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Watkins Glen International Race Results

Go Bowling at The Glen Results

August 21, 2022

RESULTS

START POS

FINAL STATUS

LAPS COMPLETED

LAPS LED

POINTS

PLAYOFF POINTS

1

Kyle Larson

5 |

2

Running

90

5

43

5

2

AJ Allmendinger

16 |

6

Running

90

0

0

0

3

Joey Logano

22 |

20

Running

90

15

49

1

4

Chase Elliott

9 |

1

Running

90

29

40

0

5

Daniel Suárez

99 |

9

Running

90

0

40

0

6

Michael McDowell

34 |

3

Running

90

14

42

0

7

Tyler Reddick

8 |

5

Running

90

2

39

0

8

Christopher Bell

20 |

38

Running

90

0

30

0

9

Chris Buescher

17 |

7

Running

90

0

32

0

10

Erik Jones

43 |

31

Running

90

0

27

0

11

Cole Custer

41 |

29

Running

90

7

28

0

12

Kevin Harvick

4 |

24

Running

90

0

25

0

13

Austin Cindric

2 |

8

Running

90

0

24

0

14

Alex Bowman

48 |

11

Running

90

0

23

0

15

Ricky Stenhouse Jr

47 |

21

Running

90

0

22

0

16

Ty Dillon

42 |

28

Running

90

0

31

0

17

Austin Dillon

3 |

12

Running

90

6

20

0

18

Justin Haley

31 |

13

Running

90

0

19

0

19

Brad Keselowski

6 |

15

Running

90

0

18

0

20

Denny Hamlin

11 |

22

Running

90

0

17

0

21

Ross Chastain

1 |

18

Running

90

0

22

0

22

William Byron

24 |

4

Running

90

0

15

0

23

Martin Truex Jr

19 |

25

Running

90

0

14

0

24

Ryan Blaney

12 |

26

Running

90

0

13

0

25

Chase Briscoe

14 |

14

Running

90

7

22

1

26

Ty Gibbs

45 |

16

Running

90

0

0

0

27

Corey Lajoie

7 |

32

Running

90

0

10

0

28

Harrison Burton

21 |

30

Running

90

0

9

0

29

Aric Almirola

10 |

35

Running

90

0

8

0

30

Mike Rockenfeller

77 |

33

Running

90

0

7

0

31

Joey Hand

15 |

17

Running

90

0

11

0

32

Kyle Busch

18 |

10

Running

89

0

16

0

33

Loris Hezemans

27 |

34

Running

89

0

0

0

34

Cody Ware

51 |

39

Running

88

0

3

0

35

Bubba Wallace

23 |

23

Suspension

83

0

2

0

36

Daniil Kvyat

26 |

36

Running

58

0

1

0

37

Kimi Raikkonen

91 |

27

Accident

44

0

1

0

38

Todd Gilliland

38 |

19

Rear End

28

5

8

0

39

Kyle Tilley

78 |

37

Steering

15

0

1

0

  • POS 1 | LEADER

    Kyle Larson

    POS1

    LEADER

    Kyle Larson

    Driver badge number 5 |

  • POS 2 | 0.882

    AJ Allmendinger

    POS2

    0.882

    AJ Allmendinger

    Driver badge number 16 |

  • POS 3 | 3.841

    Joey Logano

    POS3

    3.841

    Joey Logano

    Driver badge number 22 |

Kyle Larson gets best of Chase Elliott in final restart, edges Allmendinger for Watkins Glen win

Editor‘s note: Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott will both be spotlighted in USA Network‘s new unscripted series “Race for the Championship” airing this fall. The first episode is Thursday, Sept. 1, at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Watch the trailer here.

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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 AJ Allmendinger for a trophy. Larson completed the rare weekend sweep at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International on 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 line up alongside Larson for the green flag and chose to start on Larson‘s outside, setting up the dramatic contest for position.

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Larson maneuvered past Elliott in the wide-sweeping first 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 as he finished .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.

Kyle Larson\

“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 the green-flag cycle trying to chase him 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 29 of the 90 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.‘‘

MORE: Elliott bags regular-season title

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 Motorsports‘ Erik Jones rounded out the top 10.

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.

MORE: Early exit for Räikkönen’s debut

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 first start 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.

Blaney heads into the regular-season finale next week at Daytona International Speedway as the defending race winner. The Coke Zero Sugar 400 in Daytona Beach is set for Saturday night (7 p.m. ET, NBC, Peacock, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), when the 16 drivers will be locked in for the 10-race playoffs that begin Sept. 4 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway.

Notes: Competition officials indicated that post-race inspection in the NASCAR Cup Series garage was completed without major issue, confirming Larson as the winner. … Kevin Harvick’s bid for a third consecutive Cup Series win ended with an 12th-place finish at Watkins Glen. … Sunday’s race began in wet-weather conditions roughly one hour, 40 minutes after its scheduled start, because of a pair of delays for lightning and excessive rain.

Contributing: Staff reports