Watkins Glen Recap

Good evening and welcome back to Captain Josh's Pit Stop. Tonight I recap the action from the road course at Watkins Glen. The Xfinty and Cup Series held races there on Saturday and Sunday. Kyle Busch won his 90th career Xfinity win in the Zippo 200 on Saturday. Formula one is on a summer break and the Truck Series was also off as well. Also in other news, it has been reported that Kasey Kahne will be out of the #5 Hendrick Motorsports car and will be replaced by rookie sensation William Byron in 2018. Byron is currently in the Xfinity Series driving for JR Motorsports. Also, Ryan Blaney will move from the Wood Brothers #21 to a third Penske entry in 2018 and will drive the #12 car. Paul Menard will take his place in the #21 car with the Menards sponsor accompanying him also. Hope you got all the "silly season" ride swaps. Now onto the Cup race. Photo courtesy of Google images.

The I Love New York 355 ran on Sunday with Kyle Busch once again on the front row with Kyle Larson alongside. It was the battle of the Kyle's on the front row. The first and second stages consisted of 20 laps with the final stage making up the final 50 laps. The race was 90 laps in full. Photo courtesy of Google images.

Not much happened in the first stage. Kyle Busch led from the pole to take the stage win. Busch would then have problems in the pits under caution flag pit stops, as he reported a loose wheel to his crew chief. Photo courtesy of Google images.

Daniel Suarez used some pit strategy to take home stage 2. It was the first stage win of the season for Suarez. Photo courtesy of Google images.

The action heated up in the final stage as Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch made contact and spun in the bus stop chicane. The incident occurred at lap 45. Photos courtesy of Google images.

The final caution of the day occurred when Landon Cassil cut a tire after contact with another car in the bus stop. Also during pit stops, Kevin Harvick had an end to his day when he hit the back of Brett Moffitt while exiting his stall and suffered damage to the front of his car. The incident occurred in the final stage with 41 to go. Photo courtesy of Google images.

And the fuel saving began due to the green flag run to the finish. Ryan Blaney had the lead with 3 to go, but ran too hard and ran himself out of fuel. Martin Truex Jr had backed up his pace as far as four seconds off to save fuel, and it paid off with the victory. It was Truex Jr's 4th win of the season. That's all for now folks. Next week, NASCAR heads to Michigan for second time this year. See ya then for the recap. Photos courtesy of Google images.