WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Shane van Gisbergen defended his Watkins Glen crown Sunday, running down Ty Gibbs late and pulling away to win the Go Bowling at The Glen by 7.288 seconds over runner-up Michael McDowell in the NASCAR Cup Series.
The Trackhouse Racing driver led 74 of 100 laps on the 2.45-mile road course to collect his seventh career Cup Series win — all of them on road or street courses — and his first of the 2026 season. Gibbs held on for third after leading 17 laps, with Chase Briscoe and Tyler Reddick rounding out the top five. Austin Dillon, AJ Allmendinger, Kyle Busch, Austin Cindric and John Hunter Nemechek completed the top 10 in a race that saw six lead changes among four drivers.
All-Pro Reels was trackside at Watkins Glen International to capture van Gisbergen’s celebration and the road-course action that produced it.
The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Dover Motor Speedway next for the All-Star Race on Sunday, May 17.