Watkins Glen International

By | Published: July 28, 2017 6

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Location: Watkins Glen, NY
Year of first Cup event: 1957
Turns: 7
Length/Track type: 2.45 miles, road course
Monster Energy Series events currently hosted: I LOVE NEW YORK 355 at The Glen
Most frequent winner: Tony Stewart (5)

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Kids ages 12 and younger will be admitted free to all NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races in 2018. Watkins Glen hosts an Xfinity Series race this weekend.

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Martin Truex Jr. is the defending race winner for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series at Watkins Glen.

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Keeping everyone safe on pit road before the on-track action begins.

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Ryan Newman leads a pack of cars around one of the course's seven turns.

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Watkins Glen is scenic, as well as challenging, for Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers.