NASCAR at Watkins Glen: Results, highlights from Go Bowling at The Glen

Drew Nantais

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The Monster Energy Cup Series continued on Sunday from Watkins Glen, N.Y., at Go Bowling at the Glen as Chase Elliott held off Martin Truex Jr. for his first-career victory in the cup series.

Truex Jr. was looking to win his thrid-straight road race having won at Watkins Glen in 2017 and at Sonoma earlier this year. Last weekend's winner at the Gander Outdoors 400 at Pocono , Kyle Busch, notched a third-place finish and remains on top of the point standings.

The race started with Denny Hamlin at the pole position, with leader Kyle Busch right behind. Hamlin wound up finishing 13th.

Joey Logano was disqualifed 15 minutes into the race for pulling into the garage while he was on the crash clock. It was Logano's second DNF of his career. 

In the end, it was a duel between Elliott and Truex Jr. as the two led the race for the final 30 laps. Heading into the last lap, Truex Jr. was eyeing to make a move on Elliott to take the lead, but ran out of gas on turn six allowing Elliott to pull away and pickup the victory.

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Follow along with SN's live updates and highlights from Go Bowling at the Glen.

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NASCAR at Watkins Glen: Live updates, highlights

(All times Eastern)

5:20 — Martin Truex Jr. runs out of fuel on turn six of the final lap as Chase Elliott pulls away and takes the checkered flag at The Glen. 

5:15 — Five laps to go. It's Chase Elliott followed closely behind by Martin Truex Jr. Looks like it'll be a battle between these two to see who comes out on top. 

5:09 — We're headed into the final 10 laps and Chase Elliott's holding a narrow lead over Martin Truex Jr. 

5:03 — 15 laps to go and it's still Chase Elliott in the lead. Martin Truex Jr. in second. Erik Jones in third.

4:45 — 30 laps to go and it's Chase Elliott in the lead with Martin Truex Jr. in second followed by Kurt Busch in third. 

4:42 — Chase Elliott takes the lead at the restart followed Kurt Busch and Austin Dillon.

4:35 — Kyle Busch's pit crew has some issues fueling and doesn't get any fuel into Busch's car.

4:33 — A member of Denny Hamlin's pit crew gets hurt during the caution. One of Chase Elliott's pit crew members is knocked down too. Pit road's now closed. 

4:28 — Matt DiBenedetto blows out his engine. Caution flag's out. 

4:26 — Kyle Busch and Chase Elliott pull away from the field, establishing about a five and a half second lead on Denny Hamlin who's in third. 38 laps to go. 

4:17 —  Chase Eliott slips coming out on turn one and Kyle Busch finds the inside line and takes the lead at the start of the final stage. 

4:12 — Jimmie Johnson is penalized for driving through too many pit boxes. He gets moved to the rear of the field. 

4:06 —  Chase Elliott wins Stage 2 at The Glen; his third stage win of 2018. 

3:58 — Seven laps to go in Stage 2 and Chase Eliott still holds the lead over Kyle Busch followed closely behind by Denny Hamlin.

3:51 — Chase Elliott takes the lead over Kyle Busch and pulls away by four to five car lengths.

3:40 — Martin   Truex Jr. hangs onto the lead coming off pit road. Stage 2 underway. 

3:35 — We're through Stage 1 and the results are as follows: 1. Martin Truex Jr., 2. Jimmie Johnson, 3. William Byron, 4. Michael McDowell, 5. Brad Keselowski.

3:24 —  David Ragan and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. have some contact causing each driver to spin out.

3:16 — Joey Logano gets his second-career DNF as he heads to the garage.

3:08 — We're underway at The Glen. 

2:52 —  Time to fire up the engines. We're mere moments away from race start.

2:30 —  Race day at the The Glen is about to get underway...

 

Drew Nantais