NASCAR Cup Series

Toyota driver Denny Hamlin was victorious in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Watkins Glen International.

AJ Allmendinger piloted his No. 47 Kroger/Kingsford Chevrolet SS to a fourth-place finish to take top honors for Team Chevy in the Cheez-It 355 Sprint Cup Series race at Watkins Glen International. Allmendinger’s first and only Sprint Cup Series win came at the 2.45-mile track in 2014. Known for his road course prowess and a favorite to win today’s race, the California native was penalized for speeding on pit road early in the 90-lap event, but rallied late in the race to earn his second top five finish of the season.

BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion – Finished 3rd - WALK US THROUGH THE FINAL COUPLE OF CORNERS THERE COMING TO THE CHECKERED FLAG. “I thought we had a really good Miller Lite Ford Fusion and got pushed back on a couple of the restarts.

As hell broke loose behind, Denny Hamlin piloted along and scored the victory in the Empire State. The driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota took the lead with 10 laps to go and survived a myriad of late cautions to win the Cheez-It 355 at The Glen.

Furniture Row Racing confirmed the worst kept secret in the NASCAR world of this past week in that Erik Jones will drive their second car in 2017.

Watkins Glen International has always set a full schedule of off-track activities during the annual NASCAR stop at the upstate NY venue including autograph sessions, driver appearances, opportunities to have coffee with track executives (president and vice president) and concerts every night of the race weekend.

Carl Edwards will lead the field to the green flag for tomorrow's race at The Glen. The driver of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota scored the pole for the Cheez-It 355 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International after posting a time of 1:09.689 and a speed of 126.562 mph.

CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 Stanley Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 1st - Did you think you had a race car that could get the pole today? “I wasn’t sure. You know the track is a little strange."

Kyle Larson ran a fast lap of 126.233 mph/ 1:9.871 in his No. 42 Target Chevrolet SS to earn a front row starting position for Sunday’s Cheez-It 355 Sprint Cup Series race at Watkins Glen International. Larson’s second place qualifying effort marked his fifth top-10 start of the 2016 season, and his second in three races at the newly repaved, high speed, 2.45-mile, 7-turn road course.

JOEY LOGANO, No. 21 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion – Qualified 7th “We missed it in 2 and the bus stop. Our car just didn’t do what I expected and then I made a mistake because of it. I don’t know that it was necessarily the green race track as much as it was just understanding road course qualifying a little better with this tire. The tire threw us for the biggest loop. We were expecting something different.”