Together with Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch taking trophies in the last two Cup Series races, the next member of this”Big 3,” Martin Truex Jr., will feel his time to win is this weekend in Watkins Glen International (WGI).

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

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

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

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

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

The monitor
Watkins Glen, located in upstate New York, is a 7-turn, 2.45-mile road course that recently underwent a repave. While the road-course is very similar to Sonoma Raceway, it is relatively flat with fewer twists, 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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