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NASCAR Cup Series

Go Bowling at the Glen

Watkins Glen International

August 8th, 2021

Race #23 of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 90
Miles Raced : 218.5
Time of Race : 02 Hours 10 minutes 57 seconds
Average Speed: 101.031 mph
Margin of Victory : 02.430 seconds
Cautions: 4
Caution Laps: 6
Lead Changes: 7

Kyle Busch leads Aric Almirola — Watkins Glen, New York - August 8th, 2021: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Snickers Toyota, leads Aric Almirola, driver of the #10 Go Bowling Ford, during the NASCAR Cup Series Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen International. Photo by Jared C Tilton | Getty Images

Driver	ST	50%	10%	FIN	HI	LW	AVG	PC D	Pass	Passed	PS D	Q PASS	Fast	%T15	TOT Led	Laps	Rating	TOT PTS
Kyle Larson	4	3	1	1	1	24	4.0	+3	41	22	+19	29	19	97.8%	27	90	136.6	56
Chase Elliott	11	18	3	2	2	36	14.8	+9	76	40	+36	26	22	54.4%	0	90	106.5	38
Martin Truex Jr	9	1	2	3	1	24	3.5	+6	38	55	-17	17	11	95.6%	34	90	131.2	44
Kyle Busch	20	7	4	4	2	21	8.6	+16	60	34	+26	33	0	88.9%	0	90	109.2	39
Denny Hamlin	6	16	6	5	1	30	8.2	+1	54	27	+27	31	14	87.8%	6	90	115.8	43
William Byron	15	8	5	6	4	32	9.5	+9	50	30	+20	25	1	84.4%	0	90	104.4	37
Christopher Bell	7	2	7	7	2	29	10.5	+0	62	62	+0	21	6	72.2%	0	90	100.7	39
Kevin Harvick	5	5	8	8	2	33	8.3	-3	50	79	-29	12	1	91.1%	0	90	99.6	37
Chase Briscoe	27	6	10	9	2	34	12.1	+18	57	62	-5	12	0	73.3%	0	90	88.2	34
Tyler Reddick	13	22	11	10	4	31	13.2	+3	56	39	+17	19	1	57.8%	0	90	87.2	34
Matt DiBenedetto	14	10	12	11	5	31	11.7	+3	50	72	-22	16	1	87.8%	0	90	91.1	30
Ross Chastain	12	4	9	12	4	34	10.4	+0	49	69	-20	16	0	86.7%	0	90	90.8	30
Kurt Busch	17	21	13	13	1	26	14.9	+4	62	46	+16	19	0	54.4%	2	90	79.8	24
Ryan Blaney	3	14	14	14	3	36	14.7	-11	61	77	-16	14	0	68.9%	0	90	80.5	23
Austin Dillon	16	11	16	15	5	29	15.8	+1	50	42	+8	14	0	45.6%	0	90	75.3	24
Aric Almirola	8	13	15	16	8	36	16.2	-8	40	73	-33	6	0	57.8%	0	90	70.0	21
Chris Buescher	24	19	18	17	6	28	20.6	+7	57	51	+6	9	0	11.1%	0	90	61.7	20
Cole Custer	19	29	19	18	4	34	18.4	+1	55	64	-9	9	0	31.1%	0	90	64.3	19
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	18	23	17	19	1	32	17.0	-1	55	53	+2	6	0	31.1%	1	90	64.5	18
Alex Bowman	10	25	20	20	6	33	17.9	-10	52	43	+9	8	0	24.4%	0	90	64.0	21
Michael McDowell	25	17	21	21	10	34	22.9	+4	61	47	+14	0	0	1.1%	0	90	53.3	16
Joey Logano	2	9	25	22	1	36	15.1	-20	28	37	-9	13	2	58.9%	11	90	74.5	27
Bubba Wallace	26	24	23	23	9	35	23.7	+3	52	85	-33	6	0	18.9%	0	90	48.7	14
Corey Lajoie	29	28	24	24	3	36	23.2	+5	53	79	-26	9	0	18.9%	0	90	52.5	13
Ryan Newman	28	12	22	25	11	37	21.1	+3	43	79	-36	6	0	25.6%	0	89	52.2	12
Anthony Alfredo	31	27	26	26	12	37	28.1	+5	48	86	-38	2	0	2.2%	0	89	39.3	11
Erik Jones	22	30	27	27	6	36	23.2	-5	67	49	+18	6	0	11.1%	0	89	45.8	11
Ryan Preece	23	20	28	28	13	35	25.4	-5	63	59	+4	2	0	4.4%	0	89	50.0	9
Justin Haley	30	31	29	29	6	36	26.2	+1	58	50	+8	10	0	13.3%	0	89	39.0	0
Kyle Tilley	33	36	31	30	19	37	32.5	+3	63	46	+17	0	0	0.0%	0	89	29.7	7
Daniel Suarez	21	26	34	31	3	36	26.3	-10	56	67	-11	8	0	6.7%	0	88	49.5	6
Quin Houff	35	35	30	32	20	37	32.2	+3	56	41	+15	0	0	0.0%	0	88	27.2	5
Josh Bilicki	34	33	32	33	14	35	30.4	+1	61	49	+12	0	0	1.1%	0	88	32.2	4
RC Enerson	37	34	33	34	9	37	31.2	+3	68	49	+19	6	0	4.4%	0	88	31.2	3
Brad Keselowski	1	15	35	35	1	37	23.9	-34	46	61	-15	10	0	30.0%	9	87	55.7	2
Garrett Smithley	32	32	36	36	17	36	32.4	-4	49	38	+11	0	0	0.0%	0	87	26.3	0
James Davison	36	37	37	37	12	37	34.6	-1	26	11	+15	0	0	1.1%	0	41	30.3	1

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Race Fast Facts

Watkins Glen International
35th Annual Go Bowling at The Glen
Race Winner: Kyle Larson
Age: 29
Team : No. 5 - HendrickCars.com Chevrolet
Owner: Rick Hendrick
Crew Chief: Cliff Daniels
Kyle Larson won the 35th Annual Go Bowling at The Glen, his 11th victory in 247 Cup Series races.
This is his fifth victory and 16th top-10 finish in 2021.
This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in eight races at Watkins Glen International.
Chase Elliott (second) posted his third top-10 finish in six races at Watkins Glen International. It is his 13th top-10 finish in 2021.
Martin Truex Jr. (third) posted his 10th top-10 finish in 16 races at Watkins Glen International.
Chase Briscoe (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Kyle Larson leads the point standings by 0 points over Denny Hamlin.

Race Recap

Kyle Larson returns to winning ways at Watkins Glen

August 8th, 2021

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

Kyle Larson had to navigate lapped traffic in the closing laps and hold off his hard-charging Hendrick Motorsports teammate Chase Elliott – the track's most prolific winner of late – to earn the victory in Sunday's Go Bowling at the Glen.

But the 28-year old Californian Larson has been a driver to count on this season, finishing either first or second 10 times through the 23 races to date. And Sunday's trophy at the historic Watkins Glen International road course is Larson's NASCAR Cup Series-best fifth of the year; 11th of his career.

His 2.430-second victory over Elliott was good enough to move him into a tie with Denny Hamlin for the regular season championship with only three races remaining before the Playoffs.

It marked the eighth Hendrick Motorsports victory in the last 11 races and the fourth time Larson and Elliott have finished 1-2 – the third time at a road course event.

Larson led the final 27 laps of the 90-lap event, taking the lead for good from Joe Gibbs Racing driver Martin Truex Jr., who had paced the field for a race best 34 laps. Elliott got around Truex with nine laps remaining to claim second place.

Truex finished third, followed by his JGR teammates Kyle Busch and Hamlin. Hendrick driver William Byron was sixth with JGR's Christopher Bell, Stewart-Haas teammates Kevin Harvick and Chase Briscoe and Richard Childress Racing's Tyler Reddick rounding out the Top-10.

"Chase was already catching me pretty quick, even with me being in open track so when I caught those, I think four (lapped) cars and got into the 38 (Anthony Alfredo) right here, I thought I would look at my mirror and the 9 (Elliott) would be right on me, but thankfully had a comfortable enough gap to where I could make a mistake like that," said Larson, who apologized to his friend Bell during his post-race interview. The two made contact racing door-to-door for second place late in the race.

"Incredible race today, hats off to Hendrick Motorsports," added Larson, "It's awesome. It really just shows how good the organization is, all the people that they've assembled at the race shop, all the men and women. All four of us [Hendrick drivers] could not be getting these wins like we have been without them. Thanks to them and thanks to everybody else I get to race for."

Although Elliott, 25, had to settle for a runner-up showing today, it was an incredible drive for the reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion and two-time Watkins Glen winner. He started the race from the last row – and his crew chief Alan Gustafson was suspended – after his car failed pre-race technical inspection.

Elliott steadily made his way forward, picking off cars with each turn. And as with Larson, he had to navigate that lapped traffic in the closing laps, which essentially cost him any shot at getting close enough to his teammate to challenge for the lead.

"I made too many mistakes to get the win unfortunately, and made it too late in the race," Elliott said. "Super proud of our team. Been kind of an uphill battle all day, but everybody was just super prepared coming into the day and our NAPA team just did a really good job of fighting it."

With three races remaining to set the Playoff field, Reddick gave himself a little more cushion room in that 16th and final transfer position. He improved his advantage over his Richard Childress Racing teammate, 17th place Austin Dillon, from six points entering the race to 15 points heading to Indianapolis next week.