Official race results: 2026 NASCAR Cup at Watkins Glen - Motorsport.com

After 100 laps of NASCAR Cup racing at Watkins Glen, pole-sitter Shane van Gisbergen walked away with the checkered flag. He made up 29 seconds in 18 laps during the final stint, and ultimately won the race by 7.2 seconds over Michael McDowell. Ty Gibbs was leading the strategy for those who cut out a pit stop, finishing third. Chase Briscoe and Tyler Reddick filled out the rest of the top five. Along with the win, SVG also led the way at the end of Stage 2, while teammate Ross Chastain won Stage 1. Connor Zilisch earned the fastest lap bonus with a 1:12.541s. SVG also led the most laps, leading 74 of 100 laps. McDowell, Gibbs, and Chastain were the only other drivers who led any laps during the race.  It was a fairly clean race as well, with only Cody Ware failing to reach the checkered flag and 32 of 38 starters finishing on the lead lap. Read Also: NASCAR CupComplete NASCAR Cup points standings after Watkins Glen 2026 NASCAR CupShane van Gisbergen rockets to Watkins Glen NASCAR Cup win after incredible final stint Photos from Watkins Glen - Sunday Watkins Glen NASCAR Cup results cla # driver manufacturer laps time gap pits laps led retirement pts best time best lap 1 97  Shane van Gisbergen Chevrolet 100 2:29'10.903   5 74   68 1'12.987 66 2 71  Michael McDowell Chevrolet 100 2:29'18.191 7.288 6 5   36 1'13.355 4 3 54  Ty Gibbs Toyota 100 2:29'27.434 16.531 5 17   42 1'13.481 70 4 19  Chase Briscoe Toyota 100 2:29'30.156 19.253 5     35 1'13.530 26 5 45  Tyler Reddick Toyota 100 2:29'30.275 19.372 5     41 1'13.503 56 6 3  Austin Dillon Chevrolet 100 2:29'31.844 20.941 5     38 1'13.580 47 7 16  AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 100 2:29'32.421 21.518 6     36 1'13.132 83 8 8  Kyle Busch Chevrolet 100 2:29'33.205 22.302 5     35 1'13.408 67 9 2  Austin Cindric Ford 100 2:29'33.324 22.421 5     39 1'13.763 45 10 42  John Hunter Nemechek Toyota 100 2:29'36.341 25.438 5     32 1'13.337 78 11 12  Ryan Blaney Ford 100 2:29'36.544 25.641 6     34 1'13.595 82 12 17  Chris Buescher Ford 100 2:29'41.409 30.506 5     30 1'13.221 67 13 7  Daniel Suarez Chevrolet 100 2:29'41.804 30.901 5     24 1'13.588 82 14 60  Ryan Preece Ford 100 2:29'42.999 32.096 6     23 1'13.617 80 15 41  Cole Custer Chevrolet 100 2:29'43.827 32.924 6     22 1'13.679 83 16 11  Denny Hamlin Toyota 100 2:29'45.548 34.645 5     21 1'13.803 49 17 34  Todd Gilliland Ford 100 2:29'47.267 36.364 7     20 1'13.528 86 18 38  Zane Smith Ford 100 2:29'47.502 36.599 6     19 1'13.803 81 19 43  Erik Jones Toyota 100 2:29'48.679 37.776 6     18 1'13.951 84 20 88  Connor Zilisch Chevrolet 100 2:29'52.914 42.011 6     21 1'12.541 95 21 20  Christopher Bell Toyota 100 2:29'54.336 43.433 6     20 1'13.277 82 22 4  Noah Gragson Ford 100 2:29'54.782 43.879 6     15 1'13.660 88 23 5  Kyle Larson Chevrolet 100 2:29'56.875 45.972 6     14 1'13.646 78 24 9  Chase Elliott Chevrolet 100 2:29'57.331 46.428 6     13 1'13.810 68 25 48  Alex Bowman Chevrolet 100 2:30'00.911 50.008 6     12 1'13.476 78 26 35  Riley Herbst Toyota 100 2:30'02.748 51.845 7     13 1'13.430 81 27 1  Ross Chastain Chevrolet 100 2:30'04.468 53.565 6 4   20 1'13.432 98 28 77  Carson Hocevar Chevrolet 100 2:30'11.296 1'00.393 5     9 1'13.891 67 29 23  Darrell Wallace Jr Toyota 100 2:30'20.784 1'09.881 6     9 1'13.972 97 30 6  Brad Keselowski Ford 100 2:30'21.430 1'10.527 7     7 1'13.456 55 31 47  Ricky Stenhouse Jr Chevrolet 100 2:30'21.509 1'10.606 7     6 1'14.300 28 32 21  Josh Berry Ford 100 2:30'31.889 1'20.986 6     5 1'13.746 84 33 10  Ty Dillon Chevrolet 99 2:29'15.451 1 Lap 7     4 1'14.105 59 34 66  Josh Bilicki Ford 99 2:29'38.948 1 Lap 8       1'14.901 28 35 78  Katherine Legge Chevrolet 99 2:30'23.390 1 Lap 7     2 1'14.889 86 36 24  William Byron Chevrolet 97 2:30'01.423 3 Laps 8     1 1'13.444 80 37 51  Cody Ware Chevrolet 90 2:20'44.664 10 Laps 10   Accident 1 1'14.370 28 38 22  Joey Logano Ford 85 2:30'11.575 15 Laps 7     10 1'13.567 67