The Cup Series caps off the triple header weekend of road course racing with the Go Bowling at the Glen in central New York at Watkins Glen International.

The 2.45 mile course doesn’t have the “turtles” seen at many tracks; but does have some very colourful rumble strips that the drivers routinely cross over.  Painted in the primary colours of red, blue, and yellow; they are hard to miss.

Unlike the Truck and Xfinity Series, the Cup drivers have been divided into two groups for two 25 minute practice sessions before making a qualifying run.

In a rare event for the Cup Series, they are fielding a full lineup of 40 drivers this weekend.  Included in the lineup is Xfinity Series driver Connor Zilisch who is running all three series this weekend.

With Connor Zilisch and Shane van Gisbergen in group 1, Justin Haley topped the leaderboard in group 1 practice with teammate Michael McDowell just one thousandth of a second behind.

Practice speeds in group 2 are much slower than those from group 1.  Chase Briscoe leads group 2 practice but is back in number ninth place overall.

Overall, Cup Series practice times are slower than those run by the Xfinity Series in practice and qualifying.

The drivers are in two groups for qualifying with a 20 minute session.

With a time of 71.960 seconds, Ryan Blaney puts his number 12 car on the pole with Shane van Gisbergen starting alongside on the front row.  This is the 150th pole for Team Penske.

The starting lineup for the Go Bowling at the Glen:
Ryan Blaney
Shane van Gisbergen
Chase Briscoe
Ross Chastain
Kyle Busch
Michael McDowell
Alex Bowman
Carson Hocevar
Christopher Bell
William Byron
Joey Logano
Chris Buescher
Austin Cindric
Ty Gibbs
Bubba Wallace
Brad Keselowski
Ryan Preece
AJ Allmendinger
Daniel Suarez
Chase Elliott
Tyler Reddick
Denny Hamlin
Justin Haley
Josh Berry
Connor Zilisch
Austin Dillon
Kyle Larson
Todd Gilliland
Riley Herbst
Erik Jones
John Hunter Nemechek
Cole Custer
Ty Dillon
Zane Smith
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Noah Gragson
Cody Ware
Katherine Legge
JJ Yeley
Josh Bilicki

Due to an injury after a fall in victory lane, Connor Zilisch will not be in the race today.  Trackhouse Racing has withdrawn the number 87 car from the field.

Stages one and two are 20 laps each with stage three lasting 50 laps for a total of 90 laps around the 2.45 mile road course race – 220.5 miles.

After being involved in a massive 16 car pile up during the Xfinity Race, Michael McDowell reports that he is fine but a bit on the sore side.

Ryan Blaney brings the field down for the green flag start of the race with Shane van Gisbergen alongside.  Blaney edges out for the lead but van Gisbergen begins to challenge for the lead.

Ryan Blaney leads the first race.

Lap two, the top five are Ryan Blaney, Shane van Gisbergen, Chase Briscoe, Ross Chastain, and Michael McDowell.

Lap three, Ryan Blaney has a half second lead on Shane van Gisbergen.

Lap four, Denny Hamlin has dropped eight spots since the race start.

Lap five, Ryan Blaney holds a half second lead on Shane van Gisbergen; Chase Briscoe, Ross Chastan, and Michael McDowell round out the top five.

William Byron is reporting a very tight condition in his car.

Kyle Larson is stopped on the layby after getting loose and is reporting he has no brakes.  He gets the car moving again and works his way to pit road.

Lap seven, Shane van Gisbergen has closed the gap on leader Ryan Blaney to less than half a second; third place drivers Chase Briscoe is nearly two seconds back.

Kyle Larson takes his car to the garage with mechanical issues.

Lap 10, the drivers have gotten spread out through the course from one to over 34 seconds.

Lap eleven, Ryan Blaney has pulled out to a lead of over a second on Shane van Gisbergen; Chase Briscoe, Ross Chastain, and Michael McDowell round out the top five.

Lap 14, Shane van Gisbergen is now less than a second behind leader Ryan Blaney; Chase Briscoe, Ross Chastain, and Michael McDowell round out the top five.

Shane van Gisbergen reports that he is just hanging out behind Ryan Blaney.

Lap 16, Ty Gibbs makes a green flag pit stop.

Lap 17, several drivers come down pit road for service; short pitting the end of the stage.

Kyle Busch had a slow pit stop after overshooting his pit stall.

Lap 18, leaders come down pit road for service.

Chris Buescher, Alex Bowman, Ryan Preece, and Chase Elliott stay out on the track.

Chris Buescher wins stage one.

The top 10 at the end of stage one:
Chris Buescher
Alex Bowman
Ryan Preece
Chase Elliott
John Hunter Nemechek
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Ryan Blaney
Shane van Gisbergen
Chase Briscoe
Cody Ware

The five team of Kyle Larson reports that there is a seal issue and are working on making repairs.

Leader Chris Buescher, Ryan Preece, and Chase Elliot have stayed out on the track and have yet to make a pit stop.

Kyle Larson returns to the race 16 laps down.

Chris Buescher brings the field down for the green flag start of stage two on lap 24 with Ryan Preece alongside.  Ryan Preece takes the lead with Chris Buescher in second; Ryan Blaney, Shane van Gisbergen, and Chase Briscoe round out the top five.

Going into the bus stop, Shane van Gisbergen passes Ryan Blaney for second.

Shane van Gisbergen passes Ryan Preece for the lead with Ryan Blaney in second; Ryan Preece, Chase Briscoe, and Ross Chastain round out the top five.

Chase Elliott and Chris Buescher are falling through the field on old tires.

Chase Briscoe and Ross Chastain pass Ryan Preece.

Lap 27, Shane van Gisbergen has a lead of over a second on Ryan Blaney.

Lap 28, Chase Elliott comes down pit road.  The fuel man trips over the car with a full fuel can in his hands.

The caution flag comes out on lap 28 for debris on the track when Josh Berry spins out after contact from Ty Dillon.

The only car not on the lead lap, Kyle Larson gets one of his pit stops back.

NASCAR has called for a “quickie yellow” allowing all of the drivers to come down pit road.

Some of the drivers back in the field come down pit road for service.

Shane van Gisbergen brings the field down for the green flag restart on lap 32 with Ryan Blaney alongside and gets out in front to hold on for the lead.

The top five are Shane van Gisbergen, Ryan Blaney, Ross Chastain, Chase Briscoe, and William Byron.

Fifteen laps down, Kyle Larson has run the fastest lap in the field.

Lap 34, Shane van Gisbergen has a half second lead on Ryan Blaney; Ross Chastain, Chase Briscoe, and Kyle Busch round out the top five.

Stage one was calm with very little movement; stage two the drivers have gotten very aggressive like it was the end of the race.

Lap 36, driver begin making green flag pit stops and short pitting the end of the stage.

Lap 37, Shane van Gisbergen makes his green flag pit stop; along with more drivers.
Ryan Blaney is the new leader.

John Hunter Nemechek spins out after some on track contact from Ty Gibbs and gets into the wall.

Ryan Blaney wins stage two.

The top 10 at the end of stage two:
Ryan Blaney
William Byron
Christopher Bell
AJ Allmendinger
Brad Keselowski
Riley Herbst
Alex Bowman
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Ty Gibbs
Ryan Preece

Several drivers come down pit road for service.

Josh Berry is the “lucky dog” and is back on the lead lap.

After staying out on the track, Ryan Blaney brings the field down for the green flag start of stage three with William Byron alongside on lap 44.  Shane van Gisbergen is back in 12th.

Drivers are getting three wide as the aggression builds.

Ryan Blaney holds on to the lead with William Byron in second; Alex Bowman, Christopher Bell, and Ryan Preese round out the top five.  Shane van Gisbergen has moved up to eighth.

Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin make contact with Busch getting loose but the track stays green.

Lap 47, Ryan Blaney has a near one second lead on William Byron; Alex Bowman, Christopher Bell, and Ryan Preece round out the top five with Shane van Gisbergen in sixth.

Ryan Blaney, William Byron, and Christopher Bell are very low on fuel and will have to make a pit stop soon.

Shane van Gisbergen passes Ryan Preece for fifth.

Lap 48, Ryan Blaney has a one second lead on William Byron; Alex Bowman, Shane van Gisbergen, and Christopher Bell round out the top five.

Lap 49, Shane van Gisbergen passes Alex Bowman for third.  Leader Ryan Blaney has a second and a half lead on William Byron.

Lap 50, Carson Hocevar gets loose but gets moving again again and the track stays green.

Shane van Gisbergen passes William Byron for second.

Lap 54, Ryan Blaney has a near half second lead on Shane van Gisbergen; William Byron, Christohper Bell, and Alex Bowman round out the top five.

Shane van Gisbergen passes Ryan Blaney for the lead.

Lap 55, Ryan Preece is the first driver to make a green flag pit stop.  All of the drivers have to make a pit stop during stage three.

Chase Briscoe gets does some agricultural racing but keeps it going.

Lap 56, more drivers make their green flag pit stops including Ryan Blaney.

Cole Custer was caught speeding on pit road and will have serve a passthrough penalty.

Lap 59, leader Shane van Gisbergen has a lead of over 17 seconds as green flag pit stops continue.

Ty Gibbs has a slow pit stop when the jack man drops the jack.  There has been a good deal of contentious conversation between Gibbs and his crew chief.

Lap 62, leader Shane van Gisbergen makes his green flag pit stop.  Chase Briscoe is the new leader.  SVG returns to the track in 13th place.

Lap 64, the top five are Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric, Brad Keselowski, Erik Jones, and Joey Logano.  Shane van Gisbergen moves up to 12th.

Lap 65, Shane van Gisbergen has entered the top 10.

Kyle Busch and Daniel Suarez make contact sending Bushc into the grass.  The track stays green.

JJ Yeley was caught speeding on pit road and has to serve a passthrough penalty.

Shane van Gisbergen has entered the top five as more drivers make their pit stops.

Josh Bilicki was charged with having a crew member over the wall too soon and will have to serve a passthrough penalty.

Twenty to go, Chase Briscoe makes his pit stop and gives the lead over to Brad Keselowski; Shane van Gisbergen is in second place and will take the lead once Keselowski makes his pit stop.

There are 35 cars on the lead lap.

Lap 74, Brad Keselowski makes his pit stop; Shane van Gisbergen is the new leader.

With 16 laps remaining in the race, leader Shane van Gisbergen has a near three second lead on Chris Buescher; William Byron, Ryan Blaney, and Christopher Bell round out the top five.

Twelve to go, Shane van Gisbergen has a three and a half second lead on Chris Buescher; William Byron, Ryan Blaney, and Christopher Bell round out the top five.

Ten to go, Shane van Gisbergen has increased his lead to over four seconds on Chris Buescher.

With eight laps remaining in the race, Ty Gibbs comes down pit road.

Shane van Gisbergen continues to increase his lead and is now over five seconds out in front.

John Hunter Nemechek gets loose and comes down pit road.

Seven to go, Shane van Gisbergen’s lead is now in the “driving it like he stole it” range at over six and a half seconds.

Six to go, Brad Keselowski is smoking with a flat tire and has to come down pit road.

Five to go, Shane van Gisbergen continues to increase his lead and is now over seven seconds out in front.

With a lead of over 10 seconds, Shane van Gisbergen takes the white flag.

Shane van Gisbergen wins his fourth road course win and his fourth win this season; the first rookie in NASCAR history to win four races.

The unofficial results of the Bowling at the Glen:
Shane van Gisbergen
Christopher Bell
Chris Buescher
William Byron
Chsae Briscoe
Ryan Blaney
Daniel Suarez
Bubba Wallace
Tyler Reddick
Ross Chastain
AJ Allmendinger
Erik Jones
Ryan Preece
Joey Logano
Austin Dillon
Austin Cindric
Zane Smith
Carson Hocevar
Michael McDowell
Alex Bowman
Noah Gragson
Kyle Busch
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Riley Herbst
Denny Hamlin
Chase Elliott
Justin Haley
Todd Gilliland
Cody Ware
Ty Dillon
Brad Keselowski
John Hunter Nemechek
Ty Gibbs
Cole Custer
Josh Berry
Katherine Legge
Josh Bilicki
JJ Yeley
Kyle Larson