Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen

Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen

Venue	Watkins Glen International
Sponsor	Crowley Foods
First race	1957
Distance	220.5 miles (354.86 km)
Laps	90
Previous names	Unnamed/Unknown (1957, 64-1965) 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) Centurion Boats at the Glen (2007-2008)

The Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen^[1] is a 90-lap, 220.5 miles (354.9 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 2.45-mile (3.94 km) "short course," and has never utilized the "Boot" as the Indy Racing League has.

Contents 1 Past winners 2 Manufacturer wins 3 Television broadcasters 4 References 5 External links

Past winners

Year	Date	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)
					Laps	Miles (km)
1957	August 4	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	Chevrolet	44	101.2 (162.865)	1:13:06	83.064
1964	July 19	Billy Wade	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	66	151.8 (244.298)	1:32:57	97.988
1965	July 18	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	66	151.8 (244.298)	1:32:46	98.182
1986	August 10	Tim Richmond	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	90	218.52 (351.673)	2:12:56	90.463
1987	August 10*	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	90	218.52 (351.673)	2:24:36	90.682
1988	August 14	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	Buick	90	218.52 (351.673)	2:56:58	74.096
1989	August 13	Rusty Wallace (2)	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	90	218.52 (351.673)	2:26:55	87.242
1990	August 12	Ricky Rudd (2)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	90	218.52 (351.673)	2:21:49	92.452
1991	August 11	Ernie Irvan	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	90	218.52 (351.673)	2:12:28	98.977
1992	August 9	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	Pontiac	51*	125.154 (201.415)	1:27:21	88.980
1993	August 8	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:36:04	84.771
1994	August 14	Mark Martin (2)	Roush Racing	Ford	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:21:07	93.752
1995	August 13	Mark Martin (3)	Roush Racing	Ford	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:11:54	103.030
1996	August 11	Geoffrey Bodine	Geoffrey Bodine	Ford	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:23:17	92.334
1997	August 10	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:24:55	91.294
1998	August 9	Jeff Gordon (2)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:20:03	94.466
1999	August 15	Jeff Gordon (3)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:30:49	87.722
2000	August 13	Steve Park	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:24:51	91.336
2001	August 12	Jeff Gordon (4)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:28:31	89.081
2002	August 11	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Pontiac	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:40:56	82.208
2003	August 10	Robby Gordon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:26:17	90.441
2004	August 15	Tony Stewart (2)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:23:25	92.249
2005	August 14	Tony Stewart (3)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	92*	225.4 (362.746)	2:35:48	86.804
2006	August 13	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:52:27	76.718
2007	August 12	Tony Stewart (4)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:50:38	77.535
2008	August 10	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:16:11	97.148
2009	August 10*	Tony Stewart (5)	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:26:31	90.297
2010	August 8	Juan Pablo Montoya*	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:23:52	91.960
2011	August 15*	Marcos Ambrose*	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	92*	225.4 (362.746)	2:16:02	99.417

• 1987, 2009 & 2011: Race postponed from Sunday to Monday due to rain.
• 1992: Race shortened due to rain.
• 2005 and 2011: Race extended due to a Green-white-checker finish.
• 2010: Montoya's second career win made him the first foreign-born driver to have multiple wins in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history.
• 2011: Ambrose's first career win made him the first Australian driver to win a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.

Race length notes

• 1957: 44 laps (101.2 miles) of a 2.3-mile (3.7 km) course
• 1964-1965: 66 laps (151.8 miles) of a 2.3-mile (3.7 km) course
• 1986-1991: 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 2.45 miles (90 laps/220.5 miles)

Manufacturer wins

Rank	Manufacturer	Wins
1	Chevrolet	16
2	Ford	6
3	Pontiac	4
4	Buick	1
4	Toyota	1
4	Mercury	1

Television broadcasters

Year	Network	Lap-by-lap	Color commentator(s)
2011	ESPN	Allen Bestwick	Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree
2010	ESPN	Marty Reid	Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree
2009	ESPN	Jerry Punch	Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree
2008	ESPN	Jerry Punch	Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree
2007	ESPN	Jerry Punch	Rusty Wallace and Andy Petree
2006	NBC	Bill Weber	Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach
2005	NBC	Bill Weber	Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach
2004	TNT	Allen Bestwick	Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach
2003	NBC	Allen Bestwick	Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach
2002	NBC	Allen Bestwick	Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach
2001	NBC	Allen Bestwick	Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach
2000	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1999	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1998	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1997	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1996	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1995	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1994	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1993	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1992	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1991	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1990	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1989	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1988	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Ned Jarrett
1987	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Larry Nuber
1986	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Rick Mears

References

1. ^ [1]

External links

• NASCAR Commentators Crews and Networks
• Ratings/Viewership For Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Dating Back to 2000

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