| NASCAR Cup SeriesSan Diego Street CourseAnduril 250Team Chevy Post-Race ReportJune 21, 2026 |
Larson Leads Chevrolet with Podium Finish in San DiegoFour Chevrolet Organizations Represented in Top-10 |
| MEDIA RESOURCES: Photo Gallery | Race AdvancesChevrolet Newsroom |
| Kyle Larson and the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports team led Chevrolet to the finish of the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at the San Diego Street Course – taking the checkered flag in the third position to extend his streak to four-straight top-five finishes. The result, along with a 42-point day, boosted the reigning champion up two positions to fourth in the points standings heading into his home track of Sonoma Raceway. Kaulig Racing’s AJ Allmendinger drove to his first top-five finish of the season, with Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain and Spire Motorsports’ Michael McDowell earning seventh and 10th-place results, respectively, to give four different Chevrolet organizations top-10 finishes. RACE RECAP: Stage One: It was an all-Chevrolet front row to lead the NASCAR Cup Series to the green flag for the highly-anticipated Anduril 250 at the San Diego Street Course. Capturing his second pole position of the season, Shane van Gisbergen quickly found the top position to lead the opening lap of Stage One. Pacing the field for three laps around the 3.4-mile circuit, the New Zealand native made an early report of losing grip in the rear of his No. 97 Chevrolet – ultimately falling to the third position shortly thereafter. Despite battling an ill-handling car, Van Gisbergen managed to maintain a top-three running position as the race approached the potential for the first green flag pit cycle. Sitting just outside the top-10, Kyle Larson was among the first group of cars to hit pit road to kickoff the cycle on Lap 9. Opting to forgo the initial trip to pit road, Van Gisbergen regained the lead on Lap 12 just in time for the first caution of the day to fall. Crew chief, Stephen Doran, made the gamble to stay out under the caution, but it was a four-tire call by the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team that gave Larson the boost to make a late-stage run from 15th to the third position before reaching the first green-white checkered flag of the race. Stage Two: Under the stage break, a report from behind the wheel of the No. 5 Chevrolet indicated that the balance adjustment made under their first pit stop made an improvement to the handling of his car. While giving up the track position to make their second stop of the day, it was the Randall Burnett-led team whose pit strategy ultimately gave his rookie driver a spot on the front row for the start of Stage Two. A masterful restart saw Connor Zilisch take over the top position and lead his first laps in his Cup Series career. Finding his footing around the 16-turn course, Zilisch built a nearly five-second lead as he approached the halfway mark of the stage that ultimately led to the next caution period of the day. Zilisch was among the group of 19 cars that chose to keep their track position, with the Team Chevy driver ultimately lining up on the front row for the restart. But what was building into a potentially career day was short-lived as a three-way battle with Austin Hill and Shane van Gisbergen on the restart turned into melee that ended the trio’s day early. After a lengthy red flag for a wall repair, it was the road course ringer, AJ Allmendinger, that found himself in the top position among the Chevrolet camp – going on to lead the manufacturer to the stage end from the fourth position. Final Stage: Taking the green flag from the ninth position, it didn’t take the reigning champion long to start his march back up the leaderboard – making his way up into the third position as the race hit 30 laps to go. Continuing to show good pace, it took just three more laps around the circuit before Larson was able to reach then race leader, Ryan Blaney, and navigate his Chevrolet to the top position to lead his first laps of the race. Just as Larson took over the lead, the next green flag pit cycle ensued. Continuing to click off laps at the front of the pack, Larson built up to a nearly six-second lead during the run before Daniels made the call to bring his driver to pit road with just under 17 laps remaining. While a handful of drivers were wrapping up the green flag pit cycle, a caution flew to re-stack the lead pack – putting Larson on the front row alongside fellow Team Chevy driver, Carson Hocevar, for the 12-lap stretch to the finish. A side-by-side battle on the restart saw Hocevar take over the top position briefly before a spin took him out of contention. Falling to the fourth position on the restart, Larson battled back to the third position as the race went green to the end to score his seventh top-five finish of the season. |
| Team Chevy Unofficial Top-10 ResultsPos. Driver 3rd – Kyle Larson5th – AJ Allmendinger7th – Ross Chastain10th – Michael McDowell  Chevrolet’s season statistics with 17 NASCAR Cup Series races complete:Wins: 5Poles: 4Top-Fives: 32Top 10s: 61Stage Wins: 13 |
| The 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season continues at Sonoma Raceway with the Toyota / Save Mart 350 on Sunday, June 28, at 3:30 p.m. ET. Live coverage can be found on TNT Sports, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90. |
| NASCAR Cup SeriesSan Diego Street CourseAnduril 250Team Chevy Post-Race ReportJune 21, 2026 |
Larson Leads Chevrolet with Podium Finish in San DiegoFour Chevrolet Organizations Represented in Top-10 |
| MEDIA RESOURCES: Photo Gallery | Race AdvancesChevrolet Newsroom |
| Kyle Larson and the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports team led Chevrolet to the finish of the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at the San Diego Street Course – taking the checkered flag in the third position to extend his streak to four-straight top-five finishes. The result, along with a 42-point day, boosted the reigning champion up two positions to fourth in the points standings heading into his home track of Sonoma Raceway. Kaulig Racing’s AJ Allmendinger drove to his first top-five finish of the season, with Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain and Spire Motorsports’ Michael McDowell earning seventh and 10th-place results, respectively, to give four different Chevrolet organizations top-10 finishes. RACE RECAP: Stage One: It was an all-Chevrolet front row to lead the NASCAR Cup Series to the green flag for the highly-anticipated Anduril 250 at the San Diego Street Course. Capturing his second pole position of the season, Shane van Gisbergen quickly found the top position to lead the opening lap of Stage One. Pacing the field for three laps around the 3.4-mile circuit, the New Zealand native made an early report of losing grip in the rear of his No. 97 Chevrolet – ultimately falling to the third position shortly thereafter. Despite battling an ill-handling car, Van Gisbergen managed to maintain a top-three running position as the race approached the potential for the first green flag pit cycle. Sitting just outside the top-10, Kyle Larson was among the first group of cars to hit pit road to kickoff the cycle on Lap 9. Opting to forgo the initial trip to pit road, Van Gisbergen regained the lead on Lap 12 just in time for the first caution of the day to fall. Crew chief, Stephen Doran, made the gamble to stay out under the caution, but it was a four-tire call by the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team that gave Larson the boost to make a late-stage run from 15th to the third position before reaching the first green-white checkered flag of the race. Stage Two: Under the stage break, a report from behind the wheel of the No. 5 Chevrolet indicated that the balance adjustment made under their first pit stop made an improvement to the handling of his car. While giving up the track position to make their second stop of the day, it was the Randall Burnett-led team whose pit strategy ultimately gave his rookie driver a spot on the front row for the start of Stage Two. A masterful restart saw Connor Zilisch take over the top position and lead his first laps in his Cup Series career. Finding his footing around the 16-turn course, Zilisch built a nearly five-second lead as he approached the halfway mark of the stage that ultimately led to the next caution period of the day. Zilisch was among the group of 19 cars that chose to keep their track position, with the Team Chevy driver ultimately lining up on the front row for the restart. But what was building into a potentially career day was short-lived as a three-way battle with Austin Hill and Shane van Gisbergen on the restart turned into melee that ended the trio’s day early. After a lengthy red flag for a wall repair, it was the road course ringer, AJ Allmendinger, that found himself in the top position among the Chevrolet camp – going on to lead the manufacturer to the stage end from the fourth position. Final Stage: Taking the green flag from the ninth position, it didn’t take the reigning champion long to start his march back up the leaderboard – making his way up into the third position as the race hit 30 laps to go. Continuing to show good pace, it took just three more laps around the circuit before Larson was able to reach then race leader, Ryan Blaney, and navigate his Chevrolet to the top position to lead his first laps of the race. Just as Larson took over the lead, the next green flag pit cycle ensued. Continuing to click off laps at the front of the pack, Larson built up to a nearly six-second lead during the run before Daniels made the call to bring his driver to pit road with just under 17 laps remaining. While a handful of drivers were wrapping up the green flag pit cycle, a caution flew to re-stack the lead pack – putting Larson on the front row alongside fellow Team Chevy driver, Carson Hocevar, for the 12-lap stretch to the finish. A side-by-side battle on the restart saw Hocevar take over the top position briefly before a spin took him out of contention. Falling to the fourth position on the restart, Larson battled back to the third position as the race went green to the end to score his seventh top-five finish of the season. |
| Team Chevy Unofficial Top-10 ResultsPos. Driver 3rd – Kyle Larson5th – AJ Allmendinger7th – Ross Chastain10th – Michael McDowell Chevrolet’s season statistics with 17 NASCAR Cup Series races complete:Wins: 5Poles: 4Top-Fives: 32Top 10s: 61Stage Wins: 13 |
| The 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season continues at Sonoma Raceway with the Toyota / Save Mart 350 on Sunday, June 28, at 3:30 p.m. ET. Live coverage can be found on TNT Sports, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90. |
| Post-Race Driver Quotes: Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletFinished: 7th“It was an uneventful day for this No. 1 Kubota Veterans Honor Chevrolet team. Really, we stayed out of most of the chaos. We worked on gaining more rear grip all day; be able to get the rear tires to live longer and have more grip from the start to the end of each run. Brandon McSwain (crew chief) was able to make adjustments to do that. We only half-spun one time, but other than that, it was a clean day.” Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing ChevroletFinished: 24th“We’re going to go back to the drawing board for this track. I felt good about our Chevy in the initial laps, but as the race went on we lacked forward drive and I didn’t have the grip I needed. We made some air pressure changes to try and combat that, but despite the best efforts of everyone on the No. 3 Boot Barn Chevrolet team, the car never felt like it was in the track. This wasn’t the finish we wanted here, but we also fought back from a spin. I want to thank all the incredible men and women of the US Navy for having us this weekend. It was an incredible experience. Now, I’m going to go enjoy the rest of Father’s Day with my wife and kids here in California and focus our attention on Sonoma Raceway.” Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports ChevroletFinished: 3rdYour car has some battle scars, but you came home with another top-three finish. How would you assess your day for the first NASCAR Cup Series race at San Diego? “I’m surprised how scuffed up it is because we had a super-clean day, as clean of a race you can have on a street course. All-in-all, it was a great day for this No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet team. We had a shot at the win there, if the strategy would have played out. I think it was between us and the No. 67 (Corey Heim). You never know how it might go on that run there, but the caution kind of broke it up. They were just super-strong. We were surrounded by 23XI cars. They had a great package for the street course here. Overall, it was just a lot of fun this weekend. It was an unreal atmosphere, probably one of the coolest atmospheres I’ve been a part of in a long time. Kudos to NASCAR, the Naval Base Coronado and all the men and women who serve. I was hoping we could get this Chevy to victory lane, but we’ll take a third-place finish.” AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing ChevroletFinished: 5th“We were able to run some good laps in this No. 16 Celsius Chevrolet. Trent Owens (crew chief) and this entire team did a great job with strategy and pit stops. We know we lack rear grip late in a run, and that’s what we were fighting there at the end. Getting points in both stages and finishing in the top-five, these are the days we have to have at racetracks that we can be pretty good at.” Austin Hill, No. 33 Richard Childress Racing ChevroletSidelined by damage sustained in an accident in Stage Two. Finished: 36th“We had a really good car with our Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen Chevrolet. With the strategy that we were on, we were going to have at least an extra set of tires laying towards the end. I got into Turn 1 a little deep and started sliding. I was sliding the rears and I slid the fronts a little bit. On corner exit, I was fully locked to the right just trying to stay off the No. 88. It’s one of those racing deals. If I had that extra car width and the No. 88 wasn’t there, I would have cleared fine but knowing that he was out there, I carried a little too much entry pace compared to what I had been doing all day. Right when I touched him and he got in the wall, it sucked me into him and I couldn’t stay off of him. I hate it for Connor and the No. 88 team, and I apologize to those guys. We could have had a really strong day for everybody at RCR and ECR. We’ll go again next week in Sonoma. It was a lot of fun running up front and showing speed though. I’m starting to figure out these Cup cars a little bit more, especially on the road courses, so that’s a good sign.” Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing ChevroletFinished: 23rd“I think the No. 51 Rocket Doctor Chevrolet was fast all day long. I think there at the end, we could have been a top-20 car, for sure. I should have had a little less patience with some guys that had damage. But all-in-all, I think we performed well today and just really happy with the work the team put in all weekend. It was a really awesome weekend, overall. I think we have a lot of momentum going into Sonoma (Raceway) next weekend now, so I’m excited to have back-to-back road course races.” Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports ChevroletFinished: 10th“When that wreck happened up front with Shane (Van Gisbergen), Connor (Zilisch) and Austin (Hill), we got into that and got a lot of damage on our No. 71 Defense Unicorn Chevrolet. We lost a lot of track position from that, but we were able to rebound there at the end. Just proud of the effort from this No. 71 team. I’m bummed out. A top-10 is not what we came here for, we were hoping for more. But it could have been disastrous, so I’m glad we got back into the top-10 to carry the momentum to Sonoma (Raceway) next weekend.” Connor Zilisch, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletSidelined by damage sustained in an accident in Stage Two. Finished: 37th “It’s just unfortunate to end the day like that for both Red Bull Chevrolet’s with Shane (Van Gisbergen) and I. We had a really fast car today. We got out front and it felt really good, but that’s how it goes sometimes. I had a lot of fun leading my first career Cup Series laps. Just super proud of this entire No. 88 team, but hate to see the day end this short. When you have a chance to go win a race and you’re in a prime spot to do so, but get put in a position like that, it’s extremely tough. It’s been a big weekend for all of us at Trackhouse Racing and Red Bull, and I just hate that both cars get taken out like that. We’ll put our heads down, put this weekend behind us and move onto the next (at Sonoma Raceway).” How was the cadence of the race before that? “I felt like we were just pacing ourselves and trying to get to the end of the race. These races always get crazy towards the end. I felt like we were really good, so it’s just unfortunate to have our day end like that.” Shane van Gisbergen, No. 97 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletSidelined by damage sustained in an accident in Stage Two. Finished: 38th“A real shame. Red Bull Chevy unreal and fast once the track kind of rubbered up. Just a real shame.” |