2019 Go Bowling at The Glen explained

Type:	NASME
Race Name:	Go Bowling at The Glen
Details Ref:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8]
Year:	2019
Race No:	22
Season No:	36
Location:	Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York
Course Mi:	2.45
Course Km:	3.94
Distance Laps:	90
Distance Mi:	220.5
Distance Km:	354.6
Avg:	98.523mph
Pole Driver:	Chase Elliott
Pole Team:	Hendrick Motorsports
Pole Time:	69.287
Most Driver:	Chase Elliott
Most Team:	Hendrick Motorsports
Most Laps:	80
Car:	9
First Driver:	Chase Elliott
First Team:	Hendrick Motorsports
Network:	NBCSN
Announcers:	Rick Allen, Steve Letarte (booth), Mike Bagley (Esses), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Turn 5) and Jeff Burton (Turns 6-7)
Ratings:	2.722 million^[9]
Radio:	MRN
Booth Ann:	Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace
Turn Ann:	Dave Moody (Esses), Kurt Becker (Turn 5) and Kyle Rickey (Turns 10-11)

The 2019 Go Bowling at The Glen was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on August 4, 2019 at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York. Contested over 90 laps on the 2.45miles road course, it was the 22nd race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Report

Background

Watkins Glen International (nicknamed "The Glen") is an automobile race track located in Watkins Glen, New York at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. It was long known around the world as the home of the Formula One United States Grand Prix, which it hosted for twenty consecutive years (1961–1980), but the site has been home to road racing of nearly every class, including the World Sportscar Championship, Trans-Am, Can-Am, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the International Motor Sports Association and the IndyCar Series.

Initially, public roads in the village were used for the race course. In 1956 a permanent circuit for the race was built. In 1968 the race was extended to six hours, becoming the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen. The circuit's current layout has more or less been the same since 1971, although a chicane was installed at the uphill Esses in 1975 to slow cars through these corners, where there was a fatality during practice at the 1973 United States Grand Prix. The chicane was removed in 1985, but another chicane called the "Inner Loop" was installed in 1992 after J.D. McDuffie's fatal accident during the previous year's NASCAR Winston Cup event.

The circuit is known as the Mecca of North American road racing and is a very popular venue among fans and drivers. The facility is currently owned by International Speedway Corporation.

Entry list

(i) denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points.
(R) denotes rookie driver.

	Driver	Manufacturer
00	Landon Cassill (i)	Chevrolet
1		Chevrolet
2		Ford
3		Chevrolet
4		Ford
6		Ford
8	Daniel Hemric (R)	Chevrolet
9		Chevrolet
10		Ford
11		Toyota
12		Ford
13		Chevrolet
14		Ford
15	Ross Chastain (i)	Chevrolet
17		Ford
18		Toyota
19		Toyota
20		Toyota
21		Ford
22		Ford
24		Chevrolet
32		Ford
34		Ford
36	Matt Tifft (R)	Ford
37		Chevrolet
38		Ford
41		Ford
42		Chevrolet
43		Chevrolet
47	Ryan Preece (R)	Chevrolet
48		Chevrolet
51	Cody Ware (i)	Chevrolet
52	Josh Bilicki (i)	Chevrolet
77		Chevrolet
88		Chevrolet
95		Toyota
96	Parker Kligerman (i)	Toyota
Official entry list

Practice

First practice

Alex Bowman was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 70.062 seconds and a speed of 125.888mph.^[10]

Pos		Time
1	88	70.062	125.888
2	18	70.119	125.786
3	11	70.199	125.643
Official first practice results

Final practice

Chase Elliott was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 69.503 seconds and a speed of 126.901mph.^[11]

Pos		Time
1	9	69.503	126.901
2	19	70.325	125.418
3	95	70.340	125.391
Official final practice results

Qualifying

Chase Elliott scored the pole for the race with a time of 69.287 and a speed of 127.297mph.^[12]

Qualifying results

Pos		Driver	Manufacturer
1	9		Chevrolet	69.602	69.287
2	24		Chevrolet	69.776	69.370
3	18		Toyota	69.679	69.462
4	19		Toyota	69.623	69.525
5	42		Chevrolet	69.983	69.570
6	11		Toyota	69.750	69.599
7	1		Chevrolet	69.892	69.834
8	48		Chevrolet	69.959	69.931
9	10		Ford	70.172	70.040
10	2		Ford	69.823	70.041
11	34		Ford	70.087	70.229
12	17		Ford	70.140	70.550
13	14		Ford	70.215	—
14	20		Toyota	70.230	—
15	4		Ford	70.273	—
16	37		Chevrolet	70.276	—
17	88		Chevrolet	70.278	—
18	41		Ford	70.308	—
19	12		Ford	70.340	—
20	95		Toyota	70.352	—
21	22		Ford	70.374	—
22	21		Ford	70.467	—
23	8	Daniel Hemric (R)	Chevrolet	70.785	—
24	96	Parker Kligerman (i)	Toyota	70.811	—
25	6		Ford	70.858	—
26	36	Matt Tifft (R)	Ford	70.866	—
27	13		Chevrolet	70.933	—
28	3		Chevrolet	71.065	—
29	47	Ryan Preece (R)	Chevrolet	71.270	—
30	43		Chevrolet	71.390	—
31	38		Ford	71.557	—
32	15	Ross Chastain (i)	Chevrolet	71.772	—
33	32		Ford	71.868	—
34	00	Landon Cassill (i)	Chevrolet	72.364	—
35	51	Cody Ware (i)	Chevrolet	73.234	—
36	52	Josh Bilicki (i)	Chevrolet	73.266	—
37	77		Chevrolet	76.271	—
Official qualifying results

Race

Stage results

Stage OneLaps: 20

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	10
2	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	9
3	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	8
4	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	7
5	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	6
6	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	5
7	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	4
8	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	3
9	1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	2
10	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	1
Official stage one results

Stage TwoLaps: 20

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	10
2	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	9
3	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	8
4	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	7
5	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	6
6	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	5
7	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	4
8	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	3
9	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	2
10	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	1
Official stage two results

Final stage results

Stage ThreeLaps: 50

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	1	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	90	60
2	4	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	90	52
3	6	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	90	49
4	14	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	90	39
5	19	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	90	34
6	20	95	Matt DiBenedetto	Leavine Family Racing	Toyota	90	31
7	15	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	90	38
8	5	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	90	33
9	10	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	90	33
10	7	1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	90	29
11	3	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	90	33
12	9	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	90	26
13	16	37	Chris Buescher	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	90	24
14	17	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	90	27
15	12	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	90	22
16	11	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	90	21
17	18	41	Daniel Suárez	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	90	20
18	22	21	Paul Menard	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	90	19
19	8	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	90	24
20	13	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	90	24
21	2	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	90	22
22	31	38	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	90	15
23	21	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	90	14
24	26	36	Matt Tifft (R)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	90	13
25	25	6	Ryan Newman	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	90	12
26	24	96	Parker Kligerman (i)	Gaunt Brothers Racing	Toyota	90	0
27	32	15	Ross Chastain (i)	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	90	0
28	30	43	Bubba Wallace	Richard Petty Motorsports	Chevrolet	90	9
29	34	00	Landon Cassill (i)	StarCom Racing	Chevrolet	90	0
30	27	13	Ty Dillon	Germain Racing	Chevrolet	89	7
31	28	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	89	6
32	36	52	Josh Bilicki (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	89	0
33	35	51	Cody Ware (i)	Petty Ware Racing	Chevrolet	89	0
34	33	32	Corey LaJoie	Go Fas Racing	Ford	85	3
35	23	8	Daniel Hemric (R)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	84	2
36	29	47	Ryan Preece (R)	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	72	1
37	37	77	Reed Sorenson	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	65	1
Official race results

Race statistics

Lead changes: 5 among 4 different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 4 for 13
Red flags: 0
Time of race: 2 hours, 14 minutes and 17 seconds
Average speed: 98.523mph

Media

Television

NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen and Steve Letarte called from the regular booth for the race; Motor Racing Network broadcaster Mike Bagley called the race from the Esses, Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call from Turn 5, and Jeff Burton called from Turns 6 & 7. Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast covered from pit lane during the race.

Radio

Motor Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle & 2 time Watkins Glen winner Rusty Wallace covered the action when the field raced down the front straightaway. Dave Moody called the race when the field raced thru the esses. Kurt Becker covered the action when the field raced thru the inner loop and turn 5 and Kyle Rickey covered the action in turn 10 & 11. Winston Kelley, Steve Post & Kim Coon called the action from the pits for MRN.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
1	1	Kyle Busch	851
1	2	Joey Logano	838 (–13)
	3	Kevin Harvick	777 (–74)
	4	Denny Hamlin	771 (–80)
	5	Martin Truex Jr.	753 (–98)
	6	Brad Keselowski	728 (–123)
	7	Kurt Busch	679 (–172)
	8	Chase Elliott	676 (–175)
	9	Aric Almirola	640 (–211)
	10	Ryan Blaney	633 (–218)
	11	Alex Bowman	623 (–228)
	12	William Byron	604 (–247)
	13	Erik Jones	598 (–253)
	14	Kyle Larson	590 (–261)
	15	Clint Bowyer	556 (–295)
1	16	Jimmie Johnson	544 (–307)
Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	Toyota	802
2	Ford	776 (–26)
3	Chevrolet	748 (–54)

Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

. – Driver has clinched a position in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

Notes and References

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Web site: Watkins Glen International. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. June 30, 2019. January 3, 2013. April 28, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170428035826/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/watkins-glen-international.html. dead.
Web site: Entry List. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. July 29, 2019. July 29, 2019.
Web site: First Practice Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. August 3, 2019. August 3, 2019.
Web site: Final Practice Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. August 3, 2019. August 3, 2019.
Web site: Starting Lineup. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. August 3, 2019. August 3, 2019.
Web site: Go Bowling at The Glen Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. August 4, 2019. August 4, 2019.
Web site: Points standings. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. August 4, 2019. August 4, 2019.
Web site: 2019 Go Bowling at The Glen ratings. https://web.archive.org/web/20190806142258/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/skedball-weekend-sports-tv-ratings-7-29-8-4-2019.html. dead. 6 August 2019. ShowBuzzDaily. Mitch Metcalf. 6 August 2019.
Web site: Utter. Jim. Bowman tops first Cup practice at WGI, near-miss for Elliott. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. August 3, 2019. Watkins Glen, New York. August 3, 2019.
Web site: Utter. Jim. Chase Elliott leads the way in final Cup practice at the Glen. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. August 3, 2019. Watkins Glen, New York. August 3, 2019.
Web site: Utter. Jim. Chase Elliott earns Watkins Glen pole over William Byron. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. August 3, 2019. Watkins Glen, New York. August 3, 2019.