Starting from pole Car 97 Shane Van Gisbergen Superfile Chevrolet won the Go Bowling at The Glen, his 7th win in 62 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 1st win & 3rd Top 10 finish in 2026. This is his 2nd win & 3rd Top 10 finish in 3 races at Watkins Glen International. 2nd Place Car 71 Michael McDowell Go Bowling Chevrolet, started from 2nd place posted his 3rd Top 10 finish in 17 races at Watkins Glen International. It is his 3rd Top 10 finish in 2026. 3rd Place Car 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota, started from 10th place posted his 2nd Top 10 finish in 5 races at Watkins Glen International.
4th Place Car 19 Chase Briscoe Mobil 1 Toyota, started from 9th place followed by 5th place Car 45 Tyler Reddick Jordan Brand Toyota, started from 15th place. 6th Place Car 3 Austin Dillon 38 Bass Pro Shops/Winchester AA White Flyer, started from 25th place followed by 7th place Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Grizzly Nicotine Pouches Chevrolet, started from 12th place. 8th Place Car 8 Kyle Busch zone Jalapeno Lime Chevrolet, started from 21st place followed by 9th place Car 2 Austin Cindric Snap on Ford, started from 3rd place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 42 John Hunter Nemechek Pye-Barker Fire & Safety Toyota, in 10th place, started from 17th place. Connor Zilisch (20th) was the highest finishing rookie. Tyler Reddick leads the point standings by 129 points over Denny Hamlin.
The race had 4 Cautions for 12 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 22 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 2nd Caution on lap 41 for Debris Turn 2. 3rd Caution on lap 52 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 4th Caution on lap 61 for Debris top of the esses.
The race had 6 Lead Changes among 4 drivers; S. Van Gisbergen 1-18; R. Chastain 19-22; S. Van Gisbergen 23-41; M. McDowell 42-46; S. Van Gisbergen 47-75; T. Gibbs 76-92; S. Van Gisbergen 93-100.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 1, 22, 12, 2, 16, 42, 20, 97, 35, 71
Stage 2 Top 10: 97, 45, 54, 3, 8, 17, 2, 88, 19, 23
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 12
Race Results for the Go Bowling at The Glen – Sunday, May 10, 2026
Watkins Glen International – Watkins Glen, NY – 2.45 – Mile Road
Total Race Length – 100 Laps – 245. Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Sunday, 5/10/2026 @ 05:49 PM Eastern
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 1. Car 97 Shane Van Gisbergen Superfile Chevrolet 100 Running
2. 2. Car 71 Michael McDowell Go Bowling Chevrolet 100 Running
3. 10. Car 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota 100 Running
4. 9. Car 19 Chase Briscoe Mobil 1 Toyota 100 Running
5. 15. Car 45 Tyler Reddick Jordan Brand Toyota 100 Running
6. 25. Car 3 Austin Dillon 38 Bass Pro Shops/Winchester AA White Flyer 100 Running
7. 12. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Grizzly Nicotine Pouches Chevrolet 100 Running
8. 21. Car 8 Kyle Busch zone Jalapeno Lime Chevrolet 100 Running
9. 3. Car 2 Austin Cindric Snap on Ford 100 Running
10. 17. Car 42 John Hunter Nemechek Pye-Barker Fire & Safety Toyota 100 Running
11. 7. Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Libman Ford 100 Running
12. 14. Car 17 Chris Buescher BuildSubmarines.com Ford 100 Running
13. 16. Car 7 Daniel Suarez Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation Chevrolet 100 Running
14. 30. Car 60 Ryan Preece Mohawk Northeast Inc. Ford 100 Running
15. 19. Car 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com Chevrolet 100 Running
16. 20. Car 11 Denny Hamlin Progressive Insurance Toyota 100 Running
17. 22. Car 34 Todd Gilliland Farm Rich Ford 100 Running
18. 33. Car 38 Zane Smith Aaron’s Rent To Own Ford 100 Running
19. 24. Car 43 Erik Jones Dollar Tree Toyota 100 Running
20. 5. Car 88 Connor Zilisch # Red Bull Chevrolet 100 Running
21. 8. Car 20 Christopher Bell Coofandy Menswear Toyota 100 Running
22. 35. Car 4 Noah Gragson Long John Silver’s/Franks’s Red Hot Ford 100 Running
23. 23. Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 100 Running
24. 27. Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 100 Running
25. 28. Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 100 Running
26. 32. Car 35 Riley Herbst Monster Energy Zero Sugar Toyota 100 Running
27. 4. Car 1 Ross Chastain Busch Light Apple Chevrolet 100 Running
28. 11. Car 77 Carson Hocevar Spectrum Chevrolet 100 Running
29. 18. Car 23 Bubba Wallace Hardee’s/Coca-Cola Toyota 100 Running
30. 26. Car 6 Brad Keselowski Modelo Ford 100 Running
31. 29. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ram Self Storage Chevrolet 100 Running
32. 34. Car 21 Josh Berry DEX Ford 100 Running
33. 31. Car 10 Ty Dillon Campers Inn RV Chevrolet 99 Running
34. 37. Car 66 * Josh Bilicki(i) Southern Tier Security Ford 99 Running
35. 38. Car 78 * Katherine Legge e.l.f. Chevrolet 99 Running
36. 13. Car 24 William Byron Liberty University Chevrolet 97 Running
37. 36. Car 51 Cody Ware Jacob Construction Chevrolet 90 Accident
38. 6. Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 85 Running
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, no vehicles dropped to the rear of the field. Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 29 Mins, 11 Secs. Average Speed: 98.536 MPH. Margin of Victory: 7.288 Seconds. Fastest Lap Bonus: # 88 lap 95/72.541. Fastest Lap Bonus: # 88 lap 95/72.541. Caution Flags: 4 for 12 laps. Lead Changes: 6 among 4 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: May 17, 2026 – Dover Motor Speedway
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