2019 Zippo 200 at The Glen


The 2019 Zippo 200 at The Glen is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on August 3, 2019, at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York. Contested over 82 laps on the road course, it was the 20th race of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. Austin Cindric won his first career Xfinity Series race after catching, passing, and holding off experienced Watkins Glen cup winner AJ Allmendinger, who would later be disqualified from the event.

Background

Track

is an automobile race track located in Watkins Glen, New York at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. It was long known around the world as the home of the Formula One United States Grand Prix, which it hosted for twenty consecutive years, but the site has been home to road racing of nearly every class, including the World Sportscar Championship, Trans-Am, Can-Am, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the International Motor Sports Association and the IndyCar Series.

Entry list

Practice

First practice

was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 72.737 seconds and a speed of.
PosDriverTeamManufacturerTime
118Kyle Busch 'Joe Gibbs RacingToyota72.737121.259
212Ryan Blaney 'Team PenskeFord73.011120.804
310A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet73.334120.272

Final practice

was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 72.377 seconds and a speed of.
PosDriverTeamManufacturerTime
118Kyle Busch 'Joe Gibbs RacingToyota72.377121.862
211Justin Haley 'Kaulig RacingChevrolet72.668121.374
322Austin CindricTeam PenskeFord72.724121.280

Qualifying

scored the pole for the race with a time of 71.098 seconds and a speed of.

Qualifying results

Race

Summary

Kyle Busch started on pole. In the first lap, Tyler Reddick slid through the grass and overshot the carousel, forcing him to pit and remove the grass from his grill. Ross Chastain turned Justin Allgaier into the fence after Allgaier drove across the nose of Chastain's car. In the final lap of Stage 1, Allgaier got revenge and slammed Chastain into the tire wall, ending Chastain's day. Busch took the win for stage 1.
Christopher Bell took the lead afterwards, but was passed by Ryan Blaney, who quickly pulled away. Busch caught up to Blaney with 10 laps remaining in the stage and took the lead going into the carousel, but the suspension of Busch's car broke while exiting the carousel and went off-course, ending his day.
A. J. Allmendinger managed to win Stage 2 until he had to pit, giving the lead to Allgaier, who in turn passed it to Austin Cindric until the caution was thrown for debris in the inner loop with 14 laps remaining. In the next restart, Justin Haley, Josh Bilicki and others got together and brought out the final caution. Allmendinger took the lead on the final restart, battling with Cindric via bumps and runs. In the end, Cindric managed to get by Allmendinger and held him off to win the race.

Stage Results

Stage One
Laps: 20
PosDriverTeamManufacturerPoints
118Kyle Busch 'Joe Gibbs RacingToyota0
220Christopher BellJoe Gibbs RacingToyota9
351Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet8
411Justin Haley 'Kaulig RacingChevrolet7
512Ryan Blaney 'Team PenskeFord0
68Ryan Preece 'JR MotorsportsChevrolet0
79Noah Gragson 'JR MotorsportsChevrolet4
839Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet3
908Gray GauldingSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet2
1023John Hunter Nemechek 'GMS RacingChevrolet1

Stage Two
Laps: 20
PosDriverTeamManufacturerPoints
112Ryan Blaney 'Team PenskeFord0
28Ryan Preece 'JR MotorsportsChevrolet0
322Austin CindricTeam PenskeFord8
498Chase Briscoe 'Stewart-Haas Racing with
Biagi-DenBeste		Ford7
523John Hunter Nemechek 'GMS RacingChevrolet6
619Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota5
77Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet4
811Justin Haley Kaulig RacingChevrolet3
920Christopher BellJoe Gibbs RacingToyota2
1039Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet1

Final Stage Results

Stage Three
Laps: 42
PosGridDriverTeamManufacturerLapsPoints
1222Austin CindricTeam PenskeFord8248
2420Christopher BellJoe Gibbs RacingToyota8246
397Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet8238
4312Ryan Blaney 'Team PenskeFord820
552Tyler ReddickRichard Childress RacingChevrolet8232
6698Chase Briscoe 'Stewart-Haas Racing with
Biagi-DenBeste		Ford8238
71300Cole CusterStewart-Haas Racing with
Biagi-DenBeste		Ford8230
8141Michael AnnettJR MotorsportsChevrolet8229
9189Noah Gragson 'JR MotorsportsChevrolet8232
1088Ryan Preece 'JR MotorsportsChevrolet820
111151Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet8234
122023John Hunter Nemechek 'GMS RacingChevrolet8232
13235Scott HeckertB. J. McLeod MotorsportsToyota8224
141211Justin Haley 'Kaulig RacingChevrolet8233
151508Gray Gaulding 'SS-Green Light RacingChevrolet8224
162190Alex LabbéDGM RacingChevrolet8221
171019Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota8225
182786Brandon BrownBrandonbilt MotorsportsChevrolet8219
193036Josh WilliamsDGM RacingChevrolet8218
202801Stephen LeichtJD MotorsportsChevrolet8217
212699Cody WareB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet8216
222407Ray Black Jr.SS-Green Light RacingChevrolet8215
233142Stanton Barrett 'MBM MotorsportsToyota820
24290Garrett SmithleyJD MotorsportsChevrolet8013
253474Dan Corcoran 'Mike Harmon RacingChevrolet750
261693Josh BilickiRSS RacingChevrolet7211
273315B. J. McLeodJD MotorsportsChevrolet6710
282266Tommy Joe MartinsMDM MotorsportsToyota659
293252David StarrJimmy Means RacingChevrolet578
301739Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet4711
31118Kyle Busch 'Joe Gibbs RacingToyota350
323513Chad FinchumMDM MotorsportsToyota305
33194Ross Chastain 'JD MotorsportsChevrolet190
343635Joey GaseMBM MotorsportsToyota93
352538J. J. Yeley 'RSS RacingChevrolet60
363778Vinnie MillerB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet01
37710A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet821

After the race

A. J. Allmendinger was disqualified from his runner-up finish after post-race inspection due to the rear of his car being too low. His stage points were also revoked and he was relegated to a 37th place finish. Allmendinger was also disqualified at the July Daytona race a month prior. He stated on Twitter that his car became lower due to contact during an early restart in the race.