NASCAR at Watkins Glen: Odds, stats, bets to consider for road-course race
With Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch taking trophies 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 at Watkins Glen International (WGI).
Truex is the defending winner in Watkins Glen and contains top-10 finishes in his past two races and seven top 10s in 12 total begins on the street program. Problem is, no driver has accomplished a repeat win at The Glen. Marcos Ambrose, who returned in his native Australia, is the last to win races here.
Kyle Busch, Harvick and Truex are the 3 favorites not only to hoist the Cup Series trophy in November but also Sunday to win.
Perhaps nobody gets as excited about Watkins Glen’s street course as veteran A.J. Allmendinger, that punched his playoff ticket in the track in 2014. This week, allmendinger started to take the checkers.
Allmendinger has 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); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 20), Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 40), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 90).
The monitor
Watkins Glen, located in upstate New York, is a 7-turn, 2.45-mile road course that recently got a repave. While the road-course is very similar to Sonoma Raceway, it is relatively flat with fewer twists, which makes 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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