NASCAR Watkins Glen Sunday, August 14, 2022
WATKINS GLEN NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
2021 Watkins Glen
Kyle Larson
Watkins Glen winner – Started 4th, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & 4th in Stage 2, 27 laps led
Winner pit stops: Kyle Larson (2 Stops) 21, 57
Longest green flag run: 47 Laps (44-90)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Kyle Larson (2nd & 4th)
Speeding: Josh Bilicki 33rd, R.C. Enerson 34th, James Davison 37th
Rear of field: Chase Elliott 2nd, Christopher Bell 7th
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 1st (3 of 4 Hendrick drivers finished top 10 – Bowman finished 20th)
Best Gibbs: Martin Truex Jr. 3rd (All 4 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers finished 7th or better)
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 8th
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 14th
25th of 36 races this season – 2 Races before Playoffs – 12 Races remaining this season
Watkins Glen wins:
Kyle Busch, Chase Elliott 2
AJ Allmendinger, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Larson, Joey Logano, Martin Truex Jr. 1
Champions winless at Watkins Glen:
Kurt Busch: 20 Races – Best finish: 2nd (2010)
Brad Keselowski: 11 Races – Best finish: 2nd (2011, ’12 & ’13)
24 Different winners in 38 NASCAR Cup Series Watkins Glen races
8 Won multiple Watkins Glen races including Chase Elliott (2 Wins last 3 races) – Only 3 have won 3 or more
Kyle Busch passed for final lead change 4 Watkins Glen races
Final green run 25 laps or longer last 4 Watkins Glen races
10 Watkins Glen races won from 1st starting position
1 Winner from 1st starting position last 12 races – Chase Elliott 2019
2 Watkins Glen races settled by last lap pass (2012 & ’15)
Most races before first Watkins Glen win: Martin Truex Jr. (2017) won in 12th try
3 Won Watkins Glen in first try: Buck Baker, Tim Richmond & Billy Wade
2 Leading most laps failed to finish Watkins Glen: Rusty Wallace 1990 (Engine) & Marcos Ambrose 2013 (Crash)
9 Watkins Glen races won by drivers starting outside top 10
13 Won first career road course race at Watkins Glen
Steve Park, Marcos Ambrose, AJ Allmendinger & Chase Elliott won first career race at Watkins Glen
Marcos Ambrose won first & 2nd career races at Watkins Glen
13 Won first race of season at Watkins Glen
Only win of season for 8 Watkins Glen winners
Watkins Glen winner went on to win championship 9 times
2 Watkins Glen Overtime races (2005 & ’11)
3 Watkins Glen rescheduled races
Chevrolet leads all with 20 Watkins Glen wins
5 Won Daytona 500 & Watkins Glen in same season including Joey Logano (2015) & Denny Hamlin (2016)
WATKINS GLEN NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
16 Different winners in 27 NASCAR Xfinity Series Watkins Glen races
AJ Allmendinger passed for final lead change last 2 Watkins Glen races
4 Won Watkins Glen in first try – Kurt Busch, Ty Gibbs, Terry Labonte & Ryan Newman
9 Won Watkins Glen for the first time in their first or 2nd try
Kyle Busch won Watkins Glen for the first time in 10th try (2017) – Most tries before first win
Best come-from-behind Watkins Glen win: Ernie Irvan started 22nd (6/92)
Only 1 won Watkins Glen & championship in same season – Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1999
4 Won first career race at Watkins Glen – Bill Elliott (’93), Ron Fellows (’98), Marcos Ambrose (’08) & Austin Cindric (’19)
16 Won first race of season at Watkins Glen
1 Watkins Glen race settled by last lap pass – Dale Earnhardt Jr. passed Ron Fellows 1999
Joey Logano led record 67 of 82 laps in 2016
Ty Gibbs led 43 of final 57 laps at 2021 Watkins Glen
Winner led lap 1 in 11 Watkins Glen races
Latest point Watkins Glen winner took lead for first time: Lap 75 – Ryan Newman 2005
Youngest Watkins Glen winner – Ty Gibbs 18 (2021)
Oldest Watkins Glen winner – Ron Fellows 41 (2001)
Ty Gibbs only Rookie of the Year contender to win Watkins Glen (2021)
Joey Logano only driver to sweep Watkins Glen NXS & NCS races on same weekend (2015)
Closest Watkins Glen finish: .431 Seconds (Mike McLaughlin over Todd Bodine – 1997)
2 Watkins Glen Overtime finishes – Kurt Busch won both races (2006 & ’11)
Ford won 7 of last 9 Watkins Glen races with 3 different teams
Stage 2 winner failed to win all 4 Watkins Glen races (2017, ’18, ’19 & ’21)