Austin Cindric won at World Wide Technology Raceway in St. Louis when Team Penske teammate Ryan Blaney ran out of gas while leading on the final lap.
Cindric’s only other win in the Cup Series came in the 2022 Dayton 500. The victory was the first of the year in the series for Penske.
Denny Hamlin finished second for his sixth consecutive top-five finish. He leads Kyle Larson by 21 points and Chase Elliott by 27. Brad Keselowski was third, followed by Tyler Reddick and Joey Logano. Blaney finished 24th.
NASCAR has granted a waiver to Larson, a two-time winner this year, keeping his eligible for the playoffs despite missing the Coca-Cola 600 while racing in the rain-delayed Indy 500.
The Cup Series heads to wine country in Sonoma, California to race on the Sonoma Raceway Road Course. Practice and qualifying is at 4 pm central time Saturday and race time is 2:30 pm central time Sunday.
Martin Truex, Jr. is the defending race winner at Sonoma.
Austin Cindric won at World Wide Technology Raceway when Team Penske teammate Ryan Blaney ran out of gas while leading on the final lap.
Shane van Gisbergen grabbed the lead coming out of a late caution and won on the road course in Oregon on Saturday for his first victory in the Xfinity Series.
Van Gisbergen won his NASCAR debut last season in the Cup Series, also on a road course in Chicago. The 35-year-old New Zealander’s career resume also shows three Supercars Championships and 81 career victories.
Justin Allgaier won the first two stages — giving him 63 career stage wins — but lost the lead on the final restart and finished second, followed by Sammy Smith and A.J. Allmendinger, who drove a backup car.
The XFinity Series' road course schedule continues this weekend at Sonoma Raceway in California.
Practice and qualifying is at 3 pm on Saturday. Race time is 7 pm central time Saturday night.
Corey Heim gained the lead on lap 134, beat pole-winner Ty Majeski on a restart on lap 138 and won for the fourth time this season at St. Louis last Saturday - all in the last eight races in the Craftsman Truck Series.
The trucks run again on June 28 in Nashville, Tennessee.
