Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series at Watkins Glen International… The NASCAR Cup Series returns to Watkins Glen International this weekend for the Go Bowling at The Glen, marking the 42nd Cup Series appearance at the 2.45-mile road course. Richard Childress Racing boasts two NASCAR Cup Series wins among eight top-five finishes, 23 top-10 finishes and three poles, having led 275 laps. Robby Gordon won the 2003 event, leading the final 30 laps and scoring his third victory with RCR over the span of three seasons. Kevin Harvick captured the 2006 race, edging Tony Stewart for the victory, and claiming his first win at Watkins Glen. The victory was Harvick’s first on a road course and came in his 200th career Cup start. Dale Earnhardt won three poles (1990, 1992, 1996) for the Welcome, N.C.-based organization. Last year at The Glen, Austin Dillon started 23rd and finished 28th, while Kyle Busch began the race 13th and finished 30th.
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NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Opportunities Are Diminishing With Three Races Left In The Regular Season
With only three regular season NASCAR Cup Series races remaining to decide which 16 drivers will compete in the 2025 Playoffs, the intensity is picking up and Sunday’s Go Bowling at The Glen (2 p.m. ET on USA Network, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) road course event will undoubtedly be full of the kind of action expected at this point in the season.
The question is whether a driver currently below the Playoff cut line lands the ultimate big moment and claims the win Sunday?
Connor Zilisch Returns To Where It All Began In Xfinity Series
It’s a highly-anticipated trip to upstate New York for 19-year-old JR Motorsports rookie Connor Zilisch. He returns to Watkins Glen International as the defending winner of Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series Mission 200 at The Glen (3 p.m. ET on The CW, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) – claiming the very first NASCAR victory of his career in his first ever NASCAR national series start there last summer.
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Races At The Glen For Third Time In Last 25 Years
For the first time in five years and only third time since 2000, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will compete at Watkins Glen International with the Mission 176 at The Glen Friday afternoon (5 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) to start NASCAR’s tripleheader weekend.
Current NASCAR Xfinity Series championship contender Austin Hill won the last truck race at the iconic New York road course in 2021 fending off now-NASCAR Cup Series driver John Hunter Nemechek and Hill’s fellow Xfinity Series regular Sheldon Creed for the trophy. You have to go all the way back to 2000 for the previous truck race at The Glen, won from pole position by Greg Biffle.
Young’s Motorsports Xfinity/NCTS Watkins Glen International Team Preview
Young’s Motorsports | NASCAR CRAFTSMAN® Truck Series
Watkins Glen International | Mission 176 at The Glen
Fast Facts
NASCAR Cup Series Racing At Watkins Glen On USA Network Headlines NBC Sports’ Motorsports Coverage This Week
- NASCAR Cup Series Go Bowling at the Glen in Watkins Glen, N.Y., this Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on USA Network; Countdown to Green Gets Underway at 1:30 p.m. ET
- Last Sunday’s NASCAR Iowa Corn 350 on USA Network is Most-Watched Sporting Event of the Weekend, Second Highest Viewership For Last 10 Cup Series Races
- Live Coverage of Pro Motocross from Ironman Raceway Begins Saturday at 1 p.m. ET Exclusively on Peacock
STAMFORD, Conn. – Aug. 7, 2025 – NBC Sports’ motorsports action is headlined this week by the NASCAR Cup Series’ Go Bowling at The Glen from Watkins Glen, N.Y., this Sunday, Aug. 10, at 2 p.m. ET on USA Network and Pro Motocross from Ironman Raceway in Crawfordsville, Ind., this Saturday, Aug. 9, at 1 p.m. ET exclusively on Peacock.
AM Racing | Harrison Burton Watkins Glen International Xfinity Race Preview
AM Racing | NASCAR Xfinity Series
Watkins Glen International | Mission 200 at The Glen
Fast Facts
No. 25 AM Racing Team:
Driver: Harrison Burton
Primary Partner(s): AirBox
Manufacturer: Ford Mustang
Crew Chief: Danny Efland
Spotter: Kevin Hamlin
Chassis Intel: AMR Chassis No. 079
Engine: Roush-Yates Engines
2025 Driver Points Position: 11th | 2025 Owner Points Position: 12th
Hendrick Motorsports Media Advance: Watkins Glen
NEXT RACE / Watkins Glen International / Hendrick Motorsports
Sunday, Aug. 10
2.45-Mile Road Course
2 PM ET
Location: Watkins Glen, New York
TV: Fox
Event: NASCAR Cup Series (Race 24 of 36)
RADIO: SiriusXM
Kaulig Racing Weekly Preview | Watkins Glen International
Here is the Kaulig Racing Weekly Preview from Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY for the Go Bowling At The Glen NASCAR Cup Series race, and the Mission 200 At The Glen NASCAR Xfinity Series race.
Joe Gibbs Racing ARCA Menards Series Race Preview – General Tire 150 at The Glen
JOE GIBBS RACING RACE INFO
DATE: Friday, August 8, 2025
RACE: General Tire 100 at The Glen
TRACK: Watkins Glen International (Watkins Glen, NY)
TRACK LENGTH: 2.45 miles
TV: FS2 (2:00 p.m. ET)
RADIO: MRN Radio / ARCARacing.com (2:00 p.m. ET)