2024 Go Bowling at The Glen

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. • (P) denotes playoff driver. • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points. ==Practice==

Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 1:12.018 seconds and a speed of . Practice results ==Qualifying==

Ross Chastain scored the pole for the race with a time of 1:12.130 and a speed of . Qualifying results ==Race==

Race results Stage results Stage One Laps: 20 Stage Two Laps: 20 Final Stage results Stage Three Laps: 50 Race statistics • Lead changes: 11 among 9 different drivers • Cautions/Laps: 7 for 21 laps • Red flags: 0 • Time of race: 2 hours, 38 minutes, and 41 seconds • Average speed: ==Media==

Television USA covered the race on the television side as part of a Radio style Broadcast for the race. Leigh Diffey and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. MRN broadcaster Mike Bagley called the race from the Esses, Dillon Welch called from Turn 5, and Jeff Burton called the race from Turn 6 & 7. Kim Coon, Parker Kligerman and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane. Radio Motor Racing Network radio called for the race, which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, 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 Jason Toy covered the action in turn 6 & 7. Steve Post, Brienne Pedigo, Chris Wilner & Jacklyn Drake called the action from the pits for MRN. ==Standings after the race==

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Manufacturers' Championship standings • Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. ==References==