Results, points after Watkins Glen as Shane van Gisbergen keeps
Shane van Gisbergen continued a record-setting march through his NASCAR Cup Series rookie season Sunday at Watkins Glen International.The Trackhouse Racing chauffeur joined Chase Elliott and Jeff Gordon as the only motorists in Cup history to win four successive races on roadway or street courses, and van Gisbergen likewise set a rookie record with his fourth win(breaking a mark he shared with Davey Allison, Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson ). The winningest foreign-born motorist in NASCAR history, the Auckland, New Zealand, native won by 11.116 seconds over Chris Buescher, the second-largest margin of victory in Watkins Glen history. Tied with Denny Hamlin for the series lead in victories, van Gisbergen is the
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https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/cec5a8b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3668×2061+0+192/resize/500×281!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnbc-sports-production-nbc-sports.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F39%2F37%2Feec715cd4965b44c435bf11c88de%2Fhttps-api-imagn.com%2Frest%2Fdownload%2FimageID%3D26821305″/ > Here’s what Cup motorists were saying after Shane van Gisbergen’s 4th successive road or street course victory.
In the regular-season points standings, William Byron increased his lead to 42 points over Hendrick Motorsports colleague Chase Elliott with a fourth-place surface at Watkins Glen.In the fight amongst winless chauffeurs for the final playoff spots, Tyler Reddick has a 117-point lead on the cutline, followed by Alex Bowman (plus-60) and Chris Buescher (plus-34 over Roush Fenway Keselowski teammate Ryan Preece.Here’s the finishingorder at Watkins Glen International:1. Shane Van Gisbergen, No. 88 Chevrolet
2. Christopher Bell, No. 20 Toyota 3. Chris Buescher, No. 17 Ford 4. William Byron, No. 24 Chevrolet 5. Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Toyota 6. Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Ford 7. Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Chevrolet 8. Bubba Wallace, No. 23 Toyota 9. Tyler Reddick, No. 45 Toyota
10. Ross Chastain, No. 1 Chevrolet 11. AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Chevrolet 12. Erik Jones, No. 43 Toyota 13. Ryan Preece, No. 60 Ford 14. Joey Logano, No. 22 Ford 15. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Chevrolet 16. Austin Cindric, No. 2 Ford 17. Zane Smith, No. 38 Ford 18. Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Chevrolet 19. Michael McDowell, No. 71 Chevrolet 20. Alex Bowman, No. 48 Chevrolet 21. Noah Gragson,
No. 4 Ford 22. Kyle Busch, No. 8 Chevrolet 23. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Chevrolet 24. Riley Herbst, No. 35
Toyota 25. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota 26. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Chevrolet 27. Justin Haley
, No. 7 Chevrolet 28. Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Ford 29. Cody Ware, No. 51 Ford 30. Ty Dillon, No. 10 Chevrolet 31. Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Ford 32. John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Toyota 33. Ty Gibbs,
No. 54 Toyota
34. Cole Custer, No. 41 Ford
35. Josh Berry, No. 21 Ford
36. Katherine Legge, No. 78 Chevrolet
37. Josh Bilicki, No. 66 Ford
38. JJ Yeley, No. 44 Chevrolet
39. Kyle Larson, No. 5 Chevrolet