NASCAR Sprint Cup Series rookie Michael Annett and his Pilot Flying J Chevrolet SS team descend upon New York's Watkins Glen International for the second and final road course race on the 2014 Cup Series calendar this Sunday. Though it marks Annett's first Cup start at the 2.45-mile facility, he isn't a novice there.
Road Course Racin'...Justin Allgaier will make his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) start at Watkins Glen International this weekend. Sunday's race will be his second NSCS road course start this season. He has two top 10s and has led one lap in five NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) starts at the 2.45-mile road course. One of Allgaier's three wins in the NNS came at a road course, at Montreal in 2012.
The Michael Waltrip Racing team saw a likely top-10 finish evaporate in a 13-car accident Sunday at Pocono Raceway. The 37th-place finish left Vickers 21st in points 51 behind the 16th and final qualifier for NASCAR’s Chase for the Sprint Cup. With just five races remaining before the start of the Chase, Scott says winning becomes imperative to secure a Chase berth.
Toyota has two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) victories at Watkins Glen International (WGI), and Camry driver Busch has registered both wins in his Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) No. 18 Camry. Busch earned the first Watkins Glen victory for Toyota in 2008 at the upstate New York road course when he started from the pole after qualifying was cancelled due to rain and was out front for 52 (of 90) laps in the event.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ fall stop at Martinsville Speedway has always figured large in the season championship. But the significance of this year’s Goody’s® Headache Relief Shot® 500 cannot be understated.
“This is a race that I’ve been looking forward to all year. I love road racing and coming off the win at Sonoma we feel like this is a great opportunity for our team to go get some bonus points and have a little more fun before the Chase starts. It’s a huge weekend for our 99 team driving the Cheez-It Ford with Kellogg’s Cheez-It being the title sponsor of the race.
“We learned a lot last year at Watkins Glen, and for me the seat time at the road courses is so valuable. I felt like we had a decent run going on at Sonoma earlier this year, so hopefully that will help this weekend. Pit strategy and track position are key at Watkins Glen, so we will have a plan heading into Sunday and hopefully leave there with a top-10 finish.”
After searching for speed and coming up short the first couple events the Hawn Motorsports 2014 season, Tyler Hawn looks to have turned a corner for the better as he would post a sixth place feature finish at Peterborough Speedway on Saturday night.
Hanover Holiday Modifieds Heats and 25 lap Feature. Super late Models Heats and 50 lap Feature. Mini Stock Nationals round 2, with Heat races, B Main and 30 lap Feature. The Dirt Pro Late Models with Heats and 20 lap Feature event, Hurricane Midgets Heats and Features, 4 Funs 20 lap Feature event.
Carlos Contreras is back behind the wheel of the No. 44 38 Special/Ingersoll Rand/Voli Camry this weekend for the second NNS road course race of 2014. Contreras has two previous starts at the 11-turn road course circuit, and has an average starting position of 20.0 and an average finishing position of 32.0. Earlier this season, Contreras finish 15th at Road America in the No. 44 Camry and is ready to take on The Glen this weekend.
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