Post Tagged with: "Watkins Glen"
Bowyer looks for road-course sweep
August 11, 2022 at 7:45 pm #SprintCup, Featured, NASCAR, nascarNotebook: Bowyer looks for road-course sweep Johnson searches for rhythm; Kenseth for right time to break team news WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Watkins Glen is vastly different from Sonoma, where Clint Bowyer triumphed in June, but Bowyer has shown enough speed in his Sprint Cup car this weekend that a sweep of circuit’s road courses wouldn’t be out of [...]
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NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers who could excel at Watkins Glen
August 11, 2022 at 7:33 pm nascarWhich drivers have the best shot at winning NASCAR’s Sprint Cup race on Sunday? Here are the top 10, ranked according to best average finish, that will participate in the Finger Lakes 355 at Watkins Glen International this weekend. Note: Three of NASCAR’s best road specialists — Mark Martin and AJ Allmendinger, each with an average finish of ninth at [...]
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Juan Pablo Montoya claims pole
August 11, 2022 at 7:30 pm nascarWATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Juan Pablo Montoya prefers running up front, and it grates on him when he doesn’t. For the second straight week, he has no reason to beat himself up going into the race. Montoya shattered the Sprint Cup qualifying record at Watkins Glen International on Saturday. Montoya won the pole for Sunday’s Finger Lakes 355 with a [...]
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Fans speak out about Dodge departure
August 11, 2022 at 7:26 pm Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch, nascarProponents at and around the track lament sport’s future without maker WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Dodge’s impending departure from NASCAR racing is a punch to the gut for Mike Learn. Learn, 61, owns Learn Motor Company, the Dodge dealership in downtown Watkins Glen. Dodge & Penske It’s no slick megastore. It’s a throwback — a family operation that his [...]
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Ambrose, RPM on right course after ’11 WGI win
August 11, 2022 at 7:22 pm nascarWATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — The whispers were there in the wind. And whenever the Sprint Cup Series arrived at one of its rare road courses, the wind seemed to blow a little harder and the whispers got louder. “ The car is really powerful and it wants to buck and kick and throw you off every corner and you’ve [...]
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Truex looking to maintain momentum at WGI
August 11, 2022 at 7:20 pm nascarWATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — The first name to pop into the minds of folks thinking about accomplished road-course racers would not be Martin Truex Jr. But Truex may be getting closer to changing that, much the same way he’s helping change the perception of his No. 56 Toyota team overall this season. Even though he has yet to win a [...]
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Edwards wins in his first 2012 Nationwide start
August 11, 2022 at 7:17 pm nascarWATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Carl Edwards is batting 1.000. Grabbing the lead from Brad Keselowski after a restart with 10 laps left in Saturday’s Zippo 200 at The Glen, Edwards held on to win his first Nationwide Series start of the season. Watkins Glen Standings | Schedule/Results Edwards took the top spot from Keselowski on lap 73 of 82, completing [...]
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