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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Go Bowling at the Glen

Watkins Glen International

September 15th, 2024

Race #28 of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 90
- Extended to 92 laps
Miles Raced : 223.4
Time of Race : 02 Hours 38 minutes 41 seconds
Average Speed: 85.226 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.979 seconds
Cautions: 7
Caution Laps: 21
Lead Changes: 11
Cars in Race : 38
Finished On Lead Lap: 31 (82%)

Chris Buescher celebrates after winning — Watkins Glen, New York - September 15th, 2024: Chris Buescher, driver of the #17 BuildSubmarines.com Ford, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen International. Photo by Chris Graythen | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	24	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	40	40	0	5	92	19	3	0	0	Running
2	3	16	Shane van Gisbergen	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	92	1	1	0	2	Running
3	29	77	Carson Hocevar	Chevrolet	34	34	0	0	92	1	1	0	0	Running
4	1	1	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	43	33	10	1	92	51	2	0	1	Running
5	19	71	Zane Smith	Chevrolet	32	32	0	0	92	0	0	0	0	Running
6	12	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	43	31	12	0	92	0	0	3	7	Running
7	10	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	30	30	0	0	92	7	1	0	0	Running
8	18	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	29	29	0	0	92	2	1	0	0	Running
9	21	41	Ryan Preece	Ford	30	28	2	0	92	0	0	0	9	Running
10	5	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	33	27	6	0	92	0	0	5	0	Running
11	9	10	Noah Gragson	Ford	26	26	0	0	92	0	0	0	0	Running
12	20	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	28	25	3	0	92	0	0	8	0	Running
13	8	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	31	24	7	0	92	0	0	4	0	Running
14	17	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	23	23	0	0	92	0	0	0	0	Running
15	7	22	Joey Logano	Ford	30	22	8	0	92	6	1	0	3	Running
16	37	38	Todd Gilliland	Ford	21	21	0	0	92	0	0	0	0	Running
17	32	23	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	20	20	0	0	92	0	0	0	0	Running
18	4	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	31	19	12	0	92	1	1	2	8	Running
19	14	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	23	18	5	0	92	0	0	6	0	Running
20	2	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	27	17	10	1	92	4	1	1	0	Running
21	35	42	John Hunter Nemechek	Toyota	16	16	0	0	92	0	0	0	0	Running
22	15	54	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	22	15	7	0	92	0	0	0	4	Running
23	22	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	15	14	1	0	92	0	0	0	10	Running
24	33	21	Harrison Burton	Ford	18	13	5	0	92	0	0	0	6	Running
25	31	4	Josh Berry	Ford	12	12	0	0	92	0	0	0	0	Running
26	28	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	11	11	0	0	92	0	0	0	0	Running
27	16	45	Tyler Reddick	Toyota	14	10	4	0	92	0	0	7	0	Running
28	23	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	9	9	0	0	92	0	0	0	0	Running
29	36	51	Justin Haley	Ford	8	8	0	0	92	0	0	0	0	Running
30	13	8	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	7	7	0	0	92	0	0	0	0	Running
31	27	31	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	7	6	1	0	92	0	0	10	0	Running
32	34	50	Juan Pablo Montoya	Toyota	5	5	0	0	91	0	0	0	0	Running
33	25	43	Erik Jones	Toyota	6	4	2	0	90	0	0	9	0	Running
34	11	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	9	3	6	0	90	0	0	0	5	Running
35	38	15	Kaz Grala	Ford	2	2	0	0	87	0	0	0	0	Running
36	6	13	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	Transmission
37	26	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	Accident
38	30	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

Go Bowling at the Glen at Watkins Glen International

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Todd Gilliland	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Carson Hocevar	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Kyle Busch	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	1	5	Yellow
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	1	0	Yellow
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Tire violation Garage	Tail End	1	0	Yellow
Ryan Preece	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	1	5	Yellow
Bubba Wallace	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	1	5	Yellow
Denny Hamlin	Driving through more than 3 pit boxes On Entry	Tail End	2	5	Yellow
Brad Keselowski	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	17	24	Green/Yellow
Justin Haley	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	17	24	Green/Yellow
Ryan Preece	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	21	24	Yellow
Ryan Preece	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	21	24	Yellow
Brad Keselowski	Tire violation	Tail End	36	42	Yellow
Kyle Larson	Unspecified Vehicle Interference	Tail End	37	42	Green/Yellow
Zane Smith	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	37	42	Green/Yellow
Daniel Suarez	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	38	42	Yellow
Bubba Wallace	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	38	42	Yellow
Tyler Reddick	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	39	42	Yellow
Denny Hamlin	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	47	49	Yellow
Denny Hamlin	Driving through more than 3 pit boxes On Entry	Tail End	47	49	Yellow
Daniel Suarez	Unspecified Choose Violation	Tail End	49	49	Yellow
Kaz Grala	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	73	79	Green
Harrison Burton	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	80	83	Yellow
Erik Jones	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	81	83	Yellow
William Byron	Commitment Line Violation	Tail End	84	87	Yellow
William Byron	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	84	87	Yellow
Kyle Busch	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	88	90	Yellow
Tyler Reddick	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	88	90	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Watkins Glen International
Go Bowling at The Glen
Race Winner: Chris Buescher
Age: 31
Team : No. 17 - BuildSubmarines.com Ford
Owner: RFK Racing
Crew Chief: Scott Graves
Chris Buescher won the Go Bowling at The Glen, his sixth victory in 321 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his first victory and 13th top-10 finish in 2024.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in nine races at Watkins Glen International.
Shane Van Gisbergen (second) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Watkins Glen International. It is his first top-10 finish in 2024.
Carson Hocevar (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at Watkins Glen International.
Carson Hocevar (third) was the highest finishing rookie.
Christopher Bell leads the point standings by 3 points over Austin Cindric.

Race Recap

Buescher bests Van Gisbergen in exciting Watkins Glen Playoff race

September 15th, 2024

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

In a largely chaotic race – action-packed literally from the drop of the green flag, it was Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing’s Chris Buescher who prevailed in overtime in Sunday’s Go Bowling at The Glen – passing road course ace, Shane Van Gisbergen in a bumper-to-bumper last lap duel to claim his career first road course victory at the famed Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International.

Van Gisbergen took the lead from the second row in a daring three-wide move on an overtime restart, but Buescher chased him down. Buescher’s No. 17 RFK Racing Ford and Van Gisbergen’s No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet made contact in the course’s famous bus stop then Buescher slid his Mustang inside Van Gisbergen’s Camaro in the esses and motored off to a .979-second win over the New Zealand superstar in the second Playoff race of the season.

Spire Motorsports’ Carson Hocevar, Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain and Spire’s Zane Smith rounded out the top-five. Stewart-Haas Racing’s Chase Briscoe finished sixth, followed by Front Row Motorsports’ Michael McDowell, Spire’s Corey LaJoie, SHR’s Ryan Preece and Team Penske’s Austin Cindric.

Briscoe and Cindric were the only two Playoff drivers to finish among the top-10 in what was a perpetually dramatic day for the 16 Playoff drivers racing for the NASCAR Cup Series championship.

“Oh man, it was such a good Ford Mustang, speed was so great and long run speed phenomenal,” said the 31-year-old Texan Buescher, who just missed qualifying for the Playoffs when Chase Briscoe won the regular season finale at Darlington three weeks ago.

“I thought we lost it there on the last one but, man, to stay right there with him. It was a spot he was better than us, but he just missed it so I tried to cross over and just hard racing. What an awesome finish. To be that good for so much at the end of the race – all race – to get a win is good.

“We came here to be spoilers and we’re going to do that.”

Van Gisbergen, who won the Chicago Street Race last season in his first ever NASCAR Cup Series start, was a factor all day as expected for the former Australian Supercars champion, who will compete fulltime in the NASCAR Cup Series next year in the No. 88 Chevrolet for Trackhouse Racing.

“Driver error, yeah,” Van Gisbergen said of his slip in the bus stop. “I knew Chris was really going to send it and push me if he could get there and as I turned back I was a bit loose and clipped the inside wall. Just driver error and I’m gutted.

“The race was really awesome there with Ross [Chastain] and Chris [Buescher] and the others at the end, I’m gutted we couldn’t get it. We had a lot of fun, but I’m pretty angry at myself.”

It was a fitting dramatic ending to a day that shook up the Playoff standings from the opening lap to the final lap (92). Twelve of the 16 Playoff drivers suffered some sort of “challenge” on the day.

Reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Ryan Blaney – who led the points standings entering the race – was eliminated from the race on Lap 1 after being innocently caught up in collision that included half a dozen cars, including fellow Playoff competitors Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski and Christopher Bell.

It was just the beginning of a long, challenging day for Hamlin who was involved in another accident mid-race. He was part of a three-wide line of Playoff drivers – also including Kyle Larson and Keselowski – trying to make it through the track’s famous series of turns called, the esses. Unfortunately for Hamlin there wasn’t enough room for the wide challenges and his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota again suffered damage.

Larson and fellow Playoff drivers, Regular Season Champion Tyler Reddick, Bell, Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott and William Byron were involved in multiple incidents throughout the day.

The high-speed, high-action day ended a streak of five consecutive Hendrick Motorsports wins at the historic 2.45-mile Watkins Glen track. Among the Playoff drivers, Larson finished 12th, followed by Trackhouse Racing’s Daniel Suarez, Bell and Logano rounding out the top-15.

Hendrick’s Alex Bowman was 18th, followed – in order – by teammate Elliott and Joe Gibbs Racing’s Martin Truex Jr.

JGR’s Ty Gibbs was 22nd, followed immediately by his teammate Hamlin and Wood Brothers’ Harrison Burton. Keselowski was 26th and Reddick 27th. Byron ended up 34th and Blaney was 38th, the first car out.

Those results mean that with one race left in this opening three-race Playoff round, Bell holds a three-point edge on Cindric atop the standings with Bowman five points back. Logano’s win at Atlanta two weeks ago scored him an automatic bid into the next round.

Heading into next Saturday night’s first round elimination race at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, Hamlin is now ranked 13th, six points below his JGR teammate Gibbs on the cutoff line. Keselowski is 12 points back, Truex is now 14 points back and Burton is 20 points off the transfer position.

“I thought our Camry was solid, needed to be better on long runs for sure, but worked hard and persevered and had a decent day but as always you get the cautions at the end and guys just run through you,” said a frustrated but determined Truex, who ran up front early and was – at one point – more than a dozen points above the cutoff line.

“It’s just crazy all these races always come down to this and I don’t really understand how guys can call themselves the best in the world when they just drive through everyone on restarts at the end of these races,” Truex added. “It’s very frustrating, but it is what it is these days.”

The NASCAR Cup Series will conclude a triple-header race weekend at the famed Bristol high-banks with Saturday night’s Bass Pro Shops Night Race. Denny Hamlin is the defending winner.