Centurion Boats at the Glen

NASCAR race infobox
Name=Centurion Boats at The Glen

Img_size=170=px
Venue=Watkins Glen International
Sponsor= Centurion Boats
First race=1957
Distance=convert|220.5|mi|km
Laps=90
Previous names=The Glen 101.2 (1957)

The Glen 151.8 (1964-1965)

The Budweiser At The Glen (1986-1989)

Budweiser At The Glen (1990-1993)

The Bud At The Glen (1994-1998)

Frontier @ the Glen (1999)

Global Crossing @ The Glen (2000-2001)

Sirius Satellite Radio at the Glen (2002-2005)

AMD at the Glen (2006)
The Centurion Boats at The Glen is a 90-lap, convert|220.5|mi|km long NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car race held at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York. It is one of two road course races in the NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule, the other being the Toyota/Save Mart 350. The race was being called the NASCAR Sprint Cup at the Glen for the 2007 edition before Centurion Boats purchased the naming rights for three years. The 2007 race, won by Tony Stewart following a spin out by Jeff Gordon on the second-to-last lap, had one of the most exciting, yet strangest, finishes in the track's history.

When NASCAR returned in 1986, they utilized the 1971 Six Hours course. In the 1991 race, J. D. McDuffie was killed in a crash in the Outer Loop, at the end of the backstrech. Following that crash, and another serious crash by IMSA driver, Tommy Kendall, the Inner Loop bus stop chicane was added just before the Outer Loop. NASCAR has since utilized this convert|2.45|mi|km|sing=on "short course," and has never utilized the "Boot" as the Indy Racing League has.

Past winners

Manufacturer Wins

References

Race length notes
* 1957 race 44 laps (101.2 miles) of a convert|2.3|mi|km|sing=on course
* 1964-1965 races 66 laps (151.8 miles) of a convert|2.3|mi|km|sing=on course
* 1986-1991 races were run on the 2.428-mile 1971 Six Hours course (90 laps/218.52 miles)
* 1992-Present, the addition of the Inner Loop chicane lengthened the track to 2.454 miles (90 laps/220.86 miles)