Last week at Texas we saw a good share of wrecks, some driver’s tempers flare, and in the end Chase Elliott pick up his 2nd win of the year. Next, we head to the place where Elliott got his first Cup win, Watkins Glen, which marks the earliest Watkins Glen race in NASCAR history. Down below you will find different statistics for active drivers and Next Gen races of the NASCAR Cup series here at Watkins Glen International ranging from Most Wins to Best Average Finishes by starting position in the Next Gen era. So read and enjoy these fun fact track stats!
In this post you will only find active and Next Gen stats, if you are looking for all-time stats check out my previous article All-Time Cup Track Stats: Watkins Glen.
Active means any driver who started a race in the 2026 Cup Series season.
Last Watkins Glen Race (08/10/25)
Finish Start Driver Laps Led S1 Fin S2 Fin Driver Rating
1 2 Shane Van Gisbergen 90 38 8th 22nd 143.7
2 9 Christopher Bell 90 0 13th 3rd 113.2
3 12 Chris Buescher 90 5 1st 13th 105.1
4 10 William Byron 90 0 14th 2nd 111.9
5 3 Chase Briscoe 90 6 9th 24th 112.2
6 1 Ryan Blaney 90 35 7th 1st 124.3
7 19 Daniel Suarez 90 0 23rd 12th 89.2
8 15 Bubba Wallace 90 0 20th 29th 93.2
9 21 Tyler Reddick 90 0 26th 15th 76.7
10 4 Ross Chastain 90 0 11th 23rd 99.7
11 18 A.J. Allmendinger 90 0 24th 4th 80.8
12 29 Erik Jones 90 0 30th 18th 72.3
13 17 Ryan Preece 90 1 3rd 10th 84.2
14 11 Joey Logano 90 0 22nd 31st 77.7
15 25 Austin Dillon 90 0 27th 35th 67.3
16 13 Austin Cindric 90 0 18th 28th 82.2
17 33 Zane Smith 90 0 35th 36th 56.1
18 8 Carson Hocevar 90 0 17th 30th 67.6
19 6 Michael McDowell 90 0 12th 32nd 77.7
20 7 Alex Bowman 90 0 2nd 7th 77.7
21 35 Noah Gragson 90 0 36th 16th 49.7
22 5 Kyle Busch 90 0 15th 27th 72.1
23 34 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 90 0 6th 8th 48.5
24 28 Riley Herbst 90 0 34th 6th 53.1
25 22 Denny Hamlin 90 0 32nd 14th 47.0
26 20 Chase Elliott 90 0 4th 11th 55.8
27 23 Justin Haley 90 0 25th 33rd 49.9
28 27 Todd Gilliland 90 0 29th 25th 46.2
29 36 Cody Ware 90 0 10th 17th 37.0
30 32 Ty Dillon 90 0 37th 37th 50.2
31 16 Brad Keselowski 90 5 21st 5th 80.1
32 30 John Hunter Nemechek 90 0 5th 21st 52.8
33 14 Ty Gibbs 90 0 16th 9th 63.3
34 31 Cole Custer 90 0 -19th 26th 32.9
35 24 Josh Berry 90 0 28th 38th 38.2
36 37 Katherine Legge 89 0 31st 19th 29.7
37 39 Josh Bilicki 89 0 38th 20th 25.2
38 38 J.J. Yeley 89 0 33rd 34th 26.8
39 26 Kyle Larson 75 0 39th 39th 36.3

Last year saw Shane Van Gisbergen and Ryan Blaney both lead 35+ laps in the race, the first time 2 drivers led that many laps in a Watkins Glen race since 2012. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images

Active Watkins Glen Average Finish w/ Best and Worst Finish
Rank Driver Avg. Fin. Best Worst Starts
1 Shane Van Gisbergen 1.50 1st 2nd 2
2 Christopher Bell 6.80 2nd 14th 5
3 Carson Hocevar 10.50 3rd 18th 2
4 A.J. Allmendinger 10.86 1st 36th 14
5 Zane Smith 11.00 5th 17th 2
T6 Kyle Busch 12.20 1st 40th 20
T6 Tyler Reddick 12.20 7th 27th 5
8 Chase Elliott 12.33 1st 32nd 9
9 Daniel Suarez 12.75 3rd 31st 8
10 William Byron 13.71 1st 34th 7
11 Austin Cindric 13.75 10th 16th 4
12 Kyle Larson 14.64 1st 39th 11
13 Chris Buescher 14.80 1st 37th 10
14 Ryan Blaney 15.00 5th 38th 9
15 Joey Logano 15.63 1st 37th 16
16 Brad Keselowski 15.87 2nd 35th 15
17 Denny Hamlin 15.95 1st 37th 19
T18 Chase Briscoe 16.00 5th 35th 5
T18 Noah Gragson 16.00 11th 21st 2
20 Erik Jones 16.25 4th 33rd 8
21 Jimmie Johnson 17.17 3rd 40th 18
22 Ross Chastain 17.71 4th 32nd 7
23 Justin Allgaier 18.00 17th 19th 2
24 Casey Mears 18.15 4th 35th 13
25 Ryan Preece 20.60 9th 36th 5
26 Alex Bowman 20.89 14th 36th 9
27 Bubba Wallace 21.14 8th 35th 7
28 Ty Gibbs 21.50 5th 33rd 4
29 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 22.33 13th 38th 12
30 Cole Custer 22.75 11th 34th 4
31 Todd Gilliland 23.25 11th 38th 4
32 Riley Herbst 24.00 24th 24th 1
33 Michael McDowell 24.81 6th 42nd 16
34 Austin Dillon 24.82 15th 36th 11
35 Ty Dillon 25.33 16th 34th 6
36 Anthony Alfredo 26.00 26th 26th 1
37 John Hunter Nemechek 26.50 21st 32nd 2
38 Josh Berry 30.00 25th 35th 2
39 Cody Ware 32.00 29th 34th 3
40 J.J. Yeley 33.50 18th 42nd 6
41 Timmy Hill 38.00 38th 38th 1

– SVG has done so good in his 2 career Watkins Glen starts that unless he finishes 1st his Avg. Finish will be worse after this weekend.

Best Active Watkins Glen
Avg. Driver Rating		 Best Active Watkins Glen
Avg. Top 15%
Rank Driver Driv. Rate Starts Rank Driver Top 15% Starts
1 Shane Van Gisbergen 133.8 2 1 Shane Van Gisbergen 92.31 2
2 Kyle Busch 102.22 20 2 Christopher Bell 75.00 5
3 Chase Elliott 101.82 9 3 Kyle Busch 70.99 20
4 Christopher Bell 96.92 5 4 William Byron 69.62 7
5 William Byron 92.24 7 5 Chase Elliott 68.35 9
6 A.J. Allmendinger 90.77 14 6 Jimmie Johnson 67.73 15
7 Jimmie Johnson 90.01 15 7 Kyle Larson 62.60 11
8 Kyle Larson 88.65 11 8 A.J. Allmendinger 61.71 14
9 Brad Keselowski 87.11 15 9 Brad Keselowski 60.12 15
10 Denny Hamlin 85.66 19 10 Denny Hamlin 58.98 19

SVG has done more than just finish good here at Watkins Glen in his 2 career Cup races as he’s ran incredibly well, as shown in the tables above. Photo by Chris Graythen — Getty Images

Best Active Laps Led% Best Active Laps Completed%
Rank Driver Laps Led% Starts Rank Driver Laps Comp% Starts
1 Shane Van Gisbergen 21.43 2 T1 Christopher Bell 100 5
2 Chase Elliott 20.94 9 T1 Tyler Reddick 100 5
3 Kyle Busch 13.79 20 T1 Austin Cindric 100 4
4 William Byron 10.44 7 T1 Cole Custer 100 4
5 Brad Keselowski 9.45 15 T1 Ty Gibbs 100 4
6 Ross Chastain 8.07 7 T1 Carson Hocevar 100 2
7 A.J. Allmendinger 4.75 14 T1 John Hunter Nemechek 100 2
8 Ryan Blaney 4.56 9 T1 Josh Berry 100 2
T1 Justin Allgaier 100 2
9 Kyle Larson 3.83 11 T1 Noah Gragson 100 2
T1 Shane Van Gisbergen 100 2
10 Chase Briscoe 2.88 5 T1 Zane Smith 100 2
T1 Riley Herbst 100 1

– With Martin Truex Jr. not being an active driver this year it is now Christopher Bell and Tyler Reddick who have the most starts without finishing a lap down here among active drivers.

 

Most Active Watkins Glen Starts Most Active Watkins Glen Poles
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Poles
1 Kyle Busch 20 T1 Chase Elliott 2
2 Denny Hamlin 19 T1 Denny Hamlin 2
3 Jimmie Johnson 18 T1 Kyle Busch 2
T4 Joey Logano 16 T4 A.J. Allmendinger 1
T4 Michael McDowell 16
6 Brad Keselowski 15 T4 Jimmie Johnson 1
7 Casey Mears 14
8 A.J. Allmendinger 13 T4 Ross Chastain 1
9 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 12
T10 Austin Dillon 11 T4 Ryan Blaney 1
T10 Kyle Larson 11

– There are only 6 drivers racing this weekend that have won a Pole at Watkins Glen, which means there are 32 drivers looking to win their first Watkins Glen Pole this weekend.

Active Watkins Glen Win List (w/ %)
Rank Driver Wins Win% Rank Driver Wins Win%
T1 Chase Elliott 2 22.22 T4 Chris Buescher 1 10.00
T1 Kyle Larson 2 18.18 T4 A.J. Allmendinger 1 7.14
T1 Kyle Busch 2 10.00 T4 Joey Logano 1 6.25
T4 Shane Van Gisbergen 1 50.00 T4 Denny Hamlin 1 5.26
T4 William Byron 1 14.29

– Chase Elliott, Kyle Busch, and Kyle Larson are looking to become the winningest active driver here at The Glen with a win this weekend, but SVG and a few others are looking to tie them for that mark instead.

Most Active Watkins Glen Top 3’s Best Active Watkins Glen Top 3%
Rank Driver Top 3’s Rank Driver Top3% Top3’s
1 Kyle Busch 5 1 Shane Van Gisbergen 100 2
T2 Brad Keselowski 4 2 Carson Hocevar 50.00 1
T2 Denny Hamlin 4 3 Christopher Bell 40.00 2
T4 Chase Elliott 3 4 Chase Elliott 33.33 3
T4 Joey Logano 3 5 Brad Keselowski 26.67 4
T6 Shane Van Gisbergen 2 6 Kyle Busch 25.00 5
T6 Christopher Bell 2 7 Denny Hamlin 21.05 4
T6 Chris Buescher 2 7 Chris Buescher 20.00 2
T6 Kyle Larson 2 9 Joey Logano 18.75 3
T6 A.J. Allmendinger 2 10 Kyle Larson 18.18 2
T6 Jimmie Johnson 2

– Shane Van Gisbergen and Carson Hocevar have only made 2 career starts here at Watkins Glen, but they’ve been mighty impressive as they lead the Top 3% table above and Top 5% table below.

Most Active Watkins Glen Top 5’s Best Active Watkins Glen Top 5%
Rank Driver Top 5’s Rank Driver Top5% Top5’s
1 Kyle Busch 7 1 Shane Van Gisbergen 100 2
2 Denny Hamlin 6 T2 Carson Hocevar 50.00 1
3 A.J. Allmendinger 5 T2 Zane Smith 50.00 1
T4 Chase Elliott 4 4 Chase Elliott 44.44 4
T4 Brad Keselowski 4 5 Christopher Bell 40.00 2
T4 Joey Logano 4 6 Daniel Suarez 37.50 3
T4 Jimmie Johnson 4 7 A.J. Allmendinger 35.71 5
T8 Daniel Suarez 3 8 Kyle Busch 35.00 7
T8 Kye Larson 3 9 Denny Hamlin 31.58 6
T10 5 drivers tied 2 10 Christopher Bell 28.57 2
Most Active Watkins Glen Top 10’s Best Active Watkins Glen Top 10%
Rank Driver Top 10’s Rank Driver Top 10% Top 10’s
1 Kyle Busch 13 1 Shane Van Gisbergen 100 2
2 Denny Hamlin 9 T2 Christopher Bell 80.00 4
T3 A.J. Allmendinger 8 T2 Tyler Reddick 80.00 4
T3 Jimmie Johnson 8 4 Kyle Busch 65.00 13
5 Joey Logano 7 5 Chase Briscoe 60.00 3
6 Brad Keselowski 6 T6 A.J. Allmendinger 57.14 8
T6 William Byron 57.14 4
7 Kyle Larson 5 T8 Daniel Suarez 50.00 4
T8 Erik Jones 50.00 4
T8 8 drivers tied 4 T8 Carson Hocevar 50.00 1
T8 Zane Smith 50.00 1

– The last time any driver in the “Most Top 10’s” table above got a Top 10 at Watkins Glen was in 2023, meanwhile 5 of the 7 drivers in the “Top 10%” table above got a Top 10 here last year.

Active Watkins Glen Stage Win List (w/ %)
Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win% Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win%
1 Chase Elliott 3 18.75 T3 Chris Buescher 1 6.25
2 Joey Logano 2 12.50 T3 Daniel Suarez 1 6.25
T3 Chase Briscoe 1 10.00 T3 Kyle Busch 1 6.25
T3 Ross Chastain 1 7.14 T3 Michael McDowell 1 6.25
T3 William Byron 1 7.14 T3 Ryan Blaney 1 6.25

Chase Elliott won 3 straight stages here from 2018-2019, but as you can see in the table above, those are his only Stage Wins here. Photo by David Hahn — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Most Active Watkins Glen Stage T10’s Best Active Watkins Glen Stage T10%
Rank Driver Stage T10’s Rank Driver Stage T10% Stage T10’s
1 Kyle Busch 10 1 Kyle Busch 62.50 10
T2 Chase Elliott 9 T2 Chase Elliott 56.25 9
T2 Denny Hamlin 9 T2 Denny Hamlin 56.25 9
T2 Kyle Larson 9 T2 Kyle Larson 56.25 9
T5 Alex Bowman 7 T5 Alex Bowman 50.00 7
T5 William Byron 7 T5 William Byron 50.00 7
T7 A.J. Allmendinger 6 T5 A.J. Allmendinger 50.00 6
T7 Erik Jones 6 T5 Chase Briscoe 50.00 5
T7 Joey Logano 6 T5 Christopher Bell 50.00 5
T10 Chase Briscoe 5 T5 Ty Gibbs 50.00 4
T10 Christopher Bell 5 T5 Jimmie Johnson 50.00 3
T10 Brad Keselowski 5 T5 Shane Van Gisbergen 50.00 2
T10 Ryan Blaney 5 T5 Riley Herbst 50.00 1

– Kyle Busch is way back in the 2026 Point Standings, but this weekend could help some as he’s been the best active driver at getting Stage T10’s here.

Most Active Watkins Glen Starts without Win Most Active Watkins Glen Starts without Pole
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Starts
1 Jimmie Johnson 18 T1 Joey Logano 16
2 Michael McDowell 16 T1 Michael McDowell 16
3 Brad Keselowski 15 3 Brad Keselowski 15
4 Casey Mears 13 4 Casey Mears 13
5 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 12 5 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 12
6 Austin Dillon 11 T6 Austin Dillon 11
T7 Alex Bowman 9 T6 Kyle Larson 11
T7 Ryan Blaney 9 8 Chris Buescher 10
T9 Daniel Suarez 8 9 Alex Bowman 9
T9 Erik Jones 8 T10 Daniel Suarez 8
T10 Erik Jones 8

Jimmie Johnson had a lot of success in his Cup career leading to 83 wins, but in 18 starts here he could never get a win at Watkins Glen. Photo by Chris Trotman — Getty Images

Most Active Watkins Glen Starts without Top 3 Most Active Watkins Glen Starts without Top 5
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Starts
1 Michael McDowell 16 1 Michael McDowell 16
2 Casey Mears 13 2 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 12
3 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 12 3 Austin Dillon 11
4 Austin Dillon 11 4 Alex Bowman 9
T5 Alex Bowman 9 5 Bubba Wallace 7
T5 Ryan Blaney 9

– The top 4 drivers in the “Without Top 5” table above are all outside of the Chase coming into this weekend, so getting their first Top 5 here could do them a lot of good in the Point Standings.

Most Active Watkins Glen Starts
without Top 10
Rank Driver Starts
1 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 12
2 Austin Dillon 11
3 Alex Bowman 9
T4 J.J. Yeley 6
T4 Ty Dillon 6

– Austin Dillon and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. have never been able to find much success at Watkins Glen as they are the only drivers on every “without” list above.

Most Active Watkins Glen Stages without Stage Win Most Active Watkins Glen Stages without Stage T10
Rank Driver Stages Rank Driver Stages
T1 Austin Dillon 16 T1 Carson Hocevar 4
T1 Brad Keselowski 16 T1 Josh Berry 4
T1 Denny Hamlin 16 T1 Noah Gragson 4
T1 Erik Jones 16
T1 Kyle Larson 16 T1 Zane Smith 4
T1 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 16
T7 Alex Bowman 14 T5 Anthony Alfredo 2
T7 Bubba Wallace 14
T9 A.J. Allmendinger 12 T5 J.J. Yeley 2
T9 Ty Dillon 12

– Out of 38 active drivers to make a start here with stages in the race, only the 6 in the “Without Stage T10” table above have yet to get a Stage T10.

Active Watkins Glen Streaks (2+ in a row)
Driver Streak Category Driver Streak Category
Shane Van Gisbergen 2 Top 2’s Alex Bowman 4 Stage T10’s
Chris Buescher 2 Top 3’s Ryan Preece 3 Stage T10’s
Chris Buescher 4 Top 10’s Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2 Stage T10’s
Chase Briscoe 2 Top 10’s Ryan Blaney 2 Stage T10’s
Ross Chastain 2 Top 10’s
– Chris Buescher has been on a role lately at Watkins Glen as he’s had 4 straight Top 10 finishes here, and the last 2 races he’s finished inside the Top 3.

 

Next Gen Stats
Best Next Gen Laps Led% in race
Rank Race Laps Led% Driver Fin. Rank Race Laps Led% Driver Fin.
1 2023-25 73.33 William Byron 1st 7 2023-25 18.89 Michael McDowell 36th
2 2024-28 55.43 Ross Chastain 4th 8 2022-25 16.67 Joey Logano 3rd
3 2025-24 42.22 Shane Van Gisbergen 1st 9 2022-25 15.56 Michael McDowell 6th
4 2025-24 38.89 Ryan Blaney 6th T10 2022-25 7.78 Cole Custer 11th
5 2022-25 32.22 Chase Elliott 4th T10 2022-25 7.78 Chase Briscoe 25th
6 2024-28 20.65 Chris Buescher 1st

William Byron dominated the 2023 race here as he leads the Laps Led% table above by almost 20 percentage points and leads the Driver Rating table below by over 5 points. Photo by Chris Graythen — Getty Images

Best Next Gen Driver Rating in race
Rank Race Driver
 Driv.
Rate		 Fin. Rank Race Driver
 Driv.
Rate		 Fin.
1 2023-25 William Byron 149.3 1st 6 2024-28 Shane Van Gisbergen 123.9 2nd
2 2025-24 Shane Van Gisbergen 143.7 1st 7 2023-25 Denny Hamlin 119.8 2nd
3 2024-28 Ross Chastain 136.6 4th 8 2022-25 Michael McDowell 119.3 6th
4 2022-25 Chase Elliott 124.8 4th 9 2024-28 Chris Buescher 117.7 1st
5 2025-24 Ryan Blaney 124.3 6th 10 2023-25 Ty Gibbs 114.4 5th
Best % of Next Gen Race Laps ran in Top 15 in race
Rank Race Driver
 Top 15% Fin. Rank Race Driver
 Top 15% Fin.
T1 2023-25 William Byron 100 1st 6 2022-25 Michael McDowell 97.78 6th
T1 2023-25 Denny Hamlin 100 2nd 7 2024-28 Michael McDowell 94.57 7th
T1 2023-25 Christopher Bell 100 3rd 8 2022-25 Chase Elliott 94.44 4th
T1 2023-25 A.J. Allmendinger 100 4th 9 2023-25 Joey Logano 93.33 10th
T1 2023-25 Ty Gibbs 100 5th 10 2025-24 Shane Van Gisbergen 93.33 1st
6 2023-25 Bubba Wallace 98.89 12th

– Michael McDowell has been good at running laps in the Top 15 at Watkins Glen in the Next Gen car as he is the only driver in the table above twice.

Best Next Gen Avg. Fin. by
Starting Position (1-39)		 Worst Next Gen Avg. Fin. by
Starting Position (1-39)
Rank Start Pos. Avg. Fin Rank Start Pos. Avg. Fin
1 1st 4.00 1 39th 35.50
2 2nd 5.75 2 26th 33.75
3 9th 8.00 3 36th 32.00
4 12th 9.50 4 27th 31.50
5 7th 11.75 5 37th 30.33
6 3rd 12.25 6 34th 29.00
7 29th 12.75 T7 16th 28.75
T8 8th 13.00 T7 30th 28.75
T8 21st 13.00 9 38th 27.00
10 4th 13.75 10 32nd 26.75

– The tables above aren’t too shocking as for the most part starting good gets you a good finish and starting bad gets you a bad finish here.

Best Next Gen Watkins Glen
Avg. Driver Rating		 Best Next Gen Watkins Glen
Avg. Top 15%
Rank Driver Driv. Rate Starts Rank Driver Top 15% Starts
1 Shane Van Gisbergen 133.80 2 1 Shane Van Gisbergen 92.31 2
2 Chris Buescher 103.60 4 2 Michael McDowell 79.83 4
3 Michael McDowell 100.18 4 3 Christopher Bell 75.69 4
4 Christopher Bell 95.98 4 4 Chris Buescher 71.55 4
5 William Byron 95.13 4 5 Joey Logano 70.99 4
6 Ross Chastain 93.18 4 6 William Byron 65.47 4
7 Joey Logano 90.83 4 7 Chase Elliott 60.77 4
8 Carson Hocevar 85.60 2 8 Ross Chastain 56.35 4
9 Chase Elliott 82.10 4 9 Carson Hocevar 55.49 2
10 A.J. Allmendinger 81.73 4 10 Tyler Reddick 54.97 4

– This may come as a shock, but SVG just may be the man to beat this weekend as he is atop both tables above and both tables below.

Best Next Gen Watkins Glen Avg. Finish Best Next Gen Watkins Glen Laps Led%
Rank Driver Avg. Fin. Starts Rank Driver Laps Led% Starts
1 Shane Van Gisbergen 1.50 2 1 Shane Van Gisbergen 21.43 2
2 Chris Buescher 5.00 4 2 William Byron 18.23 4
3 Christopher Bell 6.75 4 3 Ross Chastain 14.09 4
T4 Carson Hocevar 10.50 2 4 Michael McDowell 10.50 4
T4 Joey Logano 10.50 4 5 Ryan Blaney 9.67 4
6 Zane Smith 11.00 2 6 Chase Elliott 8.01 4
7 Daniel Suarez 11.75 4 7 Chris Buescher 6.63 4
8 Tyler Reddick 12.75 4 8 Joey Logano 5.80 4
9 Ryan Preece 13.00 3 9 Chase Briscoe 3.59 4
10 A.J. Allmendinger 13.25 4 10 Cole Custer 2.59 3
Next Gen Watkins Glen Win List Next Gen Watkins Glen Pole List
Rank Driver Wins Win% Rank Driver Poles
T1 Shane Van Gisbergen 1 50.00 T1 Chase Elliott 1
T1 Chris Buescher 1 25.00 T1 Denny Hamlin 1
T1 Kyle Larson 1 25.00 T1 Ross Chastain 1
T1 William Byron 1 25.00 T1 Ryan Blaney 1

– No driver has won both a Pole and a race in the Next Gen car at Watkins Glen as the 8 different spots in tables above hold 8 different drivers.

Next Gen Watkins Glen Top 3’s List
Rank Driver Top 3’s Top 3%
T1 Shane Van Gisbergen 2 100
T1 Chris Buescher 2 50.00
T1 Christopher Bell 2 50.00
T1 Carson Hocevar 1 50.00
T1 A.J. Allmendinger 1 25.00
T1 Denny Hamlin 1 25.00
T1 Joey Logano 1 25.00
T1 Kyle Larson 1 25.00
T1 William Byron 1 25.00

– Last year the entire Top 3 finishers (SVG, Bell, Buescher) became the first drivers to get multiple Top 3 finishes here at The Glen in the Next Gen car.

Most Next Gen Watkins Glen Top 5’s Most Next Gen Watkins Glen Top 10’s
Rank Driver Top 5’s Top 5% Rank Driver Top 10’s Top 10%
T1 Shane Van Gisbergen 2 100 1 Chris Buescher 4 100
T1 A.J. Allmendinger 2 50.00 T2 Christopher Bell 3 75.00
T1 Chris Buescher 2 50.00 T2 Tyler Reddick 3 75.00
T1 Christopher Bell 2 50.00 T4 Shane Van Gisbergen 2 100
T1 William Byron 2 50.00 T4 A.J. Allmendinger 2 50.00
T6 Carson Hocevar 1 50.00 T4 Chase Briscoe 2 50.00
T6 Zane Smith 1 50.00 T4 Daniel Suarez 2 50.00
T6 8 drivers tied with same % 1 25.00 T4 Joey Logano 2 50.00
T4 Michael McDowell 2 50.00
T4 Ross Chastain 2 50.00
T4 Ryan Blaney 2 50.00
T4 William Byron 2 50.00

Chris Buescher has been amazing in the Next Gen at Watkins Glen as he is the only driver that has finished all 4 Next Gen races here in the Top 10. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images

Most Next Gen Watkins Glen Stage Wins Most Next Gen Watkins Glen Stage T10’s
Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win% Rank Driver Stage T10’s Stage T10%
T1 Martin Truex Jr. 1 16.67 T1 A.J. Allmendinger 4 50.00
T1 Chase Briscoe 1 12.50 T1 Alex Bowman 4 50.00
T1 Chris Buescher 1 12.50 T1 Chase Briscoe 4 50.00
T1 Joey Logano 1 12.50 T1 Chase Elliott 4 50.00
T1 Michael McDowell 1 12.50 T1 Christopher Bell 4 50.00
T1 Ross Chastain 1 12.50 T1 Kyle Busch 4 50.00
T1 Kyle Larson 4 50.00
T1 Ryan Blaney 1 12.50 T1 Ty Gibbs 4 50.00
T1 William Byron 4 50.00
T1 William Byron 1 12.50 T10 Ryan Preece 3 50.00
T10 4 drivers tied with same % 3 37.50

– No driver in the Next Gen at Watkins Glen has gotten a Stage T10 in more than half of the stages they’ve ran, and no driver has more than 1 Stage Win in the Next Gen car here either.