NASCAR at Watkins Glen: Odds, stats, bets to consider for road-course race
With Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch taking decorations in the last two Cup Series races, the next member of the»Big 3,» Martin Truex Jr., will feel his time to triumph is this weekend at Watkins Glen International (WGI).
Truex is the defending winner at Watkins Glen and contains top-10 finishes in his last two races and seven top 10s in 12 total begins on the road program. Problem is, no driver has accomplished a repeat win in The Glen. Marcos Ambrose, who returned in his native Australia to race, is the last to win races here in 2011-12.
Harvick kyle Busch and Truex are the three favorites Sunday to win but also to hoist the Cup Series trophy in November.
Perhaps no one gets as excited about Watkins Glen’s street course as veteran A.J. Allmendinger, that punched his playoff ticket in the track in 2014. Allmendinger started to take the checkers.
Allmendinger has six top-10 finishes in his last seven races at The Glen and has accomplished the impressive task of completing every lap (812) of every race he’s competed in there.
Race setup
Distance: 220.5 miles (90 Laps); Period 1 (Ends on Lap 20), Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 40), Closing Phase (Ends on Lap 90).
The monitor
Watkins Glen, located in upstate New York, is a 7-turn, 2.45-mile street route that recently got a repave. While the road-course is very similar to Sonoma Raceway, it is relatively flat with fewer turns, 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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