NASCAR Cup Series

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."

NASCAR once again further soured its reputation following the Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen by manufacturing the end of the race. Kyle Busch had the dominant car of the afternoon and made a daredevil move on the final restart to pass both Brad Keselowski and Marcos Ambrose to take the lead. Busch had a pretty decent gap with about 4-5 laps to go.

Regan Smith capped off his homecoming weekend with a solid ninth-place finish in Sunday's Sprint Cup road race at Watkins Glen International.

In one of the wildest laps ever seen, Marcos Ambrose held off Brad Keselowski for the win in the Finger Lakes 355 at the Glen Sunday. When the white flag flew the leader was Kyle Busch who took the lead in dramatic fashion on a late restart following Tony Stewart's spin coming off turn 11, slamming the entrance to pit road with 18 laps left.

Marcos Ambrose battled it out with Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski in the final laps and won Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) Finger Lakes 355 at the Glen at Watkins Glen International.

Camry driver Clint Bowyer (fourth) was the top-finishing Toyota driver in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Watkins Glen International.

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.

Marcos Ambrose recorded the second win of his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career and second straight at Watkins Glen International.

When the playoffs begin in most sports around the country it becomes win or go home situation. For Kyle Busch and his No. 18 M&M’s team at Joe Gibbs Racing, just getting to NASCAR’s version of the playoffs has that mentality.