NASCAR Cup Series

Keselowski started 12th and finished third after battling with Martin Truex, Jr. on the final lap at Watkins Glen. Keselowski leads Sprint Cup points standings by nine over Kevin Harvick.

In a race that featured eight caution flags and two red flags, Chase Elliott avoided the incidents to lead his Hendrick Motorsports teammates to the checkered flag. He drove the No. 24 SunEnergy1 Chevrolet SS to a 13th-place finish Sunday afternoon at Watkins Glen International.

"Our team never gives up. I hate it that we got behind there when we spun out. I did everything I could and luckily, no one hit us. We stayed out and restarted 28th. We managed to dodge another close call with five laps to go.

It was an eventful weekend for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Michael McDowell as he earned a career-best finish at Watkins Glen International in his 200th career start.

If there is anything we learned from Sunday it's that NASCAR needs more road courses. Hell, just another visit to Watkins Glen would do. On a track that appeared built for the bulky-fendered beasts, with breathtaking aerial camera shots, and with lots going on from start to finish, this is about as good as NASCAR gets.

On the final lap of Sunday’s road course race at Watkins Glen International Martin Truex Jr. was running second and chasing down leader Denny Hamlin.

Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion, improved 23 positions over the course of the 90-Lap NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) event at Watkins Glen International to earn a ninth-place finish on Sunday afternoon.

When Carl Edwards first visited Watkins Glen International in 2005, it was for a test session for the Sprint Cup and XFINITY Series cars that he ran for Jack Roush Racing. This writer recalls it fondly because I’ll never forget how wide-eyed and excited he was before he went out on the track.

Ryan Blaney and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion overcame an early pit-road speeding penalty and an off-road adventure to finish 20th in the Cheez-It 355 at the Glen at Watkins Glen International.

In the final road course race of the 2016 season, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. worked his way inside the top-20 when his Ford Ecoboost Ford spun suffering heavy damage from the impact. The wreckage could not be repaired, forcing Stenhouse to settle with a 38th-place finish in the Cheez-It 355 at Watkins Glen International.