NASCAR at Watkins Glen: Odds, stats, bets to consider for road-course race

Together with Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch taking trophies in the last two Cup Series races, the third member of this»Big 3,» Martin Truex Jr., may feel his time to win is this weekend in Watkins Glen International (WGI).

Truex is the defending winner in Watkins Glen and has top-10 finishes in his last two races and seven top 10s in 12 total starts on the street program. Problem is, no present driver has accomplished a repeat win at The Glen. Marcos Ambrose, who returned in his native Australia, is the final to win races in 2011-12.

Truex, Harvick and kyle Busch would be the 3 favorites not just to win but also to hoist the Cup Series trophy in November.

Perhaps nobody gets as excited about Watkins Glen’s road course as veteran A.J. Allmendinger, that punched his playoff ticket in the street in 2014. This past week, allmendinger started to take the checkers.

Allmendinger includes six top-10 finishes in his last seven races at The Glen and has accomplished the impressive job of completing every lap (812) of every race he has competed in there.

Race setup
Distance: 220.5 kilometers (90 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 20), Phase 2 (Ends on Lap 40), Closing Phase (Ends on Lap 90).

The track

Watkins Glen, located in upstate New York, is a 7-turn, 2.45-mile road course that recently underwent a repave. Though the road-course is similar to Sonoma Raceway, it is relatively flat with fewer turns, making it a faster course than its California sister.

Recent winners
2017: Martin Truex Jr..
2016: Denny Hamlin
2015: Joey Logano
2014: AJ Allmendinger
2013: Kyle Busch

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