For the second day in a row at Watkins Glen International, the race came down to a five-lap duel between Kyle Larson and AJ Allmendinger.
In Sunday’s (Aug. 21) NASCAR Cup Series Go Bowling at the Glen, Larson once again came out on top, sweeping the weekend and scoring his second Cup win of the 2022 season.
Larson’s teammate Chase Elliott won the pole in Saturday’s qualifying, but led only three laps before losing the lead to Michael McDowell. It was the combination of crew chief Alan Gustafson’s gutsy call for a two-stop strategy and the Georgia wheelman’s grit to re-pass McDowell on lap 49 that put Elliott back to the front of the lead strategy.
On a restart with five laps to go, Larson knocked Elliott out of the way in turn one, and held the top spot all the way to the checkered flag.
Have another look at @KyleLarsonRacin‘s winning pass on Chase Elliott at @WGI. #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/5F29w45nGZ
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) August 21, 2022
Elliott was less than pleased.
Chase Elliott does not appear to be a happy person at the moment. pic.twitter.com/9G9q2jsZUH
— Jeff Gluck (@jeff_gluck) August 21, 2022
“I knew everyone’s aggression would be higher as each restart went on,” Larson said to NBC. “I didn’t want to put myself in position again to get passed by AJ [Allmendinger] or Joey [Logano] who were really aggressive behind me […] it’s just part of racing at road courses, especially this year, it seems like […] not proud of it, but we did what we had to do.”
“I’m not proud of it, but we did what we had to do.”
Kyle Larson spoke about running Chase Elliott wide and going on to win. #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/3k8uBmK2st
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) August 21, 2022
Joey Logano ended up third at the flag, while Elliott faded to fourth.
“Huge congratulations to Kyle and everybody on the No. 5 team … Seriously, they deserve it.”- Chase Elliott pic.twitter.com/e9vPYLF6kP
— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) August 21, 2022
“Huge congratulations to Kyle and everybody on the [No.] 5 team,” a tight-lipped Elliott told TV cameras. “Congratulations to everyone at Hendrick Motorsports, and appreciate Kelley Blue Book for being on our car this weekend.”
Daniel Suarez had a much quieter day, coming home fifth, followed by McDowell, whose strong run came up just short of the top five. Tyler Reddick, Christopher Bell, Chris Buescher and Erik Jones rounded out the top 10.
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