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Bubble Watch: Where drivers stand before Watkins Glen International
By Amanda Arnold | Published: August 5, 2021 11
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RCR teammates Tyler Reddick (No. 8) and Austin Dillon (No. 3) are squarely on the cutline for the NASCAR Playoffs with four races remaining in the regular season. See how the drivers in bubble trouble fare at Watkins Glen and their recent outlooks on the season ahead of Sunday's road course race (3 p.m. ET on NBCSN/NBC Sports App, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Data provided by Racing Insights.
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Kevin Harvick
Points to the good: 82 | Full standings
Trending: Hit or miss -- Owns five top 10s in the last eight races but two finishes of 11th-or-worse in last three races.
Watkins Glen outlook: Cold -- Finished three straight road races this season 22nd or worse.
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Tyler Reddick
Points to the good: 5 | Full standings
Trending: Hot-- 10 top 10s in the last 16 races with five straight finishes of 13th or better.
Watkins Glen outlook: No Cup experience at Watkins Glen, but one top-five finish in two Xfinity Series starts
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Austin Dillon
Points behind: 5 | Full standings
Trending: Cold-- 10 finishes of 11th or worse in the last 11 races. He has no top 10s in 19 road course starts.
Watkins Glen outlook: Ice Cold -- Never finished better than 16th in six career starts at Watkins Glen.
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Chris Buescher
Points behind: 121 | Full standings
Trending: Cold-- Buescher has seven straight finishes of 16th (1 DNF).
Watkins Glen outlook: Cold -- Never finished better than 11th in five career starts at Watkins Glen.
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Matt DiBenedetto
Points behind: 143 | Full standings
Trending: OK -- DiBenedetto has finished 11th at New Hampshire for his third straight top-11 result.
Watkins Glen outlook: Warming up -- one top 10 in five career starts at Watkins Glen -- a sixth-place finish in 2019.
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Ross Chastain
Points behind: 144 | Full standings
Trending: Hit or miss -- Chastain has five top 10s and four finishes of 21st or worse in the past nine races. He does have three straight top-seven finishes on road courses.
Watkins Glen outlook: Cold-- Never finished better than 27th in two career starts at Watkins Glen.
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Bubba Wallace
Points behind: 170 | Full standings
Trending: Cold -- Wallace has three straight finishes of 14th or worse and 21 finishes of 11th or worse in 22 races in 2021. No top 10s in 12 road course starts.
Watkins Glen outlook: Ice Cold-- Never finished better than 25th in two career starts at Watkins Glen.
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Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Points behind: 172 | Full standings
Trending: Needs improvement -- Stenhouse has 14 finishes of 12th or worse in last 15 races (4 DNFs).
No top 10s in 22 road course starts.
Watkins Glen outlook: Cold -- Never finished better than 15th in seven career starts at Watkins Glen.
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Daniel Suarez
Points behind: 195 | Full standings
Trending: Cold -- Suarez has seven finishes of 12th or worse in the last eight races. Five straight finishes outside the top 13.
Watkins Glen outlook: Warm -- Has two top fives in three career starts at Watkins Glen.
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Chase Briscoe
Points behind: 219 | Full standings
Trending: Cold -- Briscoe has seven finishes of 15th-or-worse in seven of the last eight races and finished 27th at New Hampshire.
Watkins Glen outlook: No Cup experience -- one top 10 in one career Xfinity start at Watkins Glen. He does have two top 10s on road courses in 2021.