Watkins Glen International Tag

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Ryan Blaney’s quest to earn the Wood Brothers their 100th win was ended by fuel mileage, leaving him eighth. Blaney looked as if he could win in the late stages of the I LOVE New York 355 at Watkins Glen International. Blaney assumed the lead briefly as Brad Keselowski peeled off to pit with four laps to go. Already in fuel-saving mode, Blaney was left with a lead of several seconds over Martin Truex, Jr. However, it was not meant to be as his No.Read More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The I LOVE New York 355 at Watkins Glen International was a bright day for most of the 2017 Sunoco Rookie of the Year (ROTY) contenders in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Of the four of the ROTY contenders, only Corey LaJoie has no experience at the 2.45-mile road course. Daniel Suarez was the best rookie, for the third week in a row, finishing third at Watkins Glen after running up front all race long in his No. 19 Stanley Tools Toyota Camry. AlthoughRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor As the clock continues to wind down on the regular season in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Matt Kenseth desperately needs a win to be able to secure a spot in the playoffs, but at Watkins Glen, Kenseth would fall one spot short. Throughout the season, Kenseth has had opportunities to win races that didn’t pan out for one reason or another and Sunday’s I Love New York 355 was yet another example of the 2003 series champion being close at the end ofRead More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – With a victory in Saturday’s Zippo 200, Kyle Busch continued to tick items off his bucket list. Recovering from a wheel-hop and spin in Turn 1 on Lap 17 of 82 along with a penalty for driving through too many pit boxes, Busch claimed his first NASCAR XFINITY Series win at the 2.45-mile Watkins Glen International road course, beating polesitter Joey Logano to the finish line by 1.049 seconds. “The cars have really been working for me here and it justRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor On a day dominated by Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series regulars, Justin Allgaier was able to give the Xfinity Series regulars a good showing by coming away with a fourth-place finish in Saturday’s Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen. Allgaier, who has run well on the road courses in the past, but had never finished higher than seventh at Watkins Glen, needed a change in his luck heading into the weekend as he had finished 20th or worse in four of the five races preceeding Saturday’sRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Two hundred is not only the distance of this weekend’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Watkins Glen, the Zippo 200, but when the engines are fired, it will also be the number of career starts for Blake Koch. Once again, Koch is looking to put his No. 11 LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet Camaro in the Playoffs for the second year in a row. In five previous starts at Watkins Glen International, Koch has a best finish of 18th in 2015. His best start at theRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor After a trip to Pocono last weekend that saw Kyle Busch score his first win of the season, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stays in the Northeast as they go road course racing this weekend in the I Love New York 355 at The Glen. The Cup Series raced at Watkins Glen in 1957, 1964, and 1965 before returning to the track full-time in 1986, utilizing the “short course” layout initially, but after a series of violent crashes at the end of the longRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer 19 races into the NASCAR Xfinity Series season, only three of the NASCAR Xfinity Series regulars (Justin Allgaier, Ryan Reed, and William Byron three times) have scored victories during the 2017 season. This weekend the NASCAR Xfinity Series travels to Watkins Glen International for the Zippo 200, the 20th race of the season. Sadler continues to lead the Championship Point standings, despite not scoring a win. He leads with 54 points over his JR Motorsports teammate, Byron. The last time the Xfinity Series visited WatkinsRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor Since returning to Watkins Glen in 1986, the 2.45 mile, 11 turn road course in upstate New York, has provided some of the most exciting racing on the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series schedule and the 1988 Budweiser at The Glen was no exception. As one of two road courses on the calendar at the time, Rusty Wallace entered the 90 lap race as the favorite as he had won the year before at Watkins Glen, as well as the two previous road course racesRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Contributor *Editor’s note: Motorsports Tribune will be previewing the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season for 24 drivers. We will release one driver preview per day over a 24-day stretch. Age: 35 Years in Cup: 11 Career Wins: One Biggest Accomplishment: First career Cup Series win (Watkins Glen – 2014) For A.J. Allmendinger, 2016 may not have provided a race win or a Chase berth, but the California native was still able to rebound from a down year in 2015 to make some noise in hisRead More