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SHR Post-Race Recap: Watkins Glen

Date:  Aug. 21, 2022
Event:  Go Bowling! At The Glen (Round 25 of 36)
Series:  NASCAR Cup Series
Location:  Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International (2.45-mile, seven-turn road course)
Format:  90 laps, broken into three stages (20 laps/20 laps/50 laps)
Race Winner:  Kyle Larson of Hendrick Motorsports
Stage 1 Winner:  Chase Briscoe of Stewart-Haas Racing
Stage 2 Winner:  Joey Logano of Team Penske

SHR Race Finish:
●  Cole Custer (Started 29th, Finished 11th / Running, completed 90 of 90 laps)
●  Kevin Harvick (Started 24th, Finished 12th / Running, completed 90 of 90 laps)
●  Chase Briscoe (Started 14th, Finished 25th / Running, completed 90 of 90 laps)
●  Aric Almirola (Started 35th, Finished 29th / Running, completed 90 of 90 laps)

SHR Points:
●  Kevin Harvick (8th with 690 points, 232 out of first)
●  Chase Briscoe (16th with 571 points, 351 out of first)
●  Aric Almirola (18th with 560 points, 362 out of first)
●  Cole Custer (26th with 431 points, 491 out of first)

SHR Notes:
●  Custer earned his seventh top-15 of the season and his first top-15 in two career NASCAR Cup Series starts at Watkins Glen.
●  Custer’s 11th-place result bettered his previous best finish at Watkins Glen – 18th, earned in his first start at the track last August.
●  Custer finished ninth in Stage 2 to earn two bonus points.
●  Custer led once for seven laps – his first laps led at Watkins Glen.
●  This was Harvick’s fourth straight finish of 12th or better at Watkins Glen. He finished eighth in this race last year, seventh in 2019 and 10th in 2018. (The NASCAR Cup Series did not race at Watkins Glen in 2020 due to restrictions related to COVID-19.)
●  Briscoe finished first in Stage 1 to earn 10 bonus points and one valuable playoff point.
●  Briscoe led once for seven laps – his first laps led at Watkins Glen.

Next Up:
The next event on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule is the Coke Zero Sugar 400 on Saturday, Aug. 27 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. The regular-season finale begins at 7 p.m. EDT with live coverage provided by NBC and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

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