2012 Watkins Glen Race Recap – Marcos Ambrose Wins Second Straight Year

RACE RECAP | WATKINS GLEN
10 Martin Truex Jr.
9 Regan Smith
8 Matt Kenseth
7 Kyle Busch
6 Greg Biffle
5 Sam Hornish Jr.
4 Clint Bowyer
3 Jimmie Johnson is the new points leader
2 Brad Keselowski

VICTORY LANE

1 Marcos Ambrose goes back to back winning at the Glen two years in a row

OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY

-Brian Vickers out of the race on lap 1 with engine issues

-Jamie McMurray blew a tire and mangled the left side of his #1 machine while running 7th. (20 minutes after I requested an interview with him…arrrrgh)

-Kurt Busch had his left rear wheel fall off the car

-Pole sitter Juan Montoya off the pace while running 6th

-Joey Logano out of the race at lap 29 with suspension problems

-Kasey Kahne got busted for too fast entering pit road

-Jeff Burton to the garage with fuel cell problems? (new one)

-Martin Truex Jr. ran out of fuel

-Denny Hamlin blew an engine, finishes 30th or worse in the last 6 road course races (not a good fantasy pick)

-Tony Stewart spun on his own and backed the #14 into the fence at the entrance to pit road, while running second

-Dale Earnhardt Jr. spun while running 10th late in the race, he finishes 28th

-We didn’t know who was going to win on the Final Lap of this race

-Kyle Busch storms off yet again

-All the drivers post race said there was oil on the track, presumably from the 47 of Bobby Labonte

-Notice the dashboards are looking nicer inside the racecars