2025 Go Bowling at The Glen

2025 Go Bowling at The Glen

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Race 24 of 36 in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series
Date	August 10, 2025 (2025-08-10)
Location	Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.54 miles (2.48 km)
Distance	90 laps, 220.5 mi (354.6 km)
Average speed	101.263 miles per hour (162.967 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske
Time	1:11.960
Most laps led
Driver	Shane van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing
Laps	38
Fastest lap
Driver	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports
Time	1:13.203
Winner
No. 88	Shane van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing
Television in the United States
Network	USA
Announcers	Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth announcers	Alex Hayden, Kurt Becker, and Todd Gordon
Turn announcers	Dave Moody (Esses), Kyle Rickey (Turn 5) and Tim Catalfamo (Turns 6–7)

The 2025 Go Bowling at The Glen was an NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on August 10, 2025, at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York. Contested over 90 laps on the 2.45-mile (3.94 km) road course, it was the 24th race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Shane van Gisbergen won the race. Christopher Bell finished 2nd, and Chris Buescher finished 3rd. William Byron and Chase Briscoe rounded out the top five, and Ryan Blaney, Daniel Suárez, Bubba Wallace, Tyler Reddick, and Ross Chastain rounded out the top ten.

Watkins Glen International (nicknamed "The Glen") is an automobile race track located in Watkins Glen, New York at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. It was long known around the world as the home of the Formula One United States Grand Prix, which it hosted for twenty consecutive years (1961–1980), but the site has been home to road racing of nearly every class, including the World Sportscar Championship, Trans-Am, Can-Am, NASCAR Cup Series, the International Motor Sports Association and the IndyCar Series.

Initially, public roads in the village were used for the race course. In 1956 a permanent circuit for the race was built. In 1968 the race was extended to six hours, becoming the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen. The circuit's current layout has more or less been the same since 1971, although a chicane was installed at the uphill Esses in 1975 to slow cars through these corners, where there was a fatality during practice at the 1973 United States Grand Prix. The chicane was removed in 1985, but another chicane called the "Inner Loop" was installed in 1992 after J.D. McDuffie's fatal accident during the previous year's NASCAR Winston Cup event.

The circuit is known as the Mecca of North American road racing and is a very popular venue among fans and drivers. The facility is currently owned by NASCAR.

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Justin Haley was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 1:12.674 seconds and a speed of 121.364 mph (195.316 km/h).

Ryan Blaney scored the pole for the race with a time of 1:11.960 and a speed of 122.568 mph (197.254 km/h).^[7]

Stage One Laps: 20

Stage Two Laps: 20

Stage Three Laps: 50

• Lead changes: 8 among 6 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 3 for 8
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 2 hours, 10 minutes, and 39 seconds
• Average speed: 101.263 miles per hour (162.967 km/h)

USA covered the race on the television side. Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Kim Coon, and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.

Motor Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Kurt Becker and former crew chief Todd Gordon covered the action when the field raced down the front straightaway. Dave Moody called the race when the field raced thru the esses. Kyle Rickey covered the action when the field raced thru the inner loop and turn 5 and Tim Catalfamo covered the action in turn 6 & 7. Steve Post and Chris Wilner called the action from the pits for MRN.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 William Byron 812 2 Chase Elliott 770 (–42) 1 3 Denny Hamlin 731 (–81) 1 4 Christopher Bell 727 (–85) 2 5 Kyle Larson 727 (–85) 1 6 Ryan Blaney 710 (–102) 1 7 Tyler Reddick 701 (–111) 8 Chase Briscoe 674 (–138) 9 Alex Bowman 644 (–168) 1 10 Chris Buescher 618 (–194) 1 11 Bubba Wallace 610 (–202) 1 12 Ryan Preece 584 (–228) 13 Joey Logano 583 (–229) 14 Ross Chastain 571 (–241) 15 Kyle Busch 516 (–296) 1 16 Austin Cindric 502 (–310) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 885 2 Toyota 861 (–24) 3 Ford 798 (–87) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.