With Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch taking decorations from the last two Cup Series races, the third member of this”Big 3,” Martin Truex Jr., may feel his time to win is this weekend in Watkins Glen International (WGI).
Truex is the defending winner at Watkins Glen and contains top-10 finishes in his past two races there, and seven top 10s in 12 total begins on the road course. Problem is, no driver has accomplished a repeat win at The Glen. Marcos Ambrose, who returned to race in his native Australia, is the last to win races here in 2011-12.
Kyle Busch, Harvick and Truex would be the three favorites to hoist the Cup Series trophy in November but also Sunday to win.
Perhaps nobody gets as excited about Watkins Glen’s road course as veteran A.J. Allmendinger, that punched his playoff ticket in the track in 2014. Allmendinger opened to take the checkers this week.
Allmendinger includes six top-10 finishes in his last seven races at The Glen and has accomplished the remarkable job of completing every lap (812) of each race he has competed in there.
Race setup
Distance: 220.5 miles (90 Laps); Period 1 (Ends on Lap 20), Phase 2 (Ends on Lap 40), Final Phase (Ends on Lap 90).
The monitor
Watkins Glen, located in upstate New York, is a 7-turn, 2.45-mile road route that recently underwent a repave. Though the road-course is very similar to Sonoma Raceway, it’s relatively flat with fewer turns, making it a faster route than its California sister.
Recent winners
2017: Martin Truex Jr..
2016: Denny Hamlin
2015: Joey Logano
2014: AJ Allmendinger
2013: Kyle Busch
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