WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – Opportunity knocked for Austin Cindric after a mechanical failure knocked Kyle Busch out of Saturday’s Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen International.
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Joey Logano, the driver of the #22 Snap-On Ford, poses with the winner’s decal on his car in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen International on August 4, 2018, in Watkins Glen, New York. Photo – Sarah Crabill/Getty Images
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – Joey Logano reaffirmed his mastery of the road course at Watkins Glen International, but it took a three-wide restart late in Saturday’s Zippo 200 for the driver of the No. 22 Team Penske Ford to get the job done. Continue reading
William Byron, the driver of the #9 AXALTA/Progressive Powder Coating Inc. Chevrolet prepares to drive during practice for the NASCAR XFINITY Series Zippo 200 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International on August 4, 2017, in Watkins Glen, New York. Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
William Byron summed up his future at Hendrick Motorsports in two words:
“I’m ready.”
That was the answer Byron gave team owner Rick Hendrick on Sunday night when Hendrick first broached the possibility of the 19-year-old moving up to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in 2018. Continue reading
With a victory in Saturday’s Zippo 200, Kyle Busch continued to tick items off his bucket list.
Recovering from a wheel-hop and spin in turn one on lap 17 of 82 along with a penalty for driving through too many pit boxes, Busch claimed his first NASCAR XFINITY Series win at the 2.45-mile Watkins Glen International road course, beating pole-sitter Joey Logano to the finish line by 1.049 seconds. Continue reading
Penalty? So what?
Polesitter Joey Logano shook off a pit road infraction that sent him to the back of the field early in Saturday’s Zippo 200 at The Glen.
But by the end of the NASCAR XFINITY Series race, Logano’s No. 12 Team Penske Ford was comfortably at the front of the field. The only other car that was close was the No. 22 of teammate Brad Keselowski, who recovered from a pit road speeding penalty to finish second. Continue reading