NASCAR Watkins Glen Sunday, July 18, 2021
WATKINS GLEN NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
LEN NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
| Road Course All-Time Winners | |
| Jeff Gordon | 9 |
| Tony Stewart | 8 |
| Chase Elliott | 7 |
| Bobby Allison | 6 |
| Richard Petty | 6 |
| Ricky Rudd | 6 |
| Rusty Wallace | 6 |
23 Different winners in 37 NASCAR Cup Series Watkins Glen races
First career win for 16 drivers came on a road course
8 Won multiple Watkins Glen races including Chase Elliott (Won last 2) – Only 3 have won 3 or more
2 Won 3 straight Watkins Glen races: Mark Martin (’93-’95) & Jeff Gordon (’97-’99) – Chase Elliott won last 2
5 Won Daytona 500 & Watkins Glen in same season including Joey Logano (2015) & Denny Hamlin (2016)
10 Watkins Glen races won from 1st starting position
1 Watkins Glen winner from 1st starting position last 11 races – Chase Elliott 2019
2019 Watkins Glen winner Chase Elliott first to win Watkins Glen after winning pole since Jeff Gordon in 1998
9 Watkins Glen races won by drivers starting outside top 10
Steve Park, Marcos Ambrose, AJ Allmendinger & Chase Elliott won first career race at Watkins Glen
13 Won first career road course race at Watkins Glen
13 Won first race of season at Watkins Glen
Only win of season for 8 Watkins Glen winners
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
Watkins Glen winner went on to win championship 8 times
Final green run 25 laps or longer last 3 Watkins Glen races
2 Watkins Glen Overtime races (2005 & ’11)
2 Watkins Glen races settled by last lap pass (2012 & ’15)
3 Watkins Glen rescheduled races
Chevrolet leads all with 19 Watkins Glen wins
WATKINS GLEN NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Joe Gibbs Racing #54 won 3 of 4 road course races this season
15 Different winners in 26 NASCAR Xfinity Series Watkins Glen races
Joey Logano only driver to sweep Watkins Glen NXS & NCS races on same weekend (2015)
9 of last 11 Watkins Glen winners started on front row including last 5
3 Won Watkins Glen in first try – Kurt Busch, T. Labonte & Newman
8 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
Team Penske won pole 8 of last 9 Watkins Glen Xfinity Series races – Joe Gibbs Racing won 2019 pole
Team Penske swept front row 4 of last 6 Watkins Glen Xfinity Series races
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
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 – Austin Cindric 20 (2019)
Oldest Watkins Glen winner – Ron Fellows 41 (2001)
Best Watkins Glen finish by Rookie contender: 2nd – Greg Biffle 2001
Closest Watkins Glen finish: .431 Seconds (Mike McLaughlin over Todd Bodine – 1997)
2 Watkins Glen Overtime finishes – Kurt Busch won both races (2006 & ’11)
Team Penske: 8 Watkins Glen wins – All in last 15 races
Ford won 7 of last 8 Watkins Glen races with 3 different teams
Brian Wilson winning crew chief last 2 Watkins Glen races – 2018 Joey Logano & 2019 Austin Cindric
Stage 2 winner failed to win Watkins Glen in 2017, ’18 & ‘19