Shane van Gisbergen gave it everything he had, but Connor Zilisch was able to hang onto the lead and take the win in a thrilling finish to Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity race at Sonoma Raceway.

After tempers flared in Chicago, Connor Zilisch and Shane van Gisbergen gave fans something even better in Sonoma—mutual respect and edge-of-seat racing.

Here are the NASCAR Xfinity Series results today from Sonoma Raceway, including the Xfinity Series stage results.

Connor Zilisch held off JR Motorsports teammate Shane van Gisbergen in the closing laps to win Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Sonoma Raceway for his fourth career victory. The two battled 1-2 for nearly the entire 79-lapper in Wine Country, the duo combining to lead all but nine laps and trading blows throughout the first two stages.

Connor Zilisch and Shane van Gisbergen. It’s a blossoming rivalry that will likely play out on the road courses for many years to come in the NASCAR Cup Series,

For Zilisch, the victory was revenge for last Saturday’s Xfinity race at the Chicago Street Course, where the 36-year-old van Gisbergen ran his 18-year-old teammate wide in Turn 2 to take the lead and win a two-lap shootout for the victory.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): C.Zilisch, 4 times for 46 laps; S.Van Gisbergen, 4 times for 24 laps; S.Mayer, 1 time for 5 laps; B.Jones, 1 time for 4 laps.

When NASCAR introduced the Next Gen car into the Cup Series in 2022, the sanctioning body did so with the knowledge that the gap between the Cup and Xfinity Series platforms would widen considerably.