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NASCAR Cup Series

Go Bowling at The Glen

Watkins Glen International

August 21st, 2022

Race #25 of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 90
Miles Raced : 218.5
Time of Race : 02 Hours 17 minutes 52 seconds
Average Speed: 95.962 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.882 seconds
Cautions: 5
Caution Laps: 11
Lead Changes: 12
Cars in Race : 39
Finished On Lead Lap: 31 (79%)

Kyle Larson takes the checkered flag to win — Watkins Glen, New York - August 21st, 2022: Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Cup Series Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen International. Photo by Sean Gardner | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	2	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	43	40	3	5	90	5	1	0	8	Running
2	6	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	90	0	0	10	0	Running
3	20	22	Joey Logano	Ford	49	34	15	1	90	15	1	6	1	Running
4	1	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	40	33	7	0	90	29	4	0	4	Running
5	9	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	40	32	8	0	90	0	0	3	0	Running
6	3	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	42	31	11	0	90	14	2	8	3	Running
7	5	8	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	39	30	9	0	90	2	1	2	0	Running
8	38	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	30	29	1	0	90	0	0	0	10	Running
9	7	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	32	28	4	0	90	0	0	0	7	Running
10	31	43	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	27	27	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
11	29	41	Cole Custer	Ford	28	26	2	0	90	7	1	0	9	Running
12	24	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	25	25	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
13	8	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	24	24	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
14	11	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	23	23	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
15	21	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	22	22	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
16	28	42	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	31	21	10	0	90	0	0	7	5	Running
17	12	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	20	20	0	0	90	6	1	0	0	Running
18	13	31	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
19	15	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	18	18	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
20	22	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	17	17	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
21	18	1	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	22	16	6	0	90	0	0	5	0	Running
22	4	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
23	25	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	14	14	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
24	26	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	13	13	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
25	14	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	22	12	10	1	90	7	1	1	0	Running
26	16	45	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	0	0	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
27	32	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	10	10	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
28	30	21	Harrison Burton	Ford	9	9	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
29	35	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	8	8	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
30	33	77	Mike Rockenfeller	Chevrolet	7	7	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Running
31	17	15	Joey Hand	Ford	11	6	5	0	90	0	0	0	6	Running
32	10	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	16	5	11	0	89	0	0	9	2	Running
33	34	27	Loris Hezemans	Ford	0	0	0	0	89	0	0	0	0	Running
34	39	51	Cody Ware	Ford	3	3	0	0	88	0	0	0	0	Running
35	23	23	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	2	2	0	0	83	0	0	0	0	Suspension
36	36	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toyota	1	1	0	0	58	0	0	0	0	Running
37	27	91	Kimi Raikkonen	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	44	0	0	0	0	Accident
38	19	38	Todd Gilliland	Ford	8	1	7	0	28	5	1	4	0	Rear End
39	37	78	Kyle Tilley	Ford	1	1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	Steering

Race Infractions

Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen International

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Kurt Busch	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Kyle Busch	Pre-Race to the Rear Engine Change	Tail End	0	0	White
Cody Ware	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
William Byron	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Christopher Bell	Pre-Race to the Rear Engine Change	Tail End	0	0	White
Kyle Tilley	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Daniil Kvyat	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Daniil Kvyat	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	12	14	Green
Kyle Tilley	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	13	15	Green
Austin Cindric	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	17	23	Green/Yellow
Bubba Wallace	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	20	23	Yellow
Corey Lajoie	Removing equipment from assigned pit area	Tail End	37	44	Green/Yellow
Chase Briscoe	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	41	44	Yellow
Cody Ware	Driving through more than 3 pit boxes On Entry	Tail End	46	47	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Watkins Glen International
36th Annual Go Bowling at The Glen
Race Winner: Kyle Larson
Age: 30
Team: No. 5 - HendrickCars.com Chevrolet
Owner: Hendrick Motorsports
Crew Chief: Cliff Daniels
Kyle Larson won the 36th Annual Go Bowling at The Glen, his 18th victory in 284 Cup Series races.
This is his second victory and 13th top-10 finish in 2022.
This is his second victory and fifth top-10 finish in eight races at Watkins Glen International - won the race at Watkins Glen International last year.
AJ Allmendinger (second) posted his seventh top-10 finish in 11 races at Watkins Glen International. It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2022.
Joey Logano (third) posted his sixth top-10 finish in 13 races at Watkins Glen International.
Austin Cindric (13th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Chase Elliott clinched the Regular Season Championship for the first time in his career.

Race Recap

Kyle Larson Sweeps the Weekend at Watkins Glen

August 21st, 2022

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

For the second-consecutive day Kyle Larson took his first lead of the race with five laps remaining and held off road course ace and fellow Californian A.J. Allmendinger for a trophy. Larson completed the rare weekend sweep at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International Sunday afternoon with a clutch win in the NASCAR Cup Series’ Go Bowling at the Glen.

Larson made a dramatic pass on his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Chase Elliott on a restart with five laps to go on the historic road course. As the race leader, Elliott got to choose where to lineup alongside Larson for the green flag and chose to start on Larson’s outside, setting up the dramatic contention for position.

Larson maneuvered past Elliott in the wide-sweeping turn with both Allmendinger and Joey Logano able to get around Elliott as well. Allmendinger gave chase to Larson, but for the second day in a row, Larson, the driver of the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet again proved too much.

It was the second-consecutive NASCAR Cup Series victory for Larson, 30, at Watkins Glen - finishing .882-seconds ahead of Kaulig Racing’s Allmendinger. It’s Larson’s 18th career win and second of the 2022 season for the defending NASCAR Cup Series champion.

Team Penske's Logano finished third just ahead of Elliott, who could take some considerable consolation in officially securing the 2022 Regular Season Championship – his first – at the end of Stage 1 on Sunday.

Larson immediately addressed the winning move.

That was really my only opportunity (to go for the lead), I’m not proud of it,’’ Larson said, "But being in the inside lane, the right lane, being the leader, choosing the left lane, it definitely wins out. But when it gets late in the race, it's definitely risky.

"I knew that was my only opportunity to get by him. I feel like our cars were pretty equal today. Had a lot of fun after rate green flag cycle trying to chase hi down. Kind of burned my stuff up a little bit.

“But the restarts kept me in it and kept our team in it. I’m proud of my guys. Good to get another win here at Watkins Glen and get some more bonus points going into the Playoffs, we haven’t had a lot here this year.’’

Larson said he anticipated having a conversation with Elliott and reiterated that he was only making a move, he felt necessary, to go for the victory. Something he thought Elliott would have done as well.

“We have a competition meeting tomorrow.,’’ Larson said. “I think if I was in his shoes, I would understand the risk that I’m taking, taking the left lane also. I’m not proud of it but I did what I felt like I had to do to get the win.’’

For his part after the race, Elliott said only, “Congratulations to Kyle and everybody on the 5 team and at Hendrick Motorsports for getting the win.’’

Elliott - who led a race high 30 of the 80 laps - again took the company line when asked what he would say to Larson, “Congratulations. … always good to see HMS win. The boss [Rick Hendrick] deserves all the great wins that come for this company.’’

Trackhouse Racing driver Daniel Suárez finished fifth, followed by Front Row Motorsports’ Michael McDowell, who led 14 laps.

Richard Childress Racing’s Tyler Reddick, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell, RFK Racing’s Chris Buescher and Petty GMS Racing’s Erik Jones rounded out the top 10.

German driver Mike Rockenfeller – a sportscar ace and former Rolex 24 at Daytona winner – posted the best finish (30th) among a series-high seven international entries at Watkins Glen.

Formula One world champion Kimi Räikkönen had a solid effort in his NASCAR Cup Series debut – running as high as eighth place in Stage 2 before pitting. His day in the No. 91 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet came to an early end, however, when he was nudged off-track and into a tire barrier while racing among a large group of cars on the ensuing restart.

Räikkönen 41, of Finland, climbed out of his car and appeared fine physically. Although disappointed with the finish to what looked like a promising day, he said he was still overall happy with his debut in NASCAR’s big leagues.

“It was good fun, you know, and I felt more confident all the time and had some good battles and the car felt like it had a lot of speed in there, but that’s how it goes sometimes,’’ said Räikkönen, who officially finished 37th in the 39-car field.

With one race remaining in the regular season and one spot still to be settled for the 16-driver Playoff field, Team Penske's Ryan Blaney holds a 25-point advantage over Joe Gibbs Racing’s Martin Truex Jr. for the final transfer position should no new winner emerge next week. They finished 23rd (Truex) and 24th (Blaney) on Sunday and both drivers are still looking for their first victory of the year.