After 100 laps of NASCAR Cup racing at Watkins Glen, pole-sitter Shane van Gisbergen walked away with the checkered flag. He made up 29 seconds in 18 laps during the final stint, and ultimately won the race by 7.2 seconds over Michael McDowell.
Ty Gibbs was leading the strategy for those who cut out a pit stop, finishing third. Chase Briscoe and Tyler Reddick filled out the rest of the top five.
Along with the win, SVG also led the way at the end of Stage 2, while teammate Ross Chastain won Stage 1. Connor Zilisch earned the fastest lap bonus with a 1:12.541s.
SVG also led the most laps, leading 74 of 100 laps. McDowell, Gibbs, and Chastain were the only other drivers who led any laps during the race.
It was a fairly clean race as well, with only Cody Ware failing to reach the checkered flag and 32 of 38 starters finishing on the lead lap.
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Watkins Glen NASCAR Cup results
1
97
Shane van Gisbergen
Chevrolet
100
2:29'10.903
5
74
68
1'12.987
66
2
71
Michael McDowell
Chevrolet
100
2:29'18.191
7.288
6
5
36
1'13.355
4
3
54
Ty Gibbs
Toyota
100
2:29'27.434
16.531
5
17
42
1'13.481
70
4
19
Chase Briscoe
Toyota
100
2:29'30.156
19.253
5
35
1'13.530
26
5
45
Tyler Reddick
Toyota
100
2:29'30.275
19.372
5
41
1'13.503
56
6
3
Austin Dillon
Chevrolet
100
2:29'31.844
20.941
5
38
1'13.580
47
7
16
AJ Allmendinger
Chevrolet
100
2:29'32.421
21.518
6
36
1'13.132
83
8
8
Kyle Busch
Chevrolet
100
2:29'33.205
22.302
5
35
1'13.408
67
9
2
Austin Cindric
Ford
100
2:29'33.324
22.421
5
39
1'13.763
45
10
42
John Hunter Nemechek
Toyota
100
2:29'36.341
25.438
5
32
1'13.337
78
11
12
Ryan Blaney
Ford
100
2:29'36.544
25.641
6
34
1'13.595
82
12
17
Chris Buescher
Ford
100
2:29'41.409
30.506
5
30
1'13.221
67
13
7
Daniel Suarez
Chevrolet
100
2:29'41.804
30.901
5
24
1'13.588
82
14
60
Ryan Preece
Ford
100
2:29'42.999
32.096
6
23
1'13.617
80
15
41
Cole Custer
Chevrolet
100
2:29'43.827
32.924
6
22
1'13.679
83
16
11
Denny Hamlin
Toyota
100
2:29'45.548
34.645
5
21
1'13.803
49
17
34
Todd Gilliland
Ford
100
2:29'47.267
36.364
7
20
1'13.528
86
18
38
Zane Smith
Ford
100
2:29'47.502
36.599
6
19
1'13.803
81
19
43
Erik Jones
Toyota
100
2:29'48.679
37.776
6
18
1'13.951
84
20
88
Connor Zilisch
Chevrolet
100
2:29'52.914
42.011
6
21
1'12.541
95
21
20
Christopher Bell
Toyota
100
2:29'54.336
43.433
6
20
1'13.277
82
22
4
Noah Gragson
Ford
100
2:29'54.782
43.879
6
15
1'13.660
88
23
5
Kyle Larson
Chevrolet
100
2:29'56.875
45.972
6
14
1'13.646
78
24
9
Chase Elliott
Chevrolet
100
2:29'57.331
46.428
6
13
1'13.810
68
25
48
Alex Bowman
Chevrolet
100
2:30'00.911
50.008
6
12
1'13.476
78
26
35
Riley Herbst
Toyota
100
2:30'02.748
51.845
7
13
1'13.430
81
27
1
Ross Chastain
Chevrolet
100
2:30'04.468
53.565
6
4
20
1'13.432
98
28
77
Carson Hocevar
Chevrolet
100
2:30'11.296
1'00.393
5
9
1'13.891
67
29
23
Darrell Wallace Jr
Toyota
100
2:30'20.784
1'09.881
6
9
1'13.972
97
30
6
Brad Keselowski
Ford
100
2:30'21.430
1'10.527
7
7
1'13.456
55
31
47
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Chevrolet
100
2:30'21.509
1'10.606
7
6
1'14.300
28
32
21
Josh Berry
Ford
100
2:30'31.889
1'20.986
6
5
1'13.746
84
33
10
Ty Dillon
Chevrolet
99
2:29'15.451
1 Lap
7
4
1'14.105
59
34
66
Josh Bilicki
Ford
99
2:29'38.948
1 Lap
8
1'14.901
28
35
78
Katherine Legge
Chevrolet
99
2:30'23.390
1 Lap
7
2
1'14.889
86
36
24
William Byron
Chevrolet
97
2:30'01.423
3 Laps
8
1
1'13.444
80
37
51
Cody Ware
Chevrolet
90
2:20'44.664
10 Laps
10
Accident
1
1'14.370
28
38
22
Joey Logano
Ford
85
2:30'11.575
15 Laps
7
10
1'13.567
67
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