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 road course, it was the 22nd race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.
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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 Team Manufacturer 00 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Cody Ware (i) Petty Ware Racing Chevrolet 52 Josh Bilicki (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 77 Reed Sorenson Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 96 Parker Kligerman (i) Gaunt Brothers Racing ToyotaOfficial 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 .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 70.062 125.888 2 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 70.119 125.786 3 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 70.199 125.643Official 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 .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 69.503 126.901 2 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 70.325 125.418 3 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 70.340 125.391Official final practice results
Qualifying Chase Elliott scored the pole for the race with a time of 69.287 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 19 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 69.602 69.287 224 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 69.776 69.370 318 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 69.679 69.462 419 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 69.623 69.525 542 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 69.983 69.570 611 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 69.750 69.599 71 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 69.892 69.834 848 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 69.959 69.931 910 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 70.172 70.040 102 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 69.823 70.041 1134 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 70.087 70.229 1217 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 70.140 70.550 1314 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 70.215 — 1420 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 70.230 — 154 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 70.273 — 1637 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 70.276 — 1788 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 70.278 — 1841 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 70.308 — 1912 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 70.340 — 2095 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 70.352 — 2122 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 70.374 — 2221 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 70.467 — 238 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 70.785 — 2496 Parker Kligerman (i) Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 70.811 — 256 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 70.858 — 2636 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 70.866 — 2713 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 70.933 — 283 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 71.065 — 2947 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 71.270 — 3043 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 71.390 — 3138 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 71.557 — 3215 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 71.772 — 3332 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 71.868 — 3400 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 72.364 — 3551 Cody Ware (i) Petty Ware Racing Chevrolet 73.234 — 3652 Josh Bilicki (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 73.266 — 3777 Reed Sorenson Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 76.271 —Official qualifying results
Race
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 20
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 66 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 48 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 210 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 20
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 84 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 75 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 57 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 210 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1Official stage two results
Final stage results
Stage Three Laps: 50
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 1 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 90 602 4 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 90 523 6 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 90 494 14 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 90 395 19 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 90 346 20 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 90 317 15 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 90 388 5 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 90 339 10 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 90 3310 7 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 90 2911 3 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 90 3312 9 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 90 2613 16 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 90 2414 17 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 90 2715 12 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 90 2216 11 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 90 2117 18 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 90 2018 22 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 90 1919 8 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 90 2420 13 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 90 2421 2 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 90 2222 31 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 90 1523 21 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 90 1424 26 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 90 1325 25 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 90 1226 24 96 Parker Kligerman (i) Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 90 027 32 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 90 028 30 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 90 929 34 00 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 90 030 27 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 89 731 28 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 89 632 36 52 Josh Bilicki (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 89 033 35 51 Cody Ware (i) Petty Ware Racing Chevrolet 89 034 33 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 85 335 23 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 84 236 29 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 72 137 37 77 Reed Sorenson Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 65 1Official 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:
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.
NBCSNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Rick AllenColor-commentator: Steve Letarte Esses Announcer: Mike BagleyTurn 5 Announcer: Dale Earnhardt Jr.Turns 6 & 7 Announcer: Jeff Burton Dave BurnsMarty SniderKelli Stavast
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.
MRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Alex HaydenAnnouncer: Jeff StriegleAnnouncer: Rusty Wallace Esses: Dave Moody Inner loop & Turn 5: Kurt BeckerTurn 10 & 11: Kyle Rickey Winston KelleySteve PostKim Coon
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.