NASCAR at Watkins Glen: Odds, stats, bets to consider for road-course race

Together with Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch taking trophies from the past two Cup Series races, the third member of this»Big 3,» Martin Truex Jr., will feel his period to win is this weekend at Watkins Glen International (WGI).

Truex is the defending winner at Watkins Glen and contains top-10 finishes in his past two races and seven top 10s in 12 total starts on the street course. Problem is, no present driver has accomplished a repeat win at The Glen. Marcos Ambrose, who returned in his native Australia, is the last to win back-to-back races here.

Harvick kyle Busch and Truex would be the three favorites to win but also to hoist the Cup Series trophy in November.

Perhaps nobody gets as excited about Watkins Glen’s road course as veteran A.J. Allmendinger, who punched his playoff ticket at the street in 2014. Allmendinger opened to take the checkers this week.

Allmendinger has six top-10 finishes in his last seven races at The Glen and has accomplished the remarkable task of finishing every lap (812) of each race he’s competed in there.

Race setup
Distance: 220.5 kilometers (90 Laps); Period 1 (Ends on Lap 20), Phase 2 (Ends on Lap 40), Closing Phase (Ends on Lap 90).

The monitor
Watkins Glen, located in upstate New York, is a 7-turn, 2.45-mile road course that recently got a repave. While the road-course is very similar to Sonoma Raceway, it is relatively flat with fewer turns, making it a faster course than its California sister.

Recent winners
2017: Martin Truex Jr..
2016: Denny Hamlin
2015: Joey Logano
2014: AJ Allmendinger
2013: Kyle Busch

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