The NASCAR Cup Series competed at Watkins Glen International and it turned into a good show. Ross Chastain won Stage 1 while Shane van Gisbergen won Stage 2; however, only one of the two Trackhouse Racing drivers could enter victory lane. At the end of the day, an outstanding drive by one of the drivers put them in the winner's circle.
Van Gisbergen and the No. 97 team for Trackhouse Racing won the Go Bowling At The Glen at Watkins Glen, earning their first victory of the 2026 Cup Series season. The driver of the No. 97 car passed Ty Gibbs and Connor Zilisch with under 10 laps to go after pitting for fuel and tires.
Gibbs and Zilisch stayed out, leaving van Gisbergen to be on the offense at a road course. Van Gisbergen not only flew past everyone on old tires, but he also beat Michael McDowell by seven seconds. The greatness of van Gisbergen on road courses was on full display, and with two left in 2026, he will look to maximize them.
NASCAR results: Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway (May 2026)
No. 97 Shane Van Gisbergen
No. 71 Michael McDowell
No. 54 Ty Gibbs
No. 19 Chase Briscoe
No. 45 Tyler Reddick
No. 3 Austin Dillon
No. 16 AJ Allmendinger
No. 8 Kyle Busch
No. 2 Austin Cindric
No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
No. 12 Ryan Blaney
No. 17 Chris Buescher
No. 7 Daniel Suarez
No. 60 Ryan Preece
No. 41 Cole Custer
No. 11 Denny Hamlin
No. 34 Todd Gilliland
No. 38 Zane Smith
No. 43 Erik Jones
No. 88 Connor Zilisch
No. 20 Christopher Bell
No. 4 Noah Gragson
No. 5 Kyle Larson
No. 9 Chase Elliott
No. 48 Alex Bowman
No. 35 Riley Herbst
No. 1 Ross Chastain
No. 77 Carson Hocevar
No. 23 Bubba Wallace
No. 6 Brad Keselowski
No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
No. 21 Josh Berry
No. 10 Ty Dillon
No. 66 Josh Bilicki
No. 78 Katherine Legge
No. 24 William Byron
No. 51 Cody Ware
No. 22 Joey Logano
This article originally appeared on Motorsports Wire: Shane van Gisbergen wins NASCAR Cup race at Watkins Glen in May 2026
