Nascar Cup Series at Watkins Glenn Pre - Race Thread

[wi_racefan]

#71 qualified well. Expect another amendment Monday morning.....

 

[wi_racefan]

I didn't see qualifying, what happened to legge that she was so far off the pace?

 

[StandOnIt]

 

[Clutch]

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No New Zealand time posted?

 

[StandOnIt]

No New Zealand time posted?

Turn it upside down.
BTW what time will it be in NZ.?

 

[Clutch]

Turn it upside down.
BTW what time will it be in NZ.?

And it's 10.53pm now

 

[Clutch]

Turn it upside down.
BTW what time will it be in NZ.?

I'm pretty sure the wife said she'll wake me when she leaves for work at 7.00am Monday morning so I can watch the race

 

[Charlie Spencer]

https://www.jayski.com/2026/05/09/shane-van-gisbergen-starts-watkins-glen-defense-with-pole-winning-run/

Van Gisbergen expects tire wear to play a major role in Sunday’s race, which has been lengthened from 90 to 100 laps, featuring stage lengths of 20, 30 and 50 laps.

“The fall-off was insane,” van Gisbergen said. “I didn’t expect that. The marbles and the fall-off was extreme today. It’s kind of like Bristol when it’s cold. The tires would fall apart. It was very interesting. We fell off four seconds or so.

“Crazy. It’ll be a good race to watch but probably a hard one to manage.”

 

[StandOnIt]

Some of the four tire slides while going two wide have been awesome.

 

[Speedbowl14]

Good on NASCAR for lengthening this race.

 

[Efisher131]

Good afternoon from the Mud at the Glen. Several cars stuck already. I’m worried about my spot but at least it has all day to dry. Let’s go 5, 9, 48 and 88!

 

[DaleJrFan2003]

Good on NASCAR for lengthening this race.

Long overdue.

 

[Clutch]

I'm pretty sure the wife said she'll wake me when she leaves for work at 7.00am Monday morning so I can watch the race

And she wakes me at 8am,,,,,,

 

[StandOnIt]

And she wakes me at 8am,,,,,,

Eh, first stage was mostly them feeling out the car. Very little passing.

 

[Clutch]

Eh, first stage was mostly them feeling out the car. Very little passing.

Good to hear.