The 2019 Zippo 200 at The Glen is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on August 3, 2019, at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York. Contested over 82 laps on the road course, it was the 20th race of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. Austin Cindric won his first career Xfinity Series race after catching, passing, and holding off experienced Watkins Glen cup winner A. J. Allmendinger, who would later be disqualified from the event.

Background

Track

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.

Entry list Driver Team Manufacturer 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 01 Stephen Leicht JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Ross Chastain (i) JD Motorsports Chevrolet 5 Scott Heckert B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 08 Gray Gaulding (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 8 Ryan Preece (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 10 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 12 Ryan Blaney (i) Team Penske Ford 13 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 35 Joey Gase MBM Motorsports Toyota 36 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 38 J. J. Yeley (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 42 Stanton Barrett (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 66 Tommy Joe Martins MBM Motorsports Toyota 74 Dan Corcoran (i) Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 86 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 90 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 93 Josh Bilicki RSS Racing Chevrolet 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 99 Cody Ware B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet

Practice

First practice Kyle Busch was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 72.737 seconds and a speed of .

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 72.737 121.259 2 12 Ryan Blaney (i) Team Penske Ford 73.011 120.804 3 10 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 73.334 120.272

Final practice Kyle Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 72.377 seconds and a speed of .

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 72.377 121.862 2 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 72.668 121.374 3 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 72.724 121.280

Qualifying Kyle Busch scored the pole for the race with a time of 71.098 seconds and a speed of .

Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 71.098 2 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 71.768 3 12 Ryan Blaney (i) Team Penske Ford 72.111 4 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 72.310 5 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 72.496 6 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 72.622 7 10 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 72.674 8 8 Ryan Preece (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 72.700 9 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 72.701 10 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 72.863 11 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 72.992 12 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 73.192 13 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 73.096 14 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 73.291 15 08 Gray Gaulding (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 73.333 16 93 Josh Bilicki RSS Racing Chevrolet 73.411 17 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 73.476 18 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 73.491 19 4 Ross Chastain (i) JD Motorsports Chevrolet 73.699 20 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 73.976 21 90 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 74.175 22 66 Tommy Joe Martins MBM Motorsports Toyota 74.519 23 5 Scott Heckert B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 74.772 24 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 75.215 25 38 J. J. Yeley (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet 75.472 26 99 Cody Ware B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 75.609 27 86 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 75.885 28 01 Stephen Leicht JD Motorsports Chevrolet 76.023 29 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 76.066 30 36 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 76.330 31 42 Stanton Barrett (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 76.472 32 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 77.000 33 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 77.706 34 74 Dan Corcoran (i) Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 77.787 35 13 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 77.805 36 35 Joey Gase MBM Motorsports Toyota 78.842 37 78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 0.000

Race

Summary Kyle Busch started on pole. In the first lap, Tyler Reddick slid through the grass and overshot the carousel, forcing him to pit and remove the grass from his grill. Ross Chastain turned Justin Allgaier into the fence after Allgaier drove across the nose of Chastain's car. In the final lap of Stage 1, Allgaier got revenge and slammed Chastain into the tire wall, ending Chastain's day. Busch took the win for stage 1.

Christopher Bell took the lead afterwards, but was passed by Ryan Blaney, who quickly pulled away. Busch caught up to Blaney with 10 laps remaining in the stage and took the lead going into the carousel, but the suspension of Busch's car broke while exiting the carousel and went off-course, ending his day.

A. J. Allmendinger managed to win Stage 2 until he had to pit, giving the lead to Allgaier, who in turn passed it to Austin Cindric until the caution was thrown for debris in the inner loop with 14 laps remaining. In the next restart, Justin Haley, Josh Bilicki and others got together and brought out the final caution. Allmendinger took the lead on the final restart, battling with Cindric via bumps and runs. In the end, Cindric managed to get by Allmendinger and held him off to win the race.

Stage Results

Stage One Laps: 20

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 02 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 84 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 75 12 Ryan Blaney (i) Team Penske Ford 06 8 Ryan Preece (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 07 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 48 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 39 08 Gray Gaulding SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 210 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 1

Stage Two Laps: 20

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 12 Ryan Blaney (i) Team Penske Ford 02 8 Ryan Preece (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 03 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 84 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 75 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 66 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 48 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 39 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 210 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 1

Final Stage Results

Stage Three Laps: 42

Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 2 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 82 482 4 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 82 463 9 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 82 384 3 12 Ryan Blaney (i) Team Penske Ford 82 05 5 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 82 326 6 98 Chase Briscoe (R) Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 82 387 13 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing withBiagi-DenBeste Ford 82 308 14 1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 82 299 18 9 Noah Gragson (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 82 3210 8 8 Ryan Preece (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 82 011 11 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 82 3412 20 23 John Hunter Nemechek (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 82 3213 23 5 Scott Heckert B. J. McLeod Motorsports Toyota 82 2414 12 11 Justin Haley (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 82 3315 15 08 Gray Gaulding (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 82 2416 21 90 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 82 2117 10 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 82 2518 27 86 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 82 1919 30 36 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 82 1820 28 01 Stephen Leicht JD Motorsports Chevrolet 82 1721 26 99 Cody Ware B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 82 1622 24 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 82 1523 31 42 Stanton Barrett (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 82 024 29 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 80 1325 34 74 Dan Corcoran (i) Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 75 026 16 93 Josh Bilicki RSS Racing Chevrolet 72 1127 33 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 67 1028 22 66 Tommy Joe Martins MDM Motorsports Toyota 65 929 32 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 57 830 17 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 47 1131 1 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 35 032 35 13 Chad Finchum MDM Motorsports Toyota 30 533 19 4 Ross Chastain (i) JD Motorsports Chevrolet 19 034 36 35 Joey Gase MBM Motorsports Toyota 9 335 25 38 J. J. Yeley (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet 6 036 37 78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 0 137 7 10 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 82 1

After the race A. J. Allmendinger was disqualified (once again) from his runner-up finish after post-race inspection due to the rear of his car being too low. His stage points were also revoked and he was relegated to a 37th place finish. Allmendinger was also disqualified at the July Daytona race a month prior. He stated on Twitter that his car became lower due to contact during an early restart in the race.

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