The 2025 Go Bowling at The Glen was a NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on August 10, 2025, at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York. Contested over 90 laps on the road course, it was the 24th race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Shane van Gisbergen won the race. Christopher Bell finished 2nd, and Chris Buescher finished 3rd. William Byron and Chase Briscoe rounded out the top five, and Ryan Blaney, Daniel Suárez, Bubba Wallace, Tyler Reddick, and Ross Chastain rounded out the top ten.
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 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 NASCAR.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points. Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 44 J. J. Yeley NY Racing Team Chevrolet 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 66 Josh Bilicki (i) Garage 66 Ford 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 78 Katherine Legge Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 87 Connor Zilisch (i) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Justin Haley was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 1:12.674 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1:12.674 121.364 2 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1:12.675 121.362 3 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 1:12.678 121.357Official practice results
Qualifying Ryan Blaney scored the pole for the race with a time of 1:11.960 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 1:11.960 122.568 2 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1:11.993 122.512 3 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:11.997 122.505 4 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1:12.081 122.362 5 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:12.144 122.255 6 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1:12.180 122.195 7 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:12.199 122.162 8 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1:12.200 122.161 9 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:12.210 122.144 10 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:12.215 122.135 11 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 1:12.235 122.101 12 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 1:12.265 122.051 13 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 1:12.300 121.992 14 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:12.304 121.985 15 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 1:12.412 121.803 16 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 1:12.427 121.778 17 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 1:12.443 121.751 18 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1:12.451 121.737 19 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1:12.461 121.721 20 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:12.465 121.714 21 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 1:12.487 121.677 22 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:12.507 121.643 23 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1:12.552 121.568 24 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 1:12.576 121.528 N/A 87 Connor Zilisch (i) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1:12.603 121.483 25 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:12.667 121.376 26 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:12.718 121.290 27 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 1:12.718 121.290 28 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 1:12.736 121.260 29 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 1:12.764 121.214 30 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 1:12.838 121.091 31 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 1:12.923 120.949 32 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1:12.989 120.840 33 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 1:13.153 120.569 34 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 1:13.170 120.541 35 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 1:13.190 120.508 36 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 1:13.698 119.678 37 78 Katherine Legge Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 1:14.504 118.383 38 44 J. J. Yeley (i) NY Racing Team Chevrolet 1:14.955 117.671 39 66 Josh Bilicki (i) Garage 66 Ford 1:15.092 117.456 Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 20
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 102 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 84 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 66 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 57 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 48 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 39 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 210 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 20
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 102 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 75 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 66 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 57 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 39 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 210 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 1Official stage two results
Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 50
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 2 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 90 432 9 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 90 433 12 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 90 444 10 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 90 425 3 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 90 346 1 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 90 457 19 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 90 308 15 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 90 299 21 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 90 2810 4 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 90 2711 18 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 90 3312 29 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 90 2513 17 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 90 3314 11 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 90 2315 25 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 90 2216 13 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 90 2117 33 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 90 2018 8 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 90 1919 6 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 90 1820 7 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 90 3021 35 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 90 1622 5 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 90 1523 34 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 90 2224 28 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 90 1825 22 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 90 1226 20 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 90 1827 23 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 90 1028 27 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 90 929 36 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 90 930 32 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 90 731 16 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 90 1232 30 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 90 1133 14 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 90 634 31 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 90 335 24 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 90 236 37 78 Katherine Legge Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 89 137 39 66 Josh Bilicki (i) Garage 66 Ford 89 038 38 44 J. J. Yeley (i) NY Racing Team Ford 89 039 26 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 2Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 8 among 6 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 3 for 8 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 2 hours, 10 minutes, and 39 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television USA covered the race on the television side. Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Kim Coon, and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.
USABooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Leigh DiffeyColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Steve Letarte Dave BurnsKim CoonMarty Snider
Radio Motor Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Kurt Becker and former crew chief Todd Gordon covered the action when the field raced down the front straightaway. Dave Moody called the race when the field raced thru the esses. Kyle Rickey covered the action when the field raced thru the inner loop and turn 5 and Tim Catalfamo covered the action in turn 6 & 7. Steve Post and Chris Wilner called the action from the pits for MRN.
MRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Alex HaydenAnnouncer: Kurt Becker Announcer: Todd Gordon Esses: Dave Moody Inner loop & Turn 5: Kyle RickeyTurn 6 & 7: Tim Catalfamo Steve Post Chris Wilner
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 William Byron 812 2 Chase Elliott 770 (–42) 1 3 Denny Hamlin 731 (–81) 1 4 Christopher Bell 727 (–85) 2 5 Kyle Larson 727 (–85) 1 6 Ryan Blaney 710 (–102) 1 7 Tyler Reddick 701 (–111) 8 Chase Briscoe 674 (–138) 9 Alex Bowman 644 (–168) 1 10 Chris Buescher 618 (–194) 1 11 Bubba Wallace 610 (–202) 1 12 Ryan Preece 584 (–228) 13 Joey Logano 583 (–229) 14 Ross Chastain 571 (–241) 15 Kyle Busch 516 (–296) 1 16 Austin Cindric 502 (–310)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 885 2 Toyota 861 (–24) 3 Ford 798 (–87)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.