NASCAR returned to central New York and Watkins Glen International for the Go Bowling at the Glen for a second week of road course racing…and a race that had only one caution flag.

With eight stage wins and now five race wins this season, William Byron takes over the lead in the playoff standings.  Martin Truex Jr holds on to the lead in the point standings.

After the race, Kevin Harvick and Brad Keselowski secured spots in the playoffs on points with only one more race remaining in the regular season.  Currently Bubba Wallace has the final playoff spot with a 32 point lead over Ty Gibbs.

Cup Series Point Standings:
Martin Truex Jr – 861
Denny Hamlin – 822
William Byron – 785
Christopher Bell – 752
Kyle Larson – 721
Brad Keselowski – 697
Chris Buescher – 695
Ross Chastain – 695
Ryan Blaney – 694
Kevin Harvick – 693
Kyle Busch – 688
Tyler Reddick – 683
Joey Logano – 666
Bubba Wallace – 590
Ricky Stenhouse  Jr – 566
Ty Gibbs – 558
Michael McDowell – 553
Daniel Suarez – 547
AJ Allmendinger – 518
Alex Bowman – 494
Chase Elliott – 489
Austin Cindric – 476
Justin Haley – 428
Ryan Preece – 423
Aric Almirola – 413
Todd Gilliland – 405
Corey LaJoie – 404
Erik Jones – 375
Austin Dillon – 369
Harrison Burton – 343
Chase Briscoe – 324
Ty Dillon – 233
Noah Gragson – 199
BJ McLeod – 117
Cody Ware – 65
Shane van Gisbergen – 55
Jenson Button – 45
Andy Lally  – 32
Mike Rockenfeller – 3
Travis Pastrana – 26
Ryan Newman – 24
Jordan Taylor – 16
Brodie Kostecki – 15
Jimmie Johnson – 12
Kimi Raikkonem – 8
Jonathan Davenport – 1


Playoff Point Standings:
William Byron – 2,036
Martin Truex Jr – 2,035
Denny Hamlin – 2,025
Kyle Larson – 2,019
Kyle Busch – 2,017
Chris Buescher – 2,015
Christopher Bell – 2,014
Ross Chastain – 2,013
Ryan Blaney – 2,010
Tyler Reddick – 2,009
Brad Keselowski – 2,008
Joey Logano – 2,008
Michael McDowell – 2,007
Ricky Stenhouse Jr – 2,005
Kevin Harvick – 2,002
Bubba Wallace – 2,000


Sam Mayer added his name to the list of playoff drivers after winning the race at Watkins Glen in a somewhat controversial fashion after he bumped Ty Gibbs, who had dominated the race all afternoon, for the lead.

Austin Hill retakes the points lead but John Hunter Nemechek holds on to the playoff points lead with four races remaining in the regular season.

Xfinity point Standings:
Austin Hill – 886
John Hunter Nemechek – 877
Justin Allgaier – 852
Cole Custer – 775
Sam Mayer – 735
Josh Berry – 713
Chandler Smith – 651
Daniel Hemric – 635
Sheldon Creed – 629
Riley Herbst – 610
Parker Kligerman – 607
Sammy Smith – 586
Brandon Jones – 549
Jeb Burton – 548
Brett Moffitt – 501
Kaz Grala – 444
Parker Retzlaff – 426
Ryan Sieg – 415
Jeremy Clements – 375
Anthony Alfredo – 304
Josh Williams – 301
Kyle Sieg – 299
Joe Graf Jr – 293
Brennan Poole – 259
Ryan Ellis – 242
Kyle Weatherman – 236
Alex Labbe – 218
Ryan Truex – 197
Jeffreu Earnhardt – 191
Blaine Perkins – 184
Connor Mosack – 177
Patrick Emerling – 148
Sage Karam – 136
Josh Bilicki – 124
Gray Gaulding – 104
Garrett Smithley – 92
Joey Gase – 90
Derek Kraus – 88
Stefan Parsons – 77
Myatt Snider – 67
Miguel Paludo – 63
Parker Chase – 55
Leland Honeyman – 52
Mason Massey –  45
Preston Pardus – 45
CJ McLaughlin – 43
Brad Perez – 40
David Starr – 39
Caesar Bacarella – 32
Alex Guenette – 22
Dylan Lupton – 21
Standon Barrett – 18
Dexter Stacey – 14
Jade Buford – 13
Spencer Pumpelly – 9
Jesse Iwuji – 7
Natalie Decker – 3
Brent Sherman – 3
Max McLaughlin – 3
Dawson Cram – 2
Chad Finchum – 2
Greg van Last – 2
Andre Castro – 2
Justin Marks – 1
Katherine Legge – 1