Official race results: 2026 NASCAR Cup at Watkins Glen

After 100 laps of NASCAR Cup racing at Watkins Glen, pole-sitter Shane van Gisbergen walked away with the checkered flag. He made up 29 seconds in 18 laps during the final stint, and ultimately won the race by 7.2 seconds over Michael McDowell.

Ty Gibbs was leading the strategy for those who cut out a pit stop, finishing third. Chase Briscoe and Tyler Reddick filled out the rest of the top five.

Along with the win, SVG also led the way at the end of Stage 2, while teammate Ross Chastain won Stage 1. Connor Zilisch earned the fastest lap bonus with a 1:12.541s.

SVG also led the most laps, leading 74 of 100 laps. McDowell, Gibbs, and Chastain were the only other drivers who led any laps during the race. 

It was a fairly clean race as well, with only Cody Ware failing to reach the checkered flag and 32 of 38 starters finishing on the lead lap.

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Watkins Glen NASCAR Cup results

cla
#
driver
manufacturer
laps
time
gap
pits
laps led
retirement
pts
best time
best lap

1	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Chevrolet	100	2:29’10.903		5	74		68	1’12.987	66
2	71	Michael McDowell	Chevrolet	100	2:29’18.191	7.288	6	5		36	1’13.355	4
3	54	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	100	2:29’27.434	16.531	5	17		42	1’13.481	70
4	19	Chase Briscoe	Toyota	100	2:29’30.156	19.253	5			35	1’13.530	26
5	45	Tyler Reddick	Toyota	100	2:29’30.275	19.372	5			41	1’13.503	56
6	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	100	2:29’31.844	20.941	5			38	1’13.580	47
7	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	100	2:29’32.421	21.518	6			36	1’13.132	83
8	8	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	100	2:29’33.205	22.302	5			35	1’13.408	67
9	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	100	2:29’33.324	22.421	5			39	1’13.763	45
10	42	John Hunter Nemechek	Toyota	100	2:29’36.341	25.438	5			32	1’13.337	78
11	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	100	2:29’36.544	25.641	6			34	1’13.595	82
12	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	100	2:29’41.409	30.506	5			30	1’13.221	67
13	7	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	100	2:29’41.804	30.901	5			24	1’13.588	82
14	60	Ryan Preece	Ford	100	2:29’42.999	32.096	6			23	1’13.617	80
15	41	Cole Custer	Chevrolet	100	2:29’43.827	32.924	6			22	1’13.679	83
16	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	100	2:29’45.548	34.645	5			21	1’13.803	49
17	34	Todd Gilliland	Ford	100	2:29’47.267	36.364	7			20	1’13.528	86
18	38	Zane Smith	Ford	100	2:29’47.502	36.599	6			19	1’13.803	81
19	43	Erik Jones	Toyota	100	2:29’48.679	37.776	6			18	1’13.951	84
20	88	Connor Zilisch	Chevrolet	100	2:29’52.914	42.011	6			21	1’12.541	95
21	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	100	2:29’54.336	43.433	6			20	1’13.277	82
22	4	Noah Gragson	Ford	100	2:29’54.782	43.879	6			15	1’13.660	88
23	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	100	2:29’56.875	45.972	6			14	1’13.646	78
24	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	100	2:29’57.331	46.428	6			13	1’13.810	68
25	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	100	2:30’00.911	50.008	6			12	1’13.476	78
26	35	Riley Herbst	Toyota	100	2:30’02.748	51.845	7			13	1’13.430	81
27	1	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	100	2:30’04.468	53.565	6	4		20	1’13.432	98
28	77	Carson Hocevar	Chevrolet	100	2:30’11.296	1’00.393	5			9	1’13.891	67
29	23	Darrell Wallace Jr	Toyota	100	2:30’20.784	1’09.881	6			9	1’13.972	97
30	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	100	2:30’21.430	1’10.527	7			7	1’13.456	55
31	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	100	2:30’21.509	1’10.606	7			6	1’14.300	28
32	21	Josh Berry	Ford	100	2:30’31.889	1’20.986	6			5	1’13.746	84
33	10	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	99	2:29’15.451	1 Lap	7			4	1’14.105	59
34	66	Josh Bilicki	Ford	99	2:29’38.948	1 Lap	8				1’14.901	28
35	78	Katherine Legge	Chevrolet	99	2:30’23.390	1 Lap	7			2	1’14.889	86
36	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	97	2:30’01.423	3 Laps	8			1	1’13.444	80
37	51	Cody Ware	Chevrolet	90	2:20’44.664	10 Laps	10		Accident	1	1’14.370	28
38	22	Joey Logano	Ford	85	2:30’11.575	15 Laps	7			10	1’13.567	67

 

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