Shane van Gisbergen eyes road course history at Watkins Glen, while Tyler Reddick chases championship form and Kyle Larson fights to snap a career-long winless streak in New York
Race Information
Next Race: Go Bowling at The Glen
The Place: Watkins Glen International
Track Length: 2.45 Mile Asphalt Road Course
The Date: Sunday, May 10
The Time: 3 p.m. ET
The Purse: $11,233,037
TV: FS1, 1:30 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 245 miles (100 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 20),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 50), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 100)
SVG's Road Course Dominance
Shane van Gisbergen has won five of the last six road course races with one runner-up finish
He can become the first driver to get their first seven Cup wins on road courses
Will be making his 62nd Cup start this weekend
He has finished in the top-10 in the last nine road course races
Led in 12 of his 13 road course starts
Shane van Gisbergen's average finish of 7.15 on road courses is second best all time among drivers with 4+ starts, behind only Hall of Famer Fireball Roberts (2.78)
He has run inside the top 5 for 84% of laps and inside the top 10 for 95% of laps on road course since the start of 2025
Shane van Gisbergen (7.15) and Chris Buescher (9.67) are the only drivers with a Top-10 average finish on road courses in the Next Gen car
Kyle Larson's Winless Streak and Road Course Struggles
Larson is currently on a 35 race winless streak, his longest since joining Hendrick Motorsports in the start of 2021
He won every 6 races (16.67%) between the start of 2021 and his last win at Kansas in May 2025
He finished runner-up four times since his last win including Kansas this year
His teammates have six wins since his last win (Chase Elliott-4, William Byron-2)
Tyler Reddick's Championship Form
Tyler Reddick's average finish of 5.7 is the best through 11 races since 2019 (Kyle Busch – 5.0)
Tyler Reddick and Ryan Preece are the only drivers to finish on the lead lap in every race this season
Reddick has the most top-10 finishes on road courses in the Next Gen car (18)
Watkins Glen Track Milestones and Records
This weekend's race is the 43rd race at Watkins Glen, second most all-time for road courses in the Cup Series behind onlyRiverside (48)
This is the earliest in the year Watkins Glen has hosted a Cup race, all races since NASCAR's return in 1986 were held in
August with the except of 2024, which was held in September
The 2026 race is 100 laps, 10 laps longer than last year
The stage end laps are lap 20, 50 and 100
Recent Driver Trends
Alex Bowman finished 3rd in the last two races, his first consecutive top-5s since July 2024
Ty Gibbs followed up his career-best seven straight top-10 finishes with back-to-back finishes of 34th or worse , his first since 2022
With Erik Jones winning stage 1 at Texas, Ty Dillon is the only full-time driver yet to score stage points in either a race or his Duel race in 2026
Joey Logano finished 30th or worse in the last three races for the first time since his rookie season (April 2009)