larson makes his way BACK to the front again, and starts to pull away as he had fresher tires than Logano. And then... another caution, and a big one. This one, Chastain, LaJoie, Byron, Harvick all collected. Harvick was having a solid day, lurking in the front of the middle of the pack. Now, his day is done with a massive hole in the hood, and another on the driver’s side rear fender. Tough way to end it.

6:42 p.m., Lap 73: The leaders, really the whole Top 20 plus, all pit. All of them into pit road. They all return to the track in similar order to where they went in. Not pitting: Logano, Keselowski, Reddick, LaJoie, Alfredo. BUT, as we posted a bit ago, Keselowski will have to restart 33rd after a crew member over the wall early. Larson will restart in sixth. Truex, Elliott, Busch and Busch all on fresh tires for the final 16 laps, barring any more yellow flags.

6:38 p.m., Lap 72: Caution out for Quin Houff after his engine appears to blow on the far end of the track. Brad Keselowski beat the caution onto pit road by about two car lengths, so his full tire stop and fuel splash are legal, making him the least worried about pit strategy (and also a new favorite when/if the leaders all pit).

EDIT: Make that... not so fast for Keselowski. Keselowski gets a penalty for a crew member over the wall to soon. He’ll have to drop to the back on the restart. So much for the advantage.

6:34 p.m., Lap 70: Kyle Larson is, well, leading. Stop us if you’ve heard this the past few weeks. The interesting question now is tire wear. As Larson runs out front, he’ll be asked by his team to save on those tires, which may mean not running quite as fast. though he told his team via radio that he’s going to “run his race.” His lead is now out to three seconds over Martin Truex Jr.. The Busch brothers run 3-4, but both are falling further back of the lead with each lap.

6:30 p.m., Lap 68: The Busch brothers were running 1-2 briefly, but guess who? Kyle Lasrson splits them and moves back into second. He’s on pace to challenge for the lead again here very soon as he runs down Kyle Busch. Martin Truex Jr. is keeping pace, as he’s now also passed Kurt Busch into third.

6:24 p.m., Lap 65: Kyle Larson pits, possibly the final time. He had an 18-second lead going in on Joey Logano, and he’ll leave the pits in 10th, muddled about 16 seconds back of the new leader in a bunch of traffic. That will make Logano happy as he assumes the front position. But, Logano’s tires are 12 laps older.

6:19 p.m., Lap 62: Larson has extended the lead — again. He’s now a good 3 seconds clear of Martin Truex, who has left Chase Elliott in the dust... literally. Elliott is more than 7 seconds back of the lead. And Ellliott will pit to try and make up some ground on fresher tires before the leaders pit again.

6:14 p.m., Lap 58: And Kyle Larson has made his way back to the front. He made a pass at the popular spot in Turn 7. The battle has allowed Truex, in clean air, to catch up. But now that Larson is in front, he’ll be hard to catch. The biggest wild card left is pit and fuel strategy. Something to keep an eye on: Some of the top cars may have to gamble on fuel.

6:12 p.m., Lap 57: Chase Elliott continues to lead, but he has a mirror full of Kyle Larson, who’s caught back up to the front and is challenging for the lead. Meanwhile, Martin Truex is liking the battle. It’s allowing him to catch up.

6:02 p.m., Lap 51: As expected, here comes Kyle Larson. The front-runner and winner of seven of the past nine stages overall on the NASCAR circuit has crept back into the Top 5. Martin Truex, Kyle Busch and Chase Elliott are all in front of him, still, but he’s running fourth and charging hard.

5:53 p.m., Lap 47: Elliott takes the lead in the final stage, and has a one-second lead over Kurt Busch. Kyle Larson has had the best car all day, but after the shuffling in the pit stops, finds himself back in 14th. That said, he’s also battled through the field today already to get back to the front. William Byron, Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski are your top five.

Stage 2

5:38, Lap 40: Kyle Larson sweeps the opening two stages of the race. He’s followed by Joey Logano, Alex Bowman, Kurt Busch, Chase Elliott, William Byron, Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski, Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell for points in the top-10. Larson was up by 0.67 seconds at the flag.

5:30, Lap 37: Chase Elliott and William Byron battle through the field, rounding Bubba Wallace and continuing to race side-by-side for position. Byron eventually gets the advantage in fifth, followed by Elliott in sixth. Martin Truex Jr. comes pit road two laps before the end of the stage, and Bubba Wallace has a flat tire! He’ll have to pit before the end of the stage. Wallace goes a lap down.

5:26 p.m., Lap 35: Kyle Larson, Martin Truex Jr., Joey Logano, Alex Bowman and Ross Chastain lead the field after the caution. Bubba Wallace has also rebounded from an earlier speeding penalty to run in the top-10.

5:16 p.m., Lap 31: William Byron takes the lead from Kurt Busch a few laps before Kyle Larson races back up to second place, slicing through the field. Kurt Busch pits, as well as William Byron and Chase Elliott. The caution comes out for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. who hits the wall hard in Turn 1. There’s sand on the track from the impact to the barrier, so this could be a lengthy stop. Busch, Elliott, Bryon and Brad Keselowski will restart 17th through 20th.

Stage 1

5 p.m., Lap 23: Kurt Busch and Matt DiBenedetto (along with Brad Keselowski, Denny Hamlin, Ryan Blaney and Cole Custer) stay out after the flag to inherit the lead. Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott and Kyle Busch pit and are the first three off pit road. The top-14 drivers stayed out, so Larson will restart in 15th.

4:48, Lap 20: With the stage winding to a close, multiple cars come to pit road before the end of the stage. Bubba Wallace gets a speeding penalty, while Daniel Suárez doesn’t make it to pit road before the pits closed, so both with start at the rear of the field for the next stage. Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott stay out to take the top-two spots when the stage ends. Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Alex Bowman, Austin Dillon, Tyler Reddick, Kurt Busch, Matt DiBenedetto and Erik Jones make up the top-10.

4:44, Lap 16: After the competition caution, Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott, followed by Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr. and Alex Bowman resume the lead in the top-five. Denny Hamlin, who pitted later at the caution, is up to 20th, while Brad Keselowski is up to 18th on the same pit strategy.

4:30, Lap 10: Kyle Larson followed by Chase Elliott continue to lead as multiple drivers come to pit road to make adjustments and take new tires. Larson and Elliott pit just before the competition caution. Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski and Kevin Harvick take the top-three spots as others pit before the competition caution.

4:20 p.m., Lap 6: Christopher Bell has pitted with an issue, evidently the No. 20 had no fuel pressure. Bell gets back on the track a lap down with his team reminding him that they’ll get the free pass with a caution, and not to stress. Other drivers are reporting balance issues, including Bubba Wallace, Kyle Busch, Alex Bowman and Martin Truex Jr.

Pre-race

3:40 p.m.: Celebrity team owner Michael Jordan is spotted pre-race at Sonoma making his public debut in the NASCAR garage. According to FOX Sports, Jordan visited his team’s 23XI Racing hauler before making the rounds on pit road. The NFL’s San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan is also at the track and giving the command to start engines as the grand marshal.

2 p.m.: Anthony Alfredo will drop to the rear of the race for an inspection violation on the No. 38 car. Additionally, the team’s crew chief has been ejected due to an issue on the car’s body, according to FOX Sports. There were no two-time inspection failures, but Scott Heckert in the No. 78 has will also drop to the rear for unapproved adjustments. Alfredo was slated to start 28th, while Heckert was slated to start 35th.

How and when to watch and listen

Race: Toyota/Save Mart 350

When: Sunday, June 6

When: 4 p.m. ET

TV: FS1

Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Distance: 226.8 miles (90 laps) with stages ending on laps 20, 40 and 90.

Starting lineup

Order

Driver

Car No.

1

Kyle Larson

5

2

Chase Elliott

9

3

William Byron

24

4

Denny Hamlin

11

5

Kyle Busch

18

6

Austin Dillon

3

7

Alex Bowman

48

8

Kevin Harvick

4

9

Brad Keselowski

2

10

Tyler Reddick

8

11

Ryan Blaney

12

12

Chris Buescher

17

13

Joey Logano

22

14

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

47

15

Bubba Wallace

23

16

Daniel Suárez

99

17

Matt DiBenedetto

21

18

Erik Jones

43

19

Martin Truex Jr.

19

20

Christopher Bell

20

21

Michael McDowell

34

22

Corey LaJoie

7

23

Cole Custer

41

24

Ryan Newman

6

25

Chase Briscoe

14

26

Aric Almirola

10

27

Ryan Preece

37

28

Anthony Alfredo

38

29

Ross Chastain

42

30

Kurt Busch

1

31

Ben Rhodes

77

32

James Davison

15

33

Quin Houff

0

34

Garrett Smithley

53

35

Scott Heckert

78

36

Josh Bilicki

52

37

Cody Ware

51