At Watkins Glen International:
History
· After several events were held on the streets of Watkins Glen, a permanent facility was opened in 1956.
· The first NASCAR Sprint Cup race was in 1957, won by Buck Baker.
· After a six-year absence, NASCAR returned to The Glen in 1964 and 1965.
· After a 21-year absence, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series returned to The Glen, and has run one race a year there since 1986. This weekend’s race will be the 26th running since its return in 1986.
Notebook
· There have been 28 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Watkins Glen International since the first race there in 1957.
· Buck Baker won the first pole and race.
· Tim Richmond won the first pole and race upon the series’ return in 1986.
· There have been 16 different pole winners.
· The race winner has started first in nine of 28 races. The last race winner to start from the pole was Kyle Busch in 2008.
· Mark Martin leads all drivers with wins from the pole with three in a row between 1993, 1994 and 1995.
· 18 of the 28 races at Watkins Glen have been won from a top-five starting position.
· 20 of the 28 races at Watkins Glen have been won from a top-10 starting position.
· The deepest in the field that a Watkins Glen race winner has started was 18th by Steve Park in 2000.
· 17 different drivers have won races, led by Tony Stewart, with five.
· Jeff Gordon set the all-time NASCAR Sprint Cup record for road-course victories with his victory in 2001, his seventh on a road course. He has since won two more (both at Infineon Raceway), for a career total of nine.
· Three active drivers with more than one start have an average finish in the top 10: Marcos Ambrose (2.6 in three starts), Tony Stewart (5.4 in 12 starts), Carl Edwards (8.1 in six starts), Mark Martin (8.2 in 21 starts) and AJ Allmendinger (9.3 in three starts).
Watkins Glen International Data
Race #: 22 of 36 (8-14-11)
Track Size: 2.45 miles
Race Length: 90 laps/220.5 miles
Driver Rating at Watkins Glen
Tony Stewart 129.6
Juan P. Montoya 113.5
Marcos Ambrose 113.5
Kyle Busch 102.1
Kurt Busch 101.9
Jimmie Johnson 100.0
Denny Hamlin 99.9
Carl Edwards 94.9
AJ Allmendinger 91.9
Kevin Harvick 89.6
Note: Driver Rating compiled from 2005-2010 races (6 total) at Watkins Glen.
Qualifying/Race Data
2010 pole winner: Carl Edwards
(124.432 mph, 70.882 seconds)
2010 race winner: Juan P. Montoya, (90.96 mph, 08-08-10)
Track qualifying record: Jeff Gordon (124.580 mph, 70.798 seconds, 8-8-03)
Track race record: Mark Martin (103.300 mph, 8-13-95)
NASCAR in New York
· There have been 66 NASCAR Sprint Cup races in New York:
· 179 drivers in NASCAR’s three national series (all-time) have their home state recorded as New York.
· There have been 14 race winners from New York in NASCAR’s three national series:
| Driver | NSCS | NNS | NCWTS |
| Geoffrey Bodine | 18 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Reed | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Park | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Al Keller | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Bodine | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Greg Sacks | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Hurtubise | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lloyd Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Rexford | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack White | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Regan Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Bodine | 0 | 15 | 18 |
| Mike McLaughlin | 0 | 6 | 0 |
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