Kyle Larson won the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ Sunoco Go Rewards 200 at Watkins Glen International Saturday, Aug. 20.
Larson got the lead on the restart after Ty Gibbs and William Byron spun out together in front of him in the bus stop.
AJ Allmendinger, Sammy Smith, Noah Gragson and Kaz Grala rounded out the top five.
The race was filled with mayhem early and often, starting with Justin Allgaier on lap 5. He spun around off the esses and nosed into the wall, becoming the first car out of the race.
Then, a few laps later, Jeb Burton lost his brakes and spun with Myatt Snider in the bus stop. Burton couldn’t continue on due to the brake issue.
On lap 15, Patrick Gallagher had a mechanical failure and stopped in the chicane, bringing out the caution once again.
And in the final few laps of stage one, Smith shot out to the lead over Allmendinger, while Riley Herbst and Snider had some trouble navigating the course. Snider’s problem was a bit more severe, as he ended up rear-ending the wall, causing major damage to his car.
Smith took the stage one victory before losing the lead to Larson at the start of stage two. However, a few laps later, Byron got by Larson to get out front.
Several more incidents occurred in stage two, including an Alex Labbe crash into the ARMCO barrier.
After another caution for Kris Wright’s stopped car that set up a three-lap sprint for stage two points, multiple cars spun around. Sam Mayer went around in the bus stop, while Cole Custer got punted around and into a wall coming out of the bus stop. Friday (Aug. 20) evening’s ARCA race winner Brandon Jones also spun around in turn 7 with two laps left in stage two.
But Byron ended up coming out on top to end the segment.
Stage three started off fairly clean, with a tight battle off pit road under green between Gibbs and Byron. However, that all came to a halt on lap 59.
Daniel Hemric lost the left front in the carousel, slamming into (and going under) the tire barrier.
Big trouble for Daniel Hemric.
The defending NASCAR Xfinity Series champion stuffs it right into the tire barrier. #NASCAR
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A lengthy caution followed to repair the barrier and clean up oil that was laid down by Snider.
The race finally went back to green around lap 68, with Gibbs getting out in front of Byron and Larson.
However, the restarts were not done yet, as Ross Chastain got stuck in the sand trap.
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