The NASCAR Cup Series goes racing in the Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen International. Catch the road-course Race Rewind here.
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00:00 >> Green flag is in the air.
00:07 We're racing into gray.
00:16 Right away you see everyone jockeying for position as they dive into turn number one.
00:20 Michael Mcdowell on the inside of that 24 of Byron.
00:24 Mcdowell trying to make this a shortcut into turn number two.
00:27 >> Here they come up to the S's for the first time.
00:30 Denny Hamlin away with the lead.
00:32 Michael Mcdowell poised right behind him.
00:33 Mcdowell at the 34 has gotten by William Byron into 24.
00:40 It's a three-car breakaway heading up the back straightaway with a scramble on behind
00:44 them.
00:45 >> Mcdowell looking a little bit off line.
00:47 Trying to worry the 11 car a little bit into a mistake here.
00:50 Awesome to watch these cars come through this corner.
00:53 Down into the carousel.
00:54 Everybody nice and tight right against the curve.
00:57 You might put a little bit of right front tire on the curve there exiting.
01:02 Looking off line on Cendric.
01:03 A little bit of dirt ahead.
01:04 We got the 99 spun.
01:05 A little contact with the inside wall there.
01:06 Going to try to get it under way.
01:07 Try to rejoin traffic.
01:08 I'm not sure that contact was too severe.
01:09 But cars trying to go through here and getting off line.
01:10 >> We're going to have to wait for the car to come back up.
01:11 >> The car is coming back up.
01:12 >> The car is coming back up.
01:13 >> The car is coming back up.
01:14 >> The car is coming back up.
01:15 >> The car is coming back up.
01:16 >> The car is coming back up.
01:17 >> The car is coming back up.
01:18 >> The car is coming back up.
01:19 >> The car is coming back up.
01:43 >> During the commercial break, Harrison Burton in the 21 right here heading down the back
01:48 stretch running in 28th.
01:50 In front of them the 38 of Todd Gilliland and the 77 of Ty Dillon get side by side and
01:57 it forces the 21 to kind of check up here.
01:59 There's nowhere to go.
02:00 So as they enter, the 21 checks up.
02:02 The 15 sees it.
02:03 The 43 does it.
02:04 43 hits the rear bumper of the 15.
02:06 Andy Lally who then makes contact with the 21 of Harrison Burton spins him off the top
02:11 of the carousel.
02:12 Now for the 21, it did flat spot the tires.
02:14 He had to come to pit road.
02:16 He has joined just behind the leaders one lap down.
02:19 You see just a chain reaction.
02:22 It started all the way back entering the bus stop and it took until the other cars caught
02:26 him in the carousel for the issue to really happen.
02:28 >> Between one and two right now is about a half a second.
02:32 Mcdowell over William Byron.
02:33 Then it gets a little bit tighter as they are running back there in the fourth, fifth
02:38 and sixth positions.
02:39 >> It's still a points battle.
02:41 It's all about seating in the playoffs.
02:43 That's why these cars in the top ten are staying on the racetrack.
02:46 The uncomfortable part is the yellow right now, all of those cars we've reported that
02:51 have come to pit road like the 2 of Sendrick right here, they'll stay on the racetrack,
02:54 the 48 of bowman.
02:55 They would instantly get track position.
02:58 That right there is the pit of the summit field for Travis Peterson, the crew chief
03:02 of the 34.
03:03 Rudy Fugel, the crew chief of William Byron.
03:04 They have to stay on the racetrack.
03:06 They are not feeling good about it right now.
03:08 >> Gibbs looking strong here in the 54 chasing after that 11 of Denny Hamlin.
03:12 It is the 34 of Michael Mcdowell who comes out of seven and sees the start/finish line.
03:19 He's going to win stage one here at the Glen.
03:22 >> Mcdowell, yes, Byron is on the racetrack.
03:26 Hamlin, Ty Gibbs chase him on to pit road.
03:28 Now it's all about pit stop time for these three.
03:31 First Byron who says, hey, I'm going to run another lap on the racetrack.
03:34 Dylan?
03:35 >> The only place that the 34 felt like they were getting beat by the 24 was through the
03:39 bus stop.
03:40 Otherwise pretty happy.
03:41 Only complaint for Michael Mcdowell, we're just free.
03:42 Lacking a little bit of overall grip.
03:43 >> You see Denny Hamlin bottom left.
03:44 He's just a little bit tight.
03:45 That makes it hard to get through the turns.
03:46 Four-tire sunoco fuel air pressure adjustment.
03:47 >> Rick mentioned an impressive race so far for Ty Gibbs who has kept it in the top five
03:59 the entire time.
04:00 You see the race off pit road.
04:01 They're going to make a slight adjustment for Gibbs.
04:03 The car was pretty good but lost a little bit of grip the longer they ran.
04:07 The interesting part here is where do they all cycle out?
04:11 Rudy Fugel made the last second call to leave William Byron out.
04:15 Taking advantage of that clean track you mentioned earlier.
04:18 >> But the driver, Michael Mcdowell, a penalty.
04:22 What he did a week ago was perfection.
04:25 Great execution.
04:26 This time driving through too many boxes.
04:28 You're only allowed three.
04:29 There's blocks one, two, three, and four.
04:33 Remember, drivers on the left side, which is the same as Indy, they've done this.
04:38 Let's count this.
04:39 As he turns right, he touches box one, box two, box three, box four.
04:46 He's in pit stall five.
04:47 You can only drive through three.
04:48 It wasn't even close.
04:49 It will be a pass-through penalty for Mcdowell.
04:52 A huge mistake for a driver that was perfect a week ago.
04:56 >> On the final lap, again, William Byron has about an eight-tenth of a second lead
05:00 over Denny Hamlin.
05:01 William Byron looking for his eighth stage win of 2023.
05:06 It's the most of all drivers.
05:09 William Byron just continues to fill that bucket full of playoff points with four wins
05:15 already and now another point there for winning stage two.
05:20 William Byron continues to look like the number one seed as we get closer and closer to the
05:26 playoffs.
05:27 >> So, again, the top ten all earning stage points at the end of stage two.
05:31 It's Byron winning stage two.
05:34 Mcdowell won stage one.
05:36 He's currently 12th running around the track.
05:38 As you see, the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth finishers in stage two.
05:45 >> Trouble out of turn number four for chase Elliott.
05:48 Elliott is off the pace and he's slinging the car back side to side.
05:53 Chase Elliott has a problem coming out of the S's.
05:55 >> He may be out of fuel.
05:58 Alan said earlier flip the switch.
06:00 When you flip the switch, unreserved, we have three laps.
06:04 They told him a moment ago you have two laps.
06:06 Obviously chase Elliott out of fuel on the racetrack.
06:10 It looks like it's going to be a must win for sure at chase Elliott at daytona next
06:16 Saturday night.
06:17 >> He's going to come to a stop here in the middle of the bus stop.
06:19 That's going to bring out a yellow.
06:21 There's your caution.
06:23 Big break for these cars on pit road, Steve.
06:25 >> Absolutely.
06:26 As soon as they saw the 9 slow, all the leaders knew they had to get pit road.
06:30 This was the chance for the 24 to have an error or lose control.
06:34 In the end, it was a perfect counter by William Byron.
06:38 Rudy Fugel, they got the pit road perfectly.
06:40 >> We saw earlier a statistic.
06:41 Over three hours of green flag racing just ended with that caution.
06:46 Back under way at the Glen.
06:48 Right back into the gas quickly as William Byron in the 24.
06:51 He's got that inside line with Denny Hamlin diving on that outside.
06:55 He gets right up to the door.
06:58 Contact made as they come off of turn number one.
07:00 It's Byron searching ahead of Hamlin.
07:03 >> Byron will keep the lead as they enter the S's.
07:05 Watching the race for third, watching the race for fifth.
07:08 Double wide through the S's.
07:09 Doesn't happen a lot.
07:10 A.J.
07:11 Allmendinger in the 16, pressing the point on the 20 of Christopher Bell.
07:17 Leaders out of four setting up for the interlude.
07:20 Kyle McDowell driving deep coming into turn number one.
07:23 Trying to get by Ryan Blaney.
07:24 He'll do that.
07:25 He'll leave Blaney now to feel the heat from Tyler Reddick.
07:26 Reddick in the 45 just muscling his way under Ryan Blaney at the top of the hill.
07:34 No drag race their way into the interlude.
07:36 >> Blaney on the inside here.
07:37 I don't know who has the preferred line.
07:40 Blaney is going to back out.
07:41 Allow the 45 the position to not slow either one of them down.
07:48 >> Just loses it.
07:49 >> Yep.
07:50 >> We've heard a lot of drivers talk about rear grip, lateral grip.
07:53 They all describe it a different way.
07:54 You have to be able to lean on the rear tires.
07:57 Right in the middle of the corner, Almirola spins around.
07:59 Great move by the 9 of chase Elliott to miss the spinning 10 car.
08:04 This will get your attention right here.
08:09 >> A career year already for William Byron as he comes up on the checkered flag and getting
08:16 his first road course win.
08:17 >> William Byron is going to win at the Glen.
08:18 >> Great car, great drive, great response.
08:19 Thank you, guys.
08:20 Thank you, thank you, thank you.
08:21 >> Woo!
08:22 >> Go Jack B.
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