Loop Data Box Score : Watkins Glen International

Go Bowling at The Glen

Watkins Glen International , Watkins Glen, NY

Sunday, May 10th, 2026 Race 12 of 36 2026 Season
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  • Watkins Glen International
  • Go Bowling at The Glen
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Shane Van Gisbergen
  • Age: 37
  • Team : No 97 - Superfile Chevrolet
  • Owner: Justin Marks
  • Crew Chief: Stephen Doran
  • Shane Van Gisbergen won the Pole Award for the Go Bowling at The Glen with a lap of 71165 seconds, 123937 mph
  • This is his fifth pole in 62 NASCAR Cup Series races
  • This is his first pole and second top-10 start in 2026
  • This is his first pole in three races at Watkins Glen International
  • Michael McDowell (second) posted his third top-10 start of 2026 and his fifth in 17 races at Watkins Glen International
  • Austin Cindric (third) posted his third top-10 start at Watkins Glen International It is his fourth in 12 races this season
  • Connor Zilisch (fifth) was the fastest qualifying rookie

  • Drivers Entered: 38
  • Laps Scheduled: 100
  • Margin of Victory: 07.288 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 29 Minutes 11 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 98.536
  • Cautions: 4 for 12 laps
  • Lead Changes: 6
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,813 (20.6 passes per green flag lap)

  • Watkins Glen International
  • Go Bowling at The Glen
  • Race Winner: Shane Van Gisbergen
  • Age: 37
  • Team : No 97 - Superfile Chevrolet
  • Owner: Justin Marks
  • Crew Chief: Stephen Doran
  • Shane Van Gisbergen won the Go Bowling at The Glen, his seventh victory in 62 Cup Series races
  • This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in 2026
  • This is his second victory and third top-10 finish in three races at Watkins Glen International
  • Michael McDowell (second) posted his third top-10 finish in 17 races at Watkins Glen International It is his third top-10 finish in 2026
  • Ty Gibbs (third) posted his second top-10 finish in five races at Watkins Glen International
  • Connor Zilisch (20th) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Tyler Reddick leads the point standings by 129 points over Denny Hamlin
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Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen International : Loop Data Box Score results
DRIVER ST MID CLO FIN HI LOW ARP PL DIF GFP GFxP PD QPS % QPS FST % T15 LED % LED LAPS DR TOT PTS
Shane van Gisbergen 1 1 5 1 1 25 3.0 0 32 32 0 20 62.50 33 97.0 74 74.0 100 148.80 68
Michael McDowell 2 12 7 2 1 31 7.3 0 48 59 -11 21 43.75 6 85.0 5 5.0 100 118.40 36
Ty Gibbs 10 3 1 3 1 18 5.0 7 21 16 5 20 95.24 4 96.0 17 17.0 100 115.30 42
Chase Briscoe 9 9 3 4 3 31 9.5 5 30 25 5 21 70.00 1 90.0 0 0.0 100 96.40 35
Tyler Reddick 15 2 11 5 2 34 10.9 10 61 60 1 18 29.51 4 67.0 0 0.0 100 99.70 41
Austin Dillon 25 4 4 6 3 38 10.9 19 49 32 17 23 46.94 2 76.0 0 0.0 100 93.80 38
AJ Allmendinger 12 22 12 7 2 34 15.4 5 55 29 26 18 32.73 3 55.0 0 0.0 100 93.10 36
Kyle Busch 21 5 6 8 5 30 11.7 13 38 22 16 23 60.53 1 70.0 0 0.0 100 87.50 35
Austin Cindric 3 7 8 9 3 27 10.4 -6 40 14 26 23 57.50 0 79.0 0 0.0 100 90.20 39
John Hunter Nemechek 17 34 15 10 4 38 18.7 7 49 64 -15 15 30.61 2 42.0 0 0.0 100 80.40 32
Ryan Blaney 7 15 16 11 3 32 16.0 -4 66 35 31 18 27.27 2 47.0 0 0.0 100 86.40 34
Chris Buescher 14 6 9 12 5 29 11.4 2 34 32 2 22 64.71 0 84.0 0 0.0 100 84.00 30
Daniel Suarez 16 29 17 13 2 32 15.3 3 36 70 -34 13 36.11 0 67.0 0 0.0 100 78.20 24
Ryan Preece 30 13 19 14 11 33 20.0 16 50 39 11 10 20.00 0 33.0 0 0.0 100 75.80 23
Cole Custer 19 16 20 15 7 33 18.5 4 42 56 -14 12 28.57 0 33.0 0 0.0 100 72.80 22
Denny Hamlin 20 14 10 16 8 34 16.5 4 37 30 7 12 32.43 0 55.0 0 0.0 100 64.00 21
Todd Gilliland 22 37 29 17 7 37 21.6 5 56 60 -4 5 8.93 1 26.0 0 0.0 100 67.90 20
Zane Smith 33 21 25 18 11 37 24.4 15 62 52 10 1 1.61 0 2.0 0 0.0 100 61.80 19
Erik Jones 24 17 21 19 10 31 19.7 5 46 47 -1 6 13.04 0 28.0 0 0.0 100 67.00 18
Connor Zilisch 5 8 2 20 2 31 7.6 -15 36 54 -18 25 69.44 13 88.0 0 0.0 100 102.90 21
Christopher Bell 8 28 28 21 3 35 20.9 -13 55 78 -23 6 10.91 0 30.0 0 0.0 100 57.30 20
Noah Gragson 35 20 32 22 13 38 26.7 13 66 57 9 2 3.03 1 2.0 0 0.0 100 54.70 15
Kyle Larson 23 23 18 23 15 35 24.1 0 57 67 -10 0 0.00 0 1.0 0 0.0 100 55.50 14
Chase Elliott 27 24 23 24 10 36 26.0 3 72 46 26 3 4.17 0 6.0 0 0.0 100 46.00 13
Alex Bowman 28 26 24 25 15 36 26.0 3 60 70 -10 0 0.00 0 1.0 0 0.0 100 48.00 12
Riley Herbst 32 31 30 26 5 38 28.5 6 78 66 12 5 6.41 2 9.0 0 0.0 100 43.90 13
Ross Chastain 4 11 13 27 1 32 12.7 -23 40 35 5 19 47.50 1 66.0 4 4.0 100 74.10 20
Carson Hocevar 11 19 14 28 9 32 17.5 -17 34 63 -29 14 41.18 0 35.0 0 0.0 100 54.00 9
Bubba Wallace 18 10 27 29 3 34 20.1 -11 55 76 -21 8 14.55 1 29.0 0 0.0 100 51.20 9
Brad Keselowski 26 32 33 30 21 37 32.0 -4 39 56 -17 0 0.00 4 0.0 0 0.0 100 36.70 7
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 29 25 22 31 13 38 29.3 -2 71 47 24 5 7.04 0 8.0 0 0.0 100 34.30 6
Josh Berry 34 35 26 32 6 37 25.1 2 51 87 -36 3 5.88 0 14.0 0 0.0 100 41.80 5
Ty Dillon 31 36 31 33 12 36 26.9 -2 66 56 10 7 10.61 0 11.0 0 0.0 99 34.30 4
Josh Bilicki 37 33 34 34 8 38 32.7 3 59 36 23 1 1.69 0 2.0 0 0.0 99 28.00 0
Katherine Legge 38 30 36 35 19 38 35.8 3 28 27 1 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 99 25.00 2
William Byron 13 38 37 36 5 38 26.8 -23 11 47 -36 7 63.64 2 36.0 0 0.0 97 65.80 1
Cody Ware 36 27 35 37 13 37 30.8 -1 66 43 23 6 9.09 0 6.0 0 0.0 90 30.50 1
Joey Logano 6 18 38 38 2 38 25.4 -32 17 27 -10 3 17.65 0 24.0 0 0.0 85 67.00 10