Go Bowling at The Glen

The Go Bowling at The Glen is a 90-lap, 220.86-mile (355.44 km) annual Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York, on the 2.45-mile (3.94 km) road course."Uncommonly calm race at The Glen could shape 16-driver Chase field". Fox Sports, Tom Jensen Aug 9, 2015 It is one of three road course races on the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series schedule, with the others being the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway and the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
==History==
When NASCAR returned in 1986, they utilized the 1971 Six Hours course. In the 1991 race, J. D. McDuffie was killed in a crash in the Outer Loop, at the end of the backstretch. Following that crash, and another serious crash by IMSA driver, Tommy Kendall, the Inner Loop bus stop chicane was added just before the Outer Loop. NASCAR has since utilized this 2.45-mile (3.94 km) "short course," and has never utilized the "Boot" as the Indy Racing League has. Drivers, however, have been pushing for the use of the full course.
During a 2011 Mobil Oil "Car Swap" at Watkins Glen using the course, Tony Stewart pushed for using the Grand Prix course after driving demonstration laps in both his Chevrolet Impala and the majority of his laps in a McLaren MP4-23 as part of the event with Lewis Hamilton.Stewart: We should run the long course , Racer Magazine, June 15, 2011.
ESPN at one time broadcast the race. NBC had the rights to broadcast the 2015 edition, which was aired on NBCSN, In 2016, the race was put on USA Network because of the 2016 Summer Olympics airing on NBC and NBCSN.
In 2015, more than 95,000 people watched the race."Record crowd flocked to Cheez-It 355 at The Glen". Star-Gazette, Ron Levanduski, August 11, 2015
==Past winners==
Year 	Date 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	Manufacturer	Race distance	Race distance 	Race time	Average speed(mph)	Report
Year 	Date 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	Manufacturer	Laps 	Miles (km) 	Race time	Average speed(mph)	Report
1957 	August 4 	87 	Buck Baker 	Buck Baker 	Chevrolet 	44 	101.2 (162.865) 	1:13:06 	83.064 	Report
1958–1963	Not held 	Not held	Not held 	Not held 	Not held 	Not held 	Not held 	Not held 	Not held 	Not held
1964 	July 19 	1 	Billy Wade 	Bud Moore Engineering 	Mercury 	66 	151.8 (244.298) 	1:32:57 	97.988 	Report
1965 	July 18 	21 	Marvin Panch 	Wood Brothers Racing 	Ford 	66 	151.8 (244.298) 	1:32:46 	98.182 	Report
1966–1985	Not held 	Not held	Not held 	Not held 	Not held 	Not held 	Not held 	Not held 	Not held 	Not held
1986 	August 10 	25 	Tim Richmond 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	90 	218.52 (351.673) 	2:12:56 	90.463 	Report
1987 	August 10*	27 	Rusty Wallace 	Blue Max Racing 	Pontiac 	90 	218.52 (351.673) 	2:24:36 	90.682 	Report
1988 	August 14 	26 	Ricky Rudd 	King Racing 	Buick 	90 	218.52 (351.673) 	2:56:58 	74.096 	Report
1989 	August 13 	27 	Rusty Wallace 	Blue Max Racing 	Pontiac 	90 	218.52 (351.673) 	2:26:55 	87.242 	Report
1990 	August 12 	5 	Ricky Rudd 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	90 	218.52 (351.673) 	2:21:49 	92.452 	Report
1991 	August 11 	4 	Ernie Irvan 	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet 	90 	218.52 (351.673) 	2:12:28 	98.977 	Report
1992 	August 9 	42 	Kyle Petty 	SABCO Racing 	Pontiac 	51* 	125.154 (201.415)	1:27:21 	88.980 	Report
1993 	August 8 	6 	Mark Martin 	Roush Racing 	Ford 	90 	220.5 (354.86) 	2:36:04 	84.771 	Report
1994 	August 14 	6 	Mark Martin 	Roush Racing 	Ford 	90 	220.5 (354.86) 	2:21:07 	93.752 	Report
1995 	August 13 	6 	Mark Martin 	Roush Racing 	Ford 	90 	220.5 (354.86) 	2:11:54 	103.030 	Report
1996 	August 11 	7 	Geoffrey Bodine 	Geoff Bodine Racing 	Ford 	90 	220.5 (354.86) 	2:23:17 	92.334 	Report
1997 	August 10 	24 	Jeff Gordon 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	90 	220.5 (354.86) 	2:24:55 	91.294 	Report
1998 	August 9 	24 	Jeff Gordon 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	90 	220.5 (354.86) 	2:20:03 	94.466 	Report
1999 	August 15 	24 	Jeff Gordon 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	90 	220.5 (354.86) 	2:30:49 	87.722 	Report
2000 	August 13 	1 	Steve Park 	Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 	Chevrolet 	90 	220.5 (354.86) 	2:24:51 	91.336 	Report
2001 	August 12 	24 	Jeff Gordon 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	90 	220.5 (354.86) 	2:28:31 	89.081 	Report
2002 	August 11 	20 	Tony Stewart 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Pontiac 	90 	220.5 (354.86) 	2:40:56 	82.208 	Report
2003 	August 10 	31 	Robby Gordon 	Richard Childress Racing 	Chevrolet 	90 	220.5 (354.86) 	2:26:17 	90.441 	Report
2004 	August 15 	20 	Tony Stewart 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Chevrolet 	90 	220.5 (354.86) 	2:23:25 	92.249 	Report
2005 	August 14 	20 	Tony Stewart 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Chevrolet 	92* 	225.4 (362.746) 	2:35:48 	86.804 	Report
2006 	August 13 	29 	Kevin Harvick 	Richard Childress Racing 	Chevrolet 	90 	220.5 (354.86) 	2:52:27 	76.718 	Report
2007 	August 12 	20 	Tony Stewart 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Chevrolet 	90 	220.5 (354.86) 	2:50:38 	77.535 	Report
2008 	August 10 	18 	Kyle Busch 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Toyota 	90 	220.5 (354.86) 	2:16:11 	97.148 	Report
2009 	August 10*	14 	Tony Stewart 	Stewart-Haas Racing 	Chevrolet 	90 	220.5 (354.86) 	2:26:31 	90.297 	Report
2010 	August 8 	42 	Juan Pablo Montoya*	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing 	Chevrolet 	90 	220.5 (354.86) 	2:23:52 	91.960 	Report
2011 	August 15 	9 	Marcos Ambrose* 	Richard Petty Motorsports 	Ford 	92* 	225.4 (362.746) 	2:16:02 	99.417 	Report
2012 	August 12 	9 	Marcos Ambrose 	Richard Petty Motorsports 	Ford 	90 	220.5 (354.86) 	2:14:48 	98.145 	Report
2013 	August 11 	18 	Kyle Busch 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Toyota 	90 	220.5 (354.86) 	2:32:04 	87.001 	Report
2014 	August 10 	47 	A. J. Allmendinger 	JTG Daugherty Racing 	Chevrolet 	90 	220.5 (354.86) 	2:26:48 	90.123 	Report
2015 	August 9 	22 	Joey Logano 	Team Penske 	Ford 	90 	220.5 (354.86) 	2:24:43 	91.42 	Report
2016 	August 7 	11 	Denny Hamlin 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Toyota 	90 	220.5 (354.86) 	2:27:48 	89.513 	Report
2017 	August 6 	78 	Martin Truex Jr. 	Furniture Row Racing 	Toyota 	90 	220.5 (354.86) 	2:07:03 	104.132 	Report
===Notes===
*1987, 2009, & 2011: Race postponed from Sunday to Monday due to rain.
*1992: Race shortened due to rain.
*2005 & 2011: Race extended due to a NASCAR Overtime finish.
*2010: Montoya's second career win made him the first foreign-born driver to have multiple wins in NASCAR Cup Series history.
*2011: Ambrose's first career win made him the first Australian driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race.
===Track length notes===
1957–1965: 2.3-mile (3.7 km) mile course
1986–1991: 2.428-mile (3.907 km) mile course
1992–present: 2.45-mile (3.94 km) mile course with the addition of the Inner Loop chicane
===Multiple winners (drivers)===
# of wins	Driver 	Years won
5 	Tony Stewart 	2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009
4 	Jeff Gordon 	1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
3 	Mark Martin 	1993, 1994, 1995
2 	Rusty Wallace 	1987, 1989
2 	Ricky Rudd 	1988, 1990
2 	Marcos Ambrose	2011, 2012
2 	Kyle Busch 	2008, 2013
===Multiple winners (teams)===
# of wins	Team 	Years won
7 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2016
6 	Hendrick Motorsports 	1986, 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
3 	Roush Racing 	1993, 1994, 1995
2 	Blue Max Racing 	1987, 1989
2 	Richard Childress Racing 	2003, 2006
2 	Richard Petty Motorsports	2011, 2012
===Manufacturer wins===
# of wins	Manufacturer	Years won
17 	Chevrolet 	1957, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2014
8 	Ford 	1965, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2011, 2012, 2015
4 	Pontiac 	1987, 1989, 1992, 2002
4 	Toyota 	2008, 2013, 2016, 2017
1 	Mercury 	1964
1 	Buick 	1988
==Race summaries==
*1986: The true inaugural running of this race, resulted in Geoff Bodine leading the most laps. Tim Richmond won the race after Bodine made too long of a pit stop with less than 10 laps to go.
*1991: Ernie Irvan won the race but the race was overshadowed by the death of NASCAR pioneer J. D. McDuffie during a crash on lap 5.
*1995: Wally Dallenbach Jr. appeared to have had the win wrapped up, but a caution with 9 laps to go resulted in him being passed by former teammate Mark Martin on a final restart. 
*1999: Jeff Gordon started on pole, led the most laps and held off Ron Fellows for the win.
*2000: After Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart tangled early, Jeff Gordon's hopes to win a consecutive Watkins Glen race ended. Steve Park won his first Cup series race.
*2001: Jeff Gordon got redemption from his 2000 heartbreak by winning the race. Road expert Robby Gordon led the most laps and had the winning car but a pit road fire ended his hopes for his first Cup series victory.
*2002: A week after nearly being fired by his team for an incident in the Brickyard 400, Tony Stewart led the most laps alongside Robby Gordon and won the race. The race ended in controversy because it was discovered that Stewart had jumped the final restart.
*2004: A very sick Tony Stewart gutted through a sinus infection, food poisoning and stomach pains, and held off Ron Fellows to win the race.
*2007: Jeff Gordon led the most laps, but spun out with 2 laps to go, handing the win to Stewart.
*2008: Michael McDowell punted David Gilliland into the barriers on the frontstretch and caused a huge melee including Sam Hornish Jr. hitting the sand barriers and Bobby Labonte hitting the armco hard and going to the hospital for a hand injury. Kyle Busch won the race, the 8th and final of the 2008 campaign. 
*2009: Tony Stewart won his record 5th Watkins Glen race. The race was marred by a huge accident involving Sam Hornish Jr., Jeff Gordon, Jeff Burton, and Joey Logano. 
*2010: Juan Pablo Montoya ended a 113 race winless streak and won in dominating fashion, beating Marcos Ambrose for the win, thus making him the first foreign-born driver to win multiple NASCAR Cup races.
*2011: Marcos Ambrose's first career Cup series victory over Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch. David Reutimann flipped over violently after hitting the armco barrier head on into the fence. 
*2012: Oil dropped on the track by Bobby Labonte led to a dramatic finish after the caution was not called. Leader Kyle Busch lost control and spun off the bumper of Brad Keselowski in the Esses on the final lap, leaving Keselowski and Ambrose to battle both each other and the adverse track conditions, banging off of and passing each other several times during the lap. Ambrose won the race after Keselowski got loose in the oil off turn eleven and backed out of the throttle.
*2014: A. J. Allmendinger won his first Cup victory, after a lengthy marathon that included two red flags for track repair caused by serious accidents: the first for a severe accident in which Ryan Newman and Michael McDowell crashed in the exit to turn 5, which saw McDowell's rear wheel housing break off and puncture a hole in the Armco barriers, and a second one caused by Denny Hamlin crashing into the gravel barrels at the entrance to pit road.
* 2015: An accordion wreck happened on the front stretch, fluid was on the track, which led to a nine-minute three second red flag to facilitate cleanup on the track, A. J. Allmendinger's car lost power, and came to a stop past turn 10. Joey Logano took advantage of fuel problems for Kevin Harvick and won his first NASCAR Cup Series race at Watkins Glen and second of the season.
* 2016: Denny Hamlin passed Martin Truex Jr. late in the race to win his first road course victory and avenging his 2007 runner-up at the Glen. On the final lap, Truex got spun by Brad Keselowski and finished 8th while Kyle Larson expressed discontent with AJ Allmendinger for spinning him on the final lap as well. Truex and Larson both voiced their displeasure with their adversaries through slight contact with Keselowski & Allmendinger after the race ended, during the cool-down lap.
*2017:Martin Truex Jr. overcame adversity from last year by winning the over Matt Kenseth and Clint Bowyer while saving fuel. The race was ran in just over two hours, the shortest race by time in the Modern Era.
==Television broadcasters==
Year	Network	Lap-by-lap 	Color commentator(s)
1986	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Rick Mears
1987	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Larry Nuber
1988	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Ned Jarrett
1989	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny Parsons Ned Jarrett
1990	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny Parsons Ned Jarrett
1991	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny Parsons Ned Jarrett
1992	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny Parsons Ned Jarrett
1993	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny Parsons Ned Jarrett
1994	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny ParsonsDorsey SchroederNed Jarrett
1995	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Ned JarrettBill WeberDorsey Schroeder
1996	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny ParsonsNed Jarrett
1997	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny ParsonsNed Jarrett
1998	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny ParsonsNed Jarrett
1999	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny ParsonsNed Jarrett
2000	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny ParsonsNed Jarrett
2001	NBC 	Allen Bestwick	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach
2002	NBC 	Allen Bestwick	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach
2003	NBC 	Allen Bestwick	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach
2004	TNT 	Allen Bestwick	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach
2005	NBC 	Bill Weber 	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach
2006	NBC 	Bill Weber 	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach
2007	ESPN 	Jerry Punch 	Rusty WallaceAndy Petree
2008	ESPN 	Jerry Punch 	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2009	ESPN 	Jerry Punch 	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2010	ESPN 	Marty Reid 	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2011	ESPN 	Allen Bestwick	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2012	ESPN 	Allen Bestwick	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2013	ESPN 	Allen Bestwick	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2014	ESPN 	Allen Bestwick	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2015	NBCSN 	Rick Allen 	Jeff BurtonSteve Letarte
2016	USA 	Rick Allen 	Jeff BurtonSteve Letarte
2017	NBCSN 	Leigh Diffey* 	Steve LetarteMike Bagley (Esses)Parker Kligerman (Carousel)Jeff Burton (Turns 6 & 7)
2018	NBCSN 	Rick Allen 	Jeff BurtonSteve LetarteDale Earnhardt Jr.
*From 1990 to 1996 Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett were anywhere around the Watkins Glen track. Parsons was at turn 1 from 1990 to 1993 and 1996 before being moved to the broadcasting booth in 1994, and missed the 1995 race due to illness, so Dorsey Schroeder took over turn 1 in 1994 and Bill Weber took over turn 1 in 1995. Jarrett was at turn 5 from 1990 to 1994 and 1996 before being moved to the broadcasting booth in 1995, so Schroeder took over turn 5 in 1995. Also, in 1999, Parsons didn't go to the race track due to eye problems, but acted as a color commentator from his home in North Carolina via calling in by telephone.
*In 2017, veteran sports car race commentator Leigh Diffey announced because of Rick Allen commentating at the Track and Field World Championships in London for NBC.
==References==
==External links==
*The Glen website
*NASCAR Commentators Crews and Networks
*Ratings/Viewership For Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Dating Back to 2000