NASCAR Cup Series

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.

Watching the last two laps of the Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen unfold live left many holding their breath, sitting on the edge of their seats and wondering what just happened. There were wrecks, grass flying, taking and giving of the lead before one car came out unscathed at the finish line.

Marcos Ambrose is the King of the Road in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and his numbers at Watkins Glen prove it. In four starts prior to Sunday's Finger Lakes 355, Marcos posted four top-5 finishes and went to Victory Lane in last year's race at The Glen while posting an average finish of 2.2 in those four starts. When the race started on Sunday afternoon everyone's eyes were on Ambrose who was the heavy favorite to back up his effort from 2011 and by day's end he didn't disappoint.

One of the craziest final laps we’ve seen in awhile needs some breaking down. A lot of different story lines made up the final lap. When the white flag flew, we all thought Kyle Busch was going to win. Halfway through the final lap, we thought Brad Keselowski was going to be the winner and after the final lap was over.....

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.