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Check out the DraftKings DFS driver scoring results for the 2025 Go Bowling at The Glen, highlighting points breakdowns, top performers, and fantasy stats from the Watkins Glen International race.

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METRIC	POINTS
Place Differential	+/- 1 Pt
Fastest Laps	+0.45 Pts
Laps Led	+0.25 Pts

FINISH	POINTS	FINISH	POINTS
1st	45	21st	21
2nd	42	22nd	20
3rd	41	23rd	19
4th	40	24th	18
5th	39	25th	17
6th	38	26th	16
7th	37	27th	15
8th	36	28th	14
9th	35	29th	13
10th	34	30th	12
11th	32	31st	10
12th	31	32nd	9
13th	30	33rd	8
14th	29	34th	7
15th	28	35th	6
16th	27	36th	5
17th	26	37th	4
18th	25	38th	3
19th	24	39th	2
20th	23	40th	1

Scoring Notes

Place Differential = (Starting Position) – (Finishing Position) Example: If a driver starts in 20th position and finishes in 10th place then his Place Differential is +10.
A driver's starting position is based on his qualifying position. If a driver's qualifying position is disallowed, his starting position will be his new spot at the back of the race. If a driver's starting position changes between qualifying and the start of the race for any other reason (e.g. going to a backup car) the original qualifying position will be used to calculate place differential.
Points for Finishing Position and Place Differential will be updated in real-time during the race. Drivers will gain points as they move up in position and lose points as they drop in position.
Finishing Position is defined as the driver's standing order at the end of the race. Disqualifications related to same-day post-race inspection will not change a driver's Finishing Position, Laps Led, or Fastest Laps stats.

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Go Bowling at The Glen

Sunday, August 10th, 2025

Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY

Previous race at Watkins Glen International

Thursday, August 7th, 2025
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Twists, Turns, and Trouble: The Glen Could Flip the Playoff Script

With only three regular season races remaining to decide which 16 drivers will compete in the 2025 Playoffs, the intensity is picking up and Sunday’s Go Bowling at The Glen (2 p.m. ET on USA Network, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) road course event will undoubtedly be full of the kind of action expected at this point in the season.

The question is whether a driver currently below the Playoff cut line lands the ultimate big moment and claims the win Sunday?

Some of the sport’s best road course competitors from Joe Gibbs Racing’s Ty Gibbs to Spire Motorsports’ Michael McDowell to Richard Childress Racing’s Kyle Busch and Kaulig Racing’s A.J. Allmendinger are all still outside the Playoff cutoff line and winless on the season. A victory this weekend for any of them would have huge Playoff implications – for themselves and for others.

Gibbs won the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at The Glen. Coming from a sports car background, McDowell is a highly touted road course ace with a win on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course in 2023. Busch has a NASCAR Cup (2013) and Xfinity Series win (2017) at the track and Allmendinger – a three-time NASCAR Cup Series-road course winner – scored his first career victory there in 2014.

Count the defending race winner, Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing’s Chris Buescher also among those road course stars needing a big showing at the historic 2.45-mile Watkins Glen International. Last year Buescher held off the sport’s reigning road course ace, Trackhouse Racing’s Shane van Gisbergen in extra laps to claim the win.

This season, van Gisbergen shows up in upstate New York with three road course victories and a Playoff berth already this season while Buescher is ranked a tenuous 16th place in the standings, only 23 points up on his RFK teammate Ryan Preece and the first to potentially drop out of Playoff points should a new winner claim Sunday’s trophy at The Glen.

Eight active drivers have wins at Watkins Glen. And in addition to Buescher, Busch and Allmendinger, include last week’s winner William Byron (2023), his Hendrick Motorsports teammates Kyle Larson (2021-22) and Chase Elliott (2019-2020), Denny Hamlin (2016) and Joey Logano (2015).

Byron’s win last weekend at Iowa also keeps an intense battle atop the standings. The reigning back-to-back Daytona 500 winner holds a slim 18-point advantage over his teammate Elliott for the Regular Season Championship and the 15-point bonus. Their Hendrick teammate, Larson, is only 45 points back.

23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick holds the highest points-position in the standings among those without a win – 122 points up on 17th place Preece. Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman is ranked 15th, 63 points above the cutoff line, followed by Buescher in that perilous 16th position.

It’s a unique situation for the three-car RFK operation with Buescher and Preece fighting at the cutoff line and team co-owner Brad Keselowski, whose season has been buoyed by three top-10s in the last three weeks, all essentially needing a win for Playoff security.

“To be honest with you, Chris and I race really well together, so I think we have enough respect for each other on the racetrack to do it the right way, and we’re gonna race hard,” said Preece, who drives the No. 60 RFK Ford Mustang. “I think between this week and next week, I think both of us – he sees Watkins Glen as a great opportunity to go win and get himself in and the way I need to race it is gonna change throughout that race.

“From there, that will lead into Richmond and if the points battle is really close going into Daytona, obviously, we’re gonna take care of each other when it comes to superspeedways and the last few laps you’ve just got to do the best you can to try and win that race. So, I’m not really entirely sure of how to approach it, other than the way we’ve been doing it all year, which is take care of each other and race each other with a lot of respect and don’t wreck each other.”

Also, on the grid this weekend are road racing standouts, 19-year-old Connor Zilisch in the No. 87 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet and Katherine Legge, who scored a career best 17th-place finish at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway two weeks ago, in the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet. Zilisch is competing in all three races at The Glen.

Watkins Glen International
Go Bowling at The Glen
Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Ryan Blaney
Age: 31
Team : No 12 - Menards/Richmond Water Heaters Ford
Owner: Roger Penske
Crew Chief: Jonathan Hassler
Ryan Blaney won the Pole Award for the Go Bowling at The Glen with a lap of 7196 seconds, 122568 mph
This is his 12th pole in 366 NASCAR Cup Series races
This is his second pole and 10th top-10 start in 2025
This is his first pole in nine races at Watkins Glen International
Shane Van Gisbergen (second) posted his sixth top-10 start of 2025 and his second in two races at Watkins Glen International
Chase Briscoe (third) posted his first top-10 start at Watkins Glen International It is his 14th in 24 races this season
Shane Van Gisbergen (second) was the fastest qualifying rookie

Drivers Entered: 40
Laps Scheduled: 90
Margin of Victory: 11.116 Seconds
Time of Race: 2 Hours 10 Minutes 39 Seconds
Average Speed: 101.263
Cautions: 3 for 8 laps
Lead Changes: 8
Green Flag Passes: 3,273 (39.9 passes per green flag lap)

Watkins Glen International
Go Bowling at The Glen
Race Winner: Shane Van Gisbergen
Age: 36
Team : No 88 - WeatherTech Chevrolet
Owner: Justin Marks
Crew Chief: Stephen Doran
Shane Van Gisbergen won the Go Bowling at The Glen, his fifth victory in 38 Cup Series races
This is his fourth victory and fifth top-10 finish in 2025
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Watkins Glen International
Christopher Bell (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in five races at Watkins Glen International It is his 14th top-10 finish in 2025
Chris Buescher (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in ten races at Watkins Glen International
Shane Van Gisbergen (first) was the highest finishing rookie
William Byron leads the point standings by 42 points over Chase Elliott

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Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen International Draftkings results
								FINISH & PLACE DIFFERENTIAL POINTS				FAST LAP POINTS			LAPS LED POINTS			TOTAL POINTS
RNK	SLRY	DRIVER	TEAM	#	MAKE	LAPS	DR	ST	FIN	FIN PTS	PD PTS	FST	% FST	FST PTS	LED	% LED	LED PTS	TOT PTS
1	12,700	Shane van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing	88	Chevrolet	90	143.70	2	1	45	1	18	23.08	8.10	38	42.2	9.50	63.60
3	9,800	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	20	Toyota	90	113.20	9	2	42	7	7	8.97	3.15	0	0.0	0.00	52.15
2	9,000	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	17	Ford	90	105.10	12	3	41	9	4	5.13	1.80	5	5.6	1.25	53.05
7	9,500	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	24	Chevrolet	90	111.90	10	4	40	6	2	2.56	0.90	0	0.0	0.00	46.90
11	8,500	Chase Briscoe	Joe Gibbs Racing	19	Toyota	90	112.20	3	5	39	-2	4	5.13	1.80	6	6.7	1.50	40.30
8	7,900	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	12	Ford	90	124.30	1	6	38	-5	9	11.54	4.05	35	38.9	8.75	45.80
4	7,100	Daniel Suarez	Trackhouse Racing	99	Chevrolet	90	89.20	19	7	37	12	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	49.00
9	6,800	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	23	Toyota	90	93.20	15	8	36	7	1	1.28	0.45	0	0.0	0.00	43.45
6	8,800	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing	45	Toyota	90	76.70	21	9	35	12	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	47.00
17	8,300	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	1	Chevrolet	90	99.70	4	10	34	-6	3	3.85	1.35	0	0.0	0.00	29.35
12	8,200	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	16	Chevrolet	90	80.80	18	11	32	7	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	39.00
5	6,400	Erik Jones	Legacy Motor Club	43	Toyota	90	72.30	29	12	31	17	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	48.00
15	7,600	Ryan Preece	RFK Racing	60	Ford	90	84.20	17	13	30	4	0	0	0.00	1	1.1	0.25	34.25
18	7,500	Joey Logano	Team Penske	22	Ford	90	77.70	11	14	29	-3	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	26.00
13	6,100	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	3	Chevrolet	90	67.30	25	15	28	10	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	38.00
19	7,200	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	2	Ford	90	82.20	13	16	27	-3	1	1.28	0.45	0	0.0	0.00	24.45
10	5,600	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	38	Ford	90	56.10	33	17	26	16	2	2.56	0.90	0	0.0	0.00	42.90
22	7,400	Carson Hocevar	Spire Motorsports	77	Chevrolet	90	67.60	8	18	25	-10	2	2.56	0.90	0	0.0	0.00	15.90
26	8,400	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports	71	Chevrolet	90	77.70	6	19	24	-13	3	3.85	1.35	0	0.0	0.00	12.35
28	7,800	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	48	Chevrolet	90	77.70	7	20	23	-13	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	10.00
14	6,000	Noah Gragson	Front Row Motorsports	4	Ford	90	49.70	35	21	21	14	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	35.00
34	7,700	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing	8	Chevrolet	90	72.10	5	22	20	-17	1	1.28	0.45	0	0.0	0.00	3.45
16	5,800	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Hyak Motorsports	47	Chevrolet	90	48.50	34	23	19	11	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	30.00
20	5,200	Riley Herbst	23XI Racing	35	Toyota	90	53.10	28	24	18	4	1	1.28	0.45	0	0.0	0.00	22.45
23	8,100	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	11	Toyota	90	47.00	22	25	17	-3	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	14.00
28	9,100	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	9	Chevrolet	90	55.80	20	26	16	-6	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	10.00
27	5,700	Justin Haley	Spire Motorsports	7	Chevrolet	90	49.90	23	27	15	-4	1	1.28	0.45	0	0.0	0.00	11.45
25	6,700	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	34	Ford	90	46.20	27	28	14	-1	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	13.00
21	4,900	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	51	Ford	90	37.00	36	29	13	7	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	20.00
23	5,500	Ty Dillon	Kaulig Racing	10	Chevrolet	90	50.20	32	30	12	2	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	14.00
36	7,000	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	6	Ford	90	80.10	16	31	10	-15	5	6.41	2.25	5	5.6	1.25	-1.50
30	6,500	John Hunter Nemechek	Legacy Motor Club	42	Toyota	90	52.80	30	32	9	-2	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	7.00
38	8,700	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	54	Toyota	90	63.30	14	33	8	-19	6	7.69	2.70	0	0.0	0.00	-8.30
33	5,300	Cole Custer	Haas Factory Team	41	Ford	90	32.90	31	34	7	-3	2	2.56	0.90	0	0.0	0.00	4.90
37	6,200	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing	21	Ford	90	38.20	24	35	6	-11	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	-5.00
31	4,800	Katherine Legge	Live Fast Motorsports	78	Chevrolet	89	29.70	37	36	5	1	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	6.00
31	5,100	Josh Bilicki	Garage 66	66	Ford	89	25.20	39	37	4	2	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	6.00
35	4,700	JJ Yeley	NY Racing Team	44	Chevrolet	89	26.80	38	38	3	0	0	0	0.00	0	0.0	0.00	3.00
38	10,200	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	5	Chevrolet	75	36.30	26	39	2	-13	6	7.69	2.70	0	0.0	0.00	-8.30

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