This is a DIECAST race. Members who have previously entered into race picks are eligible, except previous winners. The choice of a DIECAST car will go to the highest score of the race, as per the rules thread. If there is a tie, the earliest submission will have priority. If you edit your picks, that time will be used as your entry time.
Entries will be accepted sometime Friday...
Schedule:
Friday, August 3
12:35-1:25 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series practice, NBC Sports App (Follow live)
2:05-3:25 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series final practice, NBC Sports App (Follow live)
Saturday, August 4
10:05-11:20 a.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, NBCSN/NBC Sports App (Follow live)
11:35 a.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying, NBCSN/NBC Sports App (Follow live)
1-2:15 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, NBCSN/NBC Sports App (Follow live)
3 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series Zippo 200 (82 laps, 200.9 miles), NBC/NBC Sports App (Follow live)
6:35 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Busch Pole Qualifying, NBCSN/NBC Sports App (Follow live)
Sunday, August 5
3 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series GoBowling at The Glen (90 laps, 220.5 miles), NBC/NBC Sports App (Follow live)
Distance 220.86 miles (355.44 km)
Laps 90
Stage 1: Lap 20
Stage 2: Lap 40
Race: Lap 90+
Track facts:
Track Specs:
a 2.45-mile paved road course.
It has 7 turns with a variety of banking in turns ranging from 6 degrees to 10 degrees.
The length of the frontstretch is 2,150 feet and the length of the backstretch is 2,600 feet
Track Width varies from 36' to 48' wide, averaging 38' wide
Grandstand seating capacity: 38,900
Opened: 1956
Repaved: in 1971, 1999 and 2015
Pit Stalls:
Length: 29 feet
Width: 20 feet
Track Websites and Social Media:
Watkin's Glen International - website
ISC Motorsports
YouTube
flickr
International Motor Racing Research Center at Watkins Glen
Track Stats - Racing-reference.info
Track Records & Stats
2017 Race Winner: #78-Martin Truex, Jr., 104.132mph, started 3rd
Race Record: Martin Truex, Jr., 104.132mph, 8/6/2017
Slowest Race Record: Kyle Petty, 50.879mph, August 1992
Youngest Winner: Kyle Busch, 8/10/2008 - 23 years, 3 months, 8 days
Oldest Winner: Geoff Bodine, 8/11/1996 - 47 years, 3 months, 24 days
2017 Pole Winner: #18-Kyle Busch, 126.925mph, finished 7th
Track Qualifying Record: Marcos Ambrose, August 2014, 129.491mph (set in 1st round)
Worst Starting Spot to Win: Steve Park, August 2000, started 18th
Youngest Pole Winner: Jeff Gordon, 8/9/1998 - 27 years, 0 months, 5 days
Oldest Pole Winner: Morgan Shepherd, 8/13/1989 - 47 years, 10 months, 1 days
Most Wins: 4 - Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart
Most Poles: 3 - Mark Martin, Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon
Most Top 5s: 12 - Mark Martin
Most Top 10s: 16 - Mark Martin
Most Lead Changes: 14 - 8/11/1991 & 8/15/2011
Fewest Lead Changes: 0 - 8/4/1957
Most Leaders: 12 - 8/13/1995
Fewest Leaders: 1 - 8/4/1957
Most Cautions: 8 - 8/14/1988, 8/12/2007, 8/11/2013 & 8/7/2016
Fewest Cautions: 0 - 7/18/1965
Most Caution Laps: 36, 8/14/1988
Few Caution Laps: 0, 7/18/1965
Most Finishers on a lead lap: 34, 8/14/2005
Fewest Finishers on a lead lap: 2, Twice most recently 7/18/1965
Most Running at the Finish: 42 - 8/9/2015
Fewest Running at the Finish: 11, 7/18/1965
Most Laps Led by a Race Winner: 83, Tony Stewart, 8/14/2005
Fewest Laps Led by a Race Winner: 1, Joey Logano, 8/9/2015
Most Wins by Manufacturer: Chevy, 17; Ford, 8; Pontiac, 4; Toyota, 4; Buick, 1; Mercury, 1