Chip Ganassi Racing Teams (CGRT) announced today a partnership with Procter & Gamble and their brand Crest, a trusted leader in oral health care. Crest will partner with 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) Rookie of the Year Kyle Larson on the No. 42 HScott Motorsports with Chip Ganassi Chevrolet Camaro for two NASCAR XFINITY Series races at Watkins Glen International (WGI) on Saturday, Aug. 8 and in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday, Nov. 21.
Attack the track: “You can really attack the racetrack Turn 1 up through the Esses into the bus stop and it’s a real high speed place where you can be more aggressive and find lap time, whereas, Sonoma Raceway is a place where if you get more aggressive, you can easily burn the tires off and lose lap time," Allmendinger said. "I've always enjoyed Watkins Glen International for that reason. Watkins Glen is a fine line when it comes to car setup. You’ve got to get the car turning.”
When the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series holds its second and final road course race of the season this weekend at Watkins Glen (N.Y) International, No. 55 Aaron’s Dream Machine driver David Ragan hopes his Toyota will be as fast in New York as it was in California in June.
He’s a kid from Emporia, Kan., who grew up racing motorcycles and sliding around dirt tracks. So it’s somewhat interesting that road course racing has proven to be one of Clint Bowyer’s strong suits since joining the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
Stenhouse has two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) starts at Watkins Glen with an average starting position of 27.0 and average finishing position of 19.0.
Reed has made just one start in the NASCAR XFINITY Series at Watkins Glen International (WGI). In 2014, Reed finished 12th after starting 28th. The team had to go to a backup car after a wreck in final practice, leaving Reed to make his first laps in the backup car during qualifying.
Elliott Sadler will make his seventh NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) start at Watkins Glen International this Saturday afternoon in Watkins Glen, NY. In Sadler’s previous six starts, he’s recorded one top-five and three top-10 finishes at the Glen.
Watkins Glen International has been one of the most anticipated races of the season for Sam Hornish Jr. The 2.45-mile road course is a favorite stop on the Sprint Cup Series schedule for Hornish, not only because of his success there, but because of the tracks storied motorsports history.
Still in the hunt for a spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Aric Almirola picked up five points on the transfer spot and needs to make up 25 points in the next five races. Earlier this year, Almirola scored his best Sprint Cup Series road course finish of 14th at Sonoma Raceway. As he continues to get comfortable road course racing, Almirola hopes to score another Top-15 finish at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International in the No. 43 Smithfield Ford.
The three-time Daytona 500 champion from Chesterfield, Virginia, posted a pole-winning lap at 195.117 mph in 36.901 seconds to become the 10th competitor to reach 50 poles in NASCAR's premier series.
The reigning Truck Series champion led the final 15 of 125 laps and fended off teammate Kaden Honeycutt to notch his third Truck victory of 2026 and first at Michigan.
Corey Heim drove to the lead with a great third to first move with 15 laps to go and held off teammate Kaden Honeycutt to win his first race at Michigan International Speedway.
LAYNE RIGGS, No. 34 BKB Bare Knuckles Boxing Ford F-150 – “I felt like I was more in trouble than I was winning the race. I don’t think I led a lap, but we started up near the front with a fourth-place qualifying effort."
