NASCAR 2019 Race 22 Watkins Glen Go Bowling race thread

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Go Bowling at the Glen

Watkins Glen International
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Race #22 of 36

Sunday, August 4, 2019
Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 3:20pm/et
Laps/Stages: 90 laps total. Stages end on laps: 20/40/90

TELEVISION / RADIO / STREAMING

Television Coverage: Time 3:00pm/et, NBCSN and streamed at NBC Sports Live (available with participating TV provider login)
Radio Coverage (over the air and streaming): Motor Racing Network (MRN) / SiriusXM Satellite NASCAR (available with subscription)

WEEKEND SCHEDULE

On track schedule

Practices:
Saturday, August 3, 10:35-11:25am/et, TV-NBCSN;
Saturday, August 3, 1:05-1:55pm/et, TV-NBCSN.

Qualifying: Saturday, August 3 at 6:40pm/et, TV-NBCSN.

Complete Event Schedule (times local to the track)

Friday, August 2
7:00 PM-9:00 PM MENCS HAULERS ENTER (EQUIPMENT UNLOAD)

Saturday, August 3
7:30 AM-8:00 PM MENCS GARAGE OPEN
9:00 AM MENCS ROOKIE MEETING, SPOTTER MEETING, & RANDOM DRAWING
10:35 AM-11:25 AM MENCS 1ST PRACTICE
1:05 PM-1:55 PM MENCS FINAL PRACTICE
6:40 PM MENCS QUALIFYING IMPOUND (MULTI-VEHICLE / TWO ROUNDS)

Sunday, August 4
9:00 AM MENCS GARAGE OPENS
1:00 PM MENCS DRIVER / CREW CHIEF MEETING (MEDIA CENTER)
2:20 PM MENCS DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS
3:00 PM MENCS RACE (STAGES 20/40/90 LAPS = 220.5 MILES)




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:

Track Stats - Racing-reference.info

Track Records & Stats

2018 Race Winner: Chase Elliott, 98.928, 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

2018 Pole Winner: Denny Hamlin, 125.534 mph finished 13th
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

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Sorry, Not a Diecast race... have to be away for most of this race.

[Ryu]

Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch*
Joey Logano
Martin Truex Jr

[4me2c]

1)...Kevin Harvick
2)...Kyle Busch
3)...Martin Truex Jr.
4)...Chase Elliot

[ranagee]

Martin Truex Jr.*****
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch
Joey Logano

[Orziz]

Truex Jr*
Brad Keselowski
Chase Elliott
Erik Jones

[82harley]

Kevin Harvick***
Chase Elliott
Kyle Busch
Martin Truex Jr.

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GoBowling at The Glen starting lineup

No. 1 Chase Elliott 9
No. 2 William Byron 24
No. 3 Kyle Busch 18
No. 4 Martin Truex Jr. 19
No. 5 Kyle Larson 42
No. 6 Denny Hamlin 11
No. 7 Kurt Busch 1
No. 8 Jimmie Johnson 48
No. 9 Aric Almirola 10
No. 10 Brad Keselowski 2
No. 11 Michael McDowell 34
No. 12 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 17
No. 13 Clint Bowyer 14
No. 14 Erik Jones 20
No. 15 Kevin Harvick 4
No. 16 Chris Buescher 37
No. 17 Alex Bowman 88
No. 18 Daniel Suarez 41
No. 19 Ryan Blaney 12
No. 20 Matt DiBenedetto 95
No. 21 Joey Logano 22
No. 22 Paul Menard 21
No. 23 Daniel Hemric 8
No. 24 Parker Kligerman 96
No. 25 Ryan Newman 6
No. 26 Matt Tifft 36
No. 27 Ty Dillon 13
No. 28 Austin Dillon 3
No. 29 Ryan Preece 47
No. 30 Bubba Wallace 43
No. 31 David Ragan 38
No. 32 Ross Chastain 15
No. 33 Corey LaJoie 32
No. 34 Landon Cassill 00
No. 35 Cody Ware 51
No. 36 Josh Blicki 52
No. 37 Reed Sorenson 77

Chase Elliott, who scored his first career NASCAR Cup win at Watkins Glen International last year, definitely still knows his way around the tricky road course.

On Saturday afternoon, the Hendrick Motorsports driver claimed the pole for Sunday's GoBowling at the Glen.

Elliott will have a familiar face starting alongside him on the front row, with William Byron qualifying second in the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.

Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Larson rounded out the top five on the grid.

It's Elliott's third pole this season and the seventh of his career. Elliott's pole, of course, is contingent on his car passing inspection Sunday morning.

Sunday's GoBowling at The Glen begins at 3 p.m. ET.

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Kyle Busch
Chase Elliott***
Martin Truex, Jr.
Denny Hamlin

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Martin Truex Jr. ***
Kyle Busch
Brad Keselowski
Denny Hamlin

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Kyle Busch
Kyle Larson
Chase Elliott
William Byron****