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Watkins Glen International is one of two road courses to hold NASCAR races, the other being Infineon Raceway. [4] The standard short road course at Watkins Glen International is a 7-turn course that is 2.45 miles (3.94 km) long; [5] the track was modified in 1992, adding the Inner Loop, which lengthened the long course to 3.4 miles (5.5 km) and the short course to the current length of 2.45 ...
The 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series was the 63rd season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 40th modern-era Cup series season. The season included 36 races and two exhibition races, beginning with the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway and ending with the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway .
Stock car racing events in the NASCAR Cup Series have taken place at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York on the 2.454-mile (3.949 km) road course annually since 1986. Since 2018 , the 90-lap, 221-mile (356 km) race has been known as Go Bowling at The Glen for sponsorship reasons. [ 2 ]
NASCAR Cup Series drivers at this weekend’s race at Watkins Glen are likely anticipating the event with wildly varying levels of enthusiasm.
Watkins Glen is the second race of three in the first round of the 10-race Cup Series playoffs. The field will be trimmed to 12 after next week's race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Ten years after his last Cup race and 14 years after his win at the road course, the legend is ready to "drive wheels out of the car" at WGI.
The original Watkins Glen street course. The first races in Watkins Glen were organized by Cameron Argetsinger, whose family had a summer home in the area. With local Chamber of Commerce approval and SCCA sanction, the first Watkins Glen Grand Prix took place in 1948 on a 6.600-mile (10.622 km) course [3] over local public roads. [4]
2024 Watkins Glen International Toyota XSE Pace Car 2005 #2 Rusty Wallace NASCAR Dodge Charger People enjoyed looking at former NASCAR vehicles at Wednesday's event at the Corning Museum of Glass.