Watkins Glen International
Coverage (4 articles)
Elliott Wins Texas Again. He Said He Didn't Like the Place.
Chase Elliott won his second Texas Cup race Sunday by 0.407 seconds over Denny Hamlin, with a final-restart side-draft push from Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman clearing him through Turn 2. Bowman finished P3, Tyler Reddick took P4 on a two-tire stop, and Connor Zilisch quietly logged his best Cup oval finish (P16) in the JRM development car. Hendrick has now won four of the last six Cup races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Kaden Honeycutt Just Pulled Off the First Weekend Sweep in CARS Tour History
Kaden Honeycutt won the CARS Pro Late Model Tour and CARS Late Model Stock Tour features at Ace Speedway on Saturday, May 9, 2026 — becoming the first driver in CARS Tour history to pull off a weekend sweep. The double came one day after Honeycutt won the ARCA Menards and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races at Watkins Glen International, capping a four-win weekend across four disciplines.
SVG Was Twenty-Nine Seconds Behind With Twenty-Four Laps Left. He Won by Seven.
Stephen Doran's pit box thought it was over. Twenty-four laps later, Shane van Gisbergen took the checkered flag at Watkins Glen by 7.288 seconds — his seventh career Cup win, every one of them on a road or street course.
Connor Zilisch Was Fifteen Seconds Back. He Won at the Last Brake Zone.
Connor Zilisch ran Jesse Love down on fresher tires Saturday at Watkins Glen, then passed him in the final corner of the final lap to win the Mission 200 by 0.262 seconds — Zilisch's third consecutive NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series win at The Glen and his thirteenth career win.