CUP SERIES RACE RECAP | WATKINS GLEN
10 Denny Hamlin
9 Clint Bowyer
8 Max Papis
7 Kurt Busch
6 Juan Pablo Montoya
5 Greg Biffle
4 Kyle Busch
3 Carl Edwards after starting 33rd
2 Marcos Ambrose with his best career Cup finish

VICTORY LANE

1 Tony Stewart takes home his 3rd win of the season and 6th top 2 finish at The Glen in a row. It’s Tony’s 7th career road course win.

OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY

-Jimmie Johnson started on the pole for the first time at a road course, but Kurt Busch led the first lap

-David Stremme spun at the bus stop, Jeff Gordon and Kevin Harvick got the bulk of the damage

-Ryan Newman’s crew had to change batteries

-Jamie McMurray had to change a transmission early on

-Dale Earnhardt Jr. lost his brakes and smashed head first into the tire barrier taking Reed Sorenson with him. Dale and Reed are okay

-A vicious wreck involving 6 cars, with Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, and Sam Hornish Jr. with mangled race cars. The wreck stared when Kasey Kahne got loose and sent Hornish into the tire barrier. It’s Gordon’s first DNF of the season

NOTE: Jeff Gordon mentioned he tweaked his back in this wreck