#Watkins Glen

The spotlight will be on one of the newest additions to the NASCAR Cup Series schedule on Sunday at the 2022 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix in Austin, Texas. Last year's NASCAR at Austin race featured 10 different lead drivers. Champion Chase Elliott only led for the final five laps, but he returns as the 9-4 favorite to win again in the latest…

Adding Sin City to Austin and Miami now means the U.S. will be hosting more F1 races than any other country in the world. But not everyone is too happy about that. Let's see what the fans have to say. Thoughts on this turn of events Like we said, not everyone is happy about this. Some people find that 3 races in the U.S. is a bit much. Considering…

It's the end of December. I don't know if I should go back to the previous season or turn to the next one. How about both? Here are my attempts at a version of the awards for 2022 - with winner predictions for 2023. Best Pilot 2022: Joey Logan Logano was at his best when it mattered most - later in the season. He took everything he learned over the…

NASCAR is back on a road course this weekend in Wisconsin, at Road America in Elkhart Lake. Chase Elliott took the checkered flag last week and is the favorite here - is there any question who we're behind in our Kwik Trip 250 picks? After Chase Elliott stood atop the podium last weekend, NASCAR heads to Wisconsin this weekend for the Kwik Trip…

Watkins Glen is the fifth road course race of the 2022 NASCAR season. USA Today It's time to go road racing in New York. Watkins Glen International will play host to the NASCAR Cup Series this weekend. An 11-turn road course in Western New York, Watkins Glen has hosted a summer race every year since 1986 (except for 2020 due to the pandemic). This…

America's biggest form of motorsport, NASCAR, is very traditional. There's a staid way of doing things and, even if the unexpected occurs every now and then, the rule of thumb is that the powerhouse teams always win. What doesn't happen is a start-up operation arrives at its top level, bragging a co-owner who's a Grammy Award-winning megastar. It…

The NASCAR Cup Series' Silly Season front has been quiet as of late but that's mostly due to the abundance of rides already taken. However, the two-feeder series have been busy with a slew of announcements this week. On Thursday, Toyota solidified their plans for the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series season with both Joe Gibbs Racing and Sam Hunt Racing…

So far this season, we've seen a+3300 winner at Daytona, a+2000 winner at Las Vegas, a+5000 winner at Phoenix and a+1200 winner at Atlanta. Will that type of balance carry over to a road course? Bettors are about to find out. The series on Sunday competes at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, where the next-generation car introduced for this…

The Round of 8 is officially underway in Las Vegas. Find out which drivers we are rolling with in the first leg in our South Point 400 picks and preview. There are now only eight drivers left in contention for the NASCAR title after yet another chaotic knockout race last week in Charlotte. Defending champion Kyle Lason was relegated to the field…

Leave it to Talladega Superspeedway, of all places, to inject a dose of normalcy into these NASCAR Playoffs. The track known for unpredictability gave us the first race winner still eligible for the championship, and at+1200 Chase Elliott also carried the shortest odds of any playoff race winner so far. Hardly the craziness we expected, given the…

The NASCAR Xfinity Series heads to the Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend for the final race of the Round of 12. Noah Gragson and A.J. Allmendinger have raced their way into the Round of 8. Which six drivers will join them? Last year at the Roval, Allmendinger drove to victory lane in a race that saw the top six finishers all be playoff…

One respected bettor in Las Vegas may have seen NASCAR's decision to rescind the points penalty assessed to William Bryon coming. With Chase Briscoe opening at 40-1 odds at the Westgate SuperBook on Monday, the gambler bet the No. 14 Ford all the way down to 20-to-1 to win Sunday's Bank of America Roval 400, the final race of the Round of 12 in the…

Road courses are always tricky to bet. Not every team is gunning for the win, opting instead to get stage points early on. Then you add in extra chaos with teams turning left and right for 2.5 hours. This week is extra tough. The Bank of America Roval 400 in Charlotte is the final race of the second round of the playoffs. This means you've got some…

If you are looking for an action-packed way to consume sports on the weekend, NASCAR may be a great avenue to explore. Far from just driving in circles, some of the world's best compete nearly every weekend from February to November on tracks across America. NASCAR drivers are scored ultimately based on how they finish in the race, how many spots…

With the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs halfway over, the Round of 12 comes to a close at the Charlotte Motor Speedway road course. Four drivers will be eliminated following the Bank of America ROVAL 400 on Sunday afternoon (2 p.m. ET, NBC, NBC Sports App, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) while eight drivers will continue chasing their championship…

Four more playoff drivers will end their championship run after this race. Find out who we like to win with our Bank of America Roval 400 picks. With his win at Talladega last week, Chase Elliott has locked himself into the next round of the NASCAR playoffs. This makes him even more dangerous on a track - and track style - he's known to dominate.…

The No. 19 will once again have a special look for a pivotal NASCAR race weekend. Joe Gibbs Racing has revealed the Sherry Strong scheme for Martin Truex Jr.'s Toyota Camry, which he will showcase at Charlotte Motor Speedway. JGR showed off the new look on October 4 and revealed that the No. 19 will feature the Bass Pro Shops and Tracker Boats…

Update Sunday, 5:51 a.m. ET: Saturday night's race at Daytona International Speedway was rained and rescheduled for Sunday. The regular-season finale, which will decide the final 2 playoff spots, is now slated to start at 10 a.m. ET (CNBC/Peacock). (Original column below - published Friday, 5:02 p.m. ET) The NASCAR Cup Series is at Daytona…

Three NASCAR playoff races have produced three different non-playoff winners, will that trend continue? Find out who we like to win with our AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500 odds and picks. For the first time in NASCAR playoff history, a driver in playoff contention did not win a race in the first round. In fact, all three had yet to win a race…

Just two NASCAR Cup Series regular-season races remain for drivers to punch their ticket to the playoffs. With 15 winners, that leaves only one spot available for drivers who haven't yet reached victory lane. Can any of them break through at Watkins Glen International? Whoever wins will likely be in your optimal daily fantasy NASCAR DraftKings…

The 2nd round of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs are upon us. 12 drivers, 3 races, 8 spots available to advance onto next round. So who takes them? Ryan Blaney - He's winless in 29 points paying races this season but won the All-Star race at Texas back in May and hoping to do what Kyle Larson did last season - sweep both events.

NASCAR's Cup Series playoffs begin Sunday at Darlington, beginning a 10-race dash to the trophy, with three breaks along the way to eliminate four more drivers. By the time they get to Phoenix (cue the band!) for the final Sunday of the season, only four racers will have survived elimination and will race for the 2022 Cup Series title. Below are…

The NASCAR Cup Series returns to Watkins Glen International on August 21 for the fifth road course race of the 2022 season. There are several drivers seeking their first win, but the oddsmakers predict that Chevrolet's recent dominance will continue. According to BetMGM, four Chevrolet drivers lead the way in the opening odds. Chase Elliott sits in…

NASCAR rolls into Circuit of the Americas in Austin for Sunday's EchoPark Automotive Texas Grand Prix - the season's first road course. Find out why we might see the favorites re-establish themselves with our NASCAR betting picks. NASCAR's season of parity continues with a great divider: the season's first road course. As the favorites look to…

The 24th race of the NASCAR Xfinity Series season will take the drivers to historic Darlington Raceway. There are still 4 playoff spots up for grabs as we approach the Playoffs. This will be the second race of the year at Darlington. Justin Allgaier was the winner back in early May, and since then, he has picked up 2 more wins and has the 4th…

The NASCAR Cup Series' fifth road course race of the year will get underway this weekend. Our experts recommend backing one favorite and two underdogs in our Go Bowling at the Glen picks and preview. Chase Elliott is always the favorite at whatever road course the Cup Series heads to, but he has yet to win at one of these tracks in 2022. However,…