What has happened to Hendrick Motorsports? Our winners, losers from Watkins Glen race
Shane van Gisbergen was the big winner at the NASCAR Watkins Glen race. The biggest loser? Hendrick Motorsports' struggled mightily as a team.
Shane van Gisbergen remains the king of road courses. The Trackhouse Racing road course phenom moved from the back of the pack after a late pit stop to win the NASCAR Cup Series' Go Bowling at the Glen at Watkins Glen International by more than seven seconds May 10. How impressive was the win?
He was 29. 2 seconds behind the leader and made that up in 18 laps, passing Ty Gibbs for the lead with seven laps left. He's now won six of the last eight road course/street races over the past two years.
He finished second at COTA in the only other road course race this season. Simply put: Shane van Gisbergen is the model road course driver the rest of the series is trying to emulate. Here are The Tennessean's winners and losers from the Go Bowling at the Glen.
SVG FOR THE WIN: Who won NASCAR Watkins Glen race? Winner is Shane van Gisbergen, plus full results Winner Shane van Gisbergen Shane van Gisbergen winning wasn't a surprise. How he did so was impressive.