Shane van Gisbergen needed to battle for his latest Cup road course win

Motorsport photoThis was a Shane van Gisbergen masterclass but not in the traditional sense.Typically, if crew chief Stephen Doran gets their Trackhouse Racing No. 97 remotely close to what he needs, Van Gisbergen can do the rest and the gap to second is only as close as the three-time Supercars champion wants to make it.In the case of Sunday at Sonoma Raceway, the car did not seem particularly close and Van Gisbergen and Doran both needed to make decisions to compensate for that initial deficie