One of the most historic race venues in North America takes on added importance this weekend as NASCAR's Round of 16 playoffs hits the famed New York Finger Lakes road course to help determine who makes it to the Round of 12.
This is Week 2 of the three-week Round of 16. After next week at Bristol, the playoffs jettison four teams and the Round of 12 ensues the following week. As an added bonus, the Cup Series field will include a pair of potential road-course ringers, one who's become familiar and a blast from the past: Shane van Gisbergen and Juan Pablo Montoya.
But first, some technical skills come into play for a bunch of racers who, mostly, grew up turning left and mashing the gas. And we'll see three levels of that skill as three different NASCAR stock-car entities tackle The Glen — ARCA, Xfinity and the Cup Series each get their turns.
Beautiful. Technical. Historic.@WGI is the total package. pic.twitter.com/SjtZkuyHI0
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) September 12, 2024
Channel, how to watch General Tire 100 at The Glen race
NASCAR first came to Watkins Glen in 1957, and it’s been an annual stop since 1986.
5 p.m. Friday: General Tire 100 at The Glen (FS1).
Channel, how to watch Cup Series practice and qualifying and Xfinity Series Mission 200 at The Glen
12:30 p.m. Saturday: Cup Series practice and qualifying (USA Network).
3 p.m.: Xfinity Series Mission 200 at The Glen (USA).
"Contact in the esses!"
"Everybody's in the grass!"
"A nudge, a push!"
"Who gets here first?"The finish at @WGI in 2012 is a classic. pic.twitter.com/RRLqWY9Pz5
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) September 11, 2024
Channel, how to watch the NASCAR Go Bowling at the Glen race
2:30 p.m. Sunday: Countdown to Green (USA).
3 p.m.: Cup Series, Go Bowling at the Glen (USA).
NASCAR Bowling at the Glen winner odds
Kyle Larson: +600.*
William Bryon: +725
Shane van Gisbergen: +750
Tyler Reddick: +825
Chase Elliot: +900
(*Odds according to BetMGM)
NASCAR at Watkins Glen: Rumple strips, other changes for 2024
NASCAR has made several changes to the course at Watkins Glen International.
Bill Wolcott is a producer who helps cover the Buffalo Bills, high school and Rochester sports in general. The lifelong New Yorker has been a journalist for 30 years.
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