As the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series moves towards the second-to-last race prior to the Chase for the Sprint Cup cutoff at Atlanta Motor Speedway and the AdvoCare 500, the series saw one of the wildest finishes of 2012. The Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen produced another new winner on the year and jumbled the battle for the Chase for the Sprint Cup wild-card as the series visited Watkins Glen on Sunday.
Richard Petty Motorsports earned its fourth win during Sunday's running of the Finger Lakes 355 at the Watkins Glen International road course in Watkins Glen, N.Y. Marcos Ambrose made a last-lap pass to collect the win for the organization. It's the second consecutive year that Ambrose has won this race.
According to NASCAR's Loop Data Statistics, Menard ranked eighth in the category Fastest Drivers Late in a Run (120.444 mph) and tied for fifth in category of Quality Passes with 20 made while running in the top 15 during the Finger Lakes 355.
Victor Gonzalez, Jr. struggled with a multitude of handling issues throughout Saturday's Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen International, but persevered to bring his No. 99 Delta Commercial/IMCA Toyota Camry to the checkered flag in the 16th position.
August 12, 2012 - In a wild wheel-to-wheel finish of the Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen NASCAR Sprint Cup race, five-time series champion Jimmie Johnson maneuvered his No. 48 Lowe’s Cortez Silver Chevrolet around the slippery 11-turn road course to cross the finish line in third place at Watkins Glen International. It was Johnson’s sixth top-10 finish in three races at The Glen.
Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger) Finished Second WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT LAST LAP? "The 18 (Kyle Busch) was leaking fluid something fierce and had no grip at all. When I caught him, it (18) leaked really bad into (Turn) one. He missed the corner because he slipped in his own oil."
JAMIE MCMURRAY, NO. 1 MCDONALD’S CHEVROLET – SIDELINED WITH FLAT TIRE ON LAP 25 WHAT HAPPENED? “We’re still trying to figure it out. We don’t know if a tire went down or what; it just happened all of a sudden. The tire blew out and we hit the guardrail pretty hard.
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