The NASCAR Cup Series visited Watkins Glen International on Sunday afternoon for the Go Bowling at The Glen. Shane van Gisbergen started the race on the pole, with Michael McDowell starting second.
Shane van Gisbergen led the opening 18 laps. He came to pit road with two laps to go, and Ross Chastain went on to win the first stage. In the second stage, someone lost a tent, and the tent fell on the racetrack to bring out the caution. Michael McDowell had led five laps before making a pit stop, and Gisbergen took the lead and went on to win the second stage.
In the final stage, debris brought out the last caution of the afternoon on lap 61. After Gisbergen went to pit road for his final stop of the day. Ty Gibbs took the lead with Connor Zilisch right on his bumper. During the battle for the lead, Zilisch cut a tire that took him out of contention.
Meanwhile, Gisbergen shredded Gibbs’s time. When he caught him, Gibbs did not put up much of a fight, and Gisbergen took the lead. Shane led the final eight laps to win his first race of the season by 7.288 seconds over Michael McDowell.
It was Gisbergen’s seventh career Cup Series win. Gisbergen led a race-high 78 of 90 laps. Ty Gibbs, Chase Briscoe, and Tyler Reddick rounded out the top five. Austin Dillon, A.J. Allmendinger, Kyle Busch, Austin Cindric, and John Hunter Nemechek completed the top ten. Click here to see the rest of the finishing order.
The Cup Series heads to Dover Motor Speedway for the All-Star race next Sunday at 1 pm on FS1. This will also be Fox/FS1’s final NASCAR coverage of the season.
