Ambrose trades paint with Keselowski on way to second win at Watkins Glen

Watkins Glen, N. Y. – Marcos Ambrose pulled off an amazing last lap pass to win the Finger
Lakes 355 at Watkins Glen International to claim his second consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory on the historic road course in upstate New York.

The race marked the 22nd of the year.

Brad Keselowski, who led 37 of the 90 laps, ended up second with Jimmie Johnson advancing to third in the closing laps.

Fourth went to Clint Bowyer with Sam Hornish Jr. fifth.

Sixth through 10th were Greg Biffle, hard-…

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Porsche positions three 911s in Watkins Glen top-10

Horton Autosport Earns Highest Career GT Qualifying Spot for Two-Hour Race
#73 Horton Autosport Porsche GT3 Cup: Patrick Lindsey, Eric FossPhoto by: Kenneth May

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y., August 10, 2012 – Porsche placed all three of its road-based 911 GT3 Cup cars into the top-10 of GT class qualifying for Saturday’s Continental Tire 200 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series race. Horton Autosport led the trio with its career-best GRAND-AM qualifying effort in today’s 15-minute session earning third on the …

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Porsche positions three 911s in Watkins Glen top-10

Horton Autosport Earns Highest Career GT Qualifying Spot for Two-Hour Race
#73 Horton Autosport Porsche GT3 Cup: Patrick Lindsey, Eric FossPhoto by: Kenneth May

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y., August 10, 2012 – Porsche placed all three of its road-based 911 GT3 Cup cars into the top-10 of GT class qualifying for Saturday’s Continental Tire 200 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series race. Horton Autosport led the trio with its career-best GRAND-AM qualifying effort in today’s 15-minute session earning third on the …

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Kyle Busch heads to Watkins Glen looking for a win, not points

KYLE BUSCH
Just Win, Baby

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (Aug. 7, 2012) – The late Al Davis, former owner of the NFL’s Oakland Raiders, never missed a chance to tell his players to “Just Win Baby.”
Kyle Busch, Joe Gibbs Racing ToyotaPhoto by: Action Sports Photography

While he’s widely known for his passion and commitment to winning any time he straps himself into a racecar, Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 18 M&M’s Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR), will have a heightened sense of urgency to w…

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SIA Flashback – Watkins Glen Wonderland

In the 1950s and 1960s, just about any kind of exotic machinery imaginable – and some beyond imagining – would show up in Watkins Glen for the SCCA’s road races, as we see from this pictorial by Bernie Weis from SIA #110, April 1989. Hard as it is to believe, some of the cars in these photos stumped even Bernie. Can you identify the ones he couldn’t?

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Milestones: This weekend marks 50th anniversary of first U.S. Grand Prix at Watkins Glen

Innes Ireland in a Lotus-Climax leads Dan Gurney in a Porsche and Graham Hill in BRM-Climax at the 1961 U.S. Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. Images courtesy International Motor Racing Research Center.
For enthusiasts of world-class racing in the United States, this weekend marks a significant anniversary: 50 years since the inaugural Formula One race at Watkins Glen, kicking off 20 years for the U.S. Grand Prix in New York’s Finger Lakes region.
Although American Phil Hill had claimed the driver’…

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NASCAR: Series Watkins Glen race report

NASCAR

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GRANDAM: SpeedSource Watkins Glen race report

SpeedSource press release

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NASCAR: Tony Stewart Watkins Glen race report

Stewart-Haas Racing press release

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NASCAR: Regan Smith Watkins Glen race report

Furniture Row Racing press release

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