Practice Results: NCS Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen

Justin Haley, the driver of the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, paced NASCAR Cup Series practice at Watkins Glen International on Saturday afternoon. Haley logged the fastest lap of the session with a 72.674-second circuit around the 2.45-mile road course.
Haley narrowly defeated Michael McDowell, his Spire Motorsports teammate, for the top spot by 0.001 seconds. Chris Buescher, Ty Gibbs, and Kyle Larson rounded out the top-five fastest drivers in the session.
Here are the complete practice results for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen International. Race 24 of 36.
Rank | Car | Driver | Lap time | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 7 | Justin Haley | 72.674 | -- |
2 | 71 | Michael McDowell | 72.675 | 0.001 |
3 | 17 | Chris Buescher | 72.678 | 0.004 |
4 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | 72.795 | 0.121 |
5 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 72.806 | 0.132 |
6 | 88 | Shane van Gisbergen # | 72.831 | 0.157 |
7 | 87 | Connor Zilisch * (i) | 72.856 | 0.182 |
8 | 34 | Todd Gilliland * | 72.864 | 0.190 |
9 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | 72.877 | 0.203 |
10 | 24 | William Byron | 72.879 | 0.205 |
11 | 1 | Ross Chastain | 72.920 | 0.246 |
12 | 48 | Alex Bowman | 72.933 | 0.259 |
13 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 72.970 | 0.296 |
14 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 73.043 | 0.369 |
15 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 73.046 | 0.372 |
16 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | 73.052 | 0.378 |
17 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 73.052 | 0.378 |
18 | 22 | Joey Logano | 73.054 | 0.380 |
19 | 21 | Josh Berry | 73.085 | 0.411 |
20 | 41 | Cole Custer | 73.088 | 0.414 |
21 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | 73.106 | 0.432 |
22 | 2 | Austin Cindric | 73.141 | 0.467 |
23 | 20 | Christopher Bell | 73.147 | 0.473 |
24 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 73.169 | 0.495 |
25 | 43 | Erik Jones | 73.216 | 0.542 |
26 | 35 | Riley Herbst * # | 73.240 | 0.566 |
27 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | 73.283 | 0.609 |
28 | 45 | Tyler Reddick * | 73.300 | 0.626 |
29 | 38 | Zane Smith * | 73.304 | 0.630 |
30 | 10 | Ty Dillon | 73.341 | 0.667 |
31 | 4 | Noah Gragson * | 73.377 | 0.703 |
32 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 73.381 | 0.707 |
33 | 60 | Ryan Preece | 73.458 | 0.784 |
34 | 23 | Bubba Wallace * | 73.460 | 0.786 |
35 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | 73.706 | 1.032 |
36 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 73.784 | 1.110 |
37 | 51 | Cody Ware | 74.025 | 1.351 |
38 | 78 | Katherine Legge * | 75.297 | 2.623 |
39 | 44 | JJ Yeley * (i) | 75.365 | 2.691 |
40 | 66 | Josh Bilicki * (i) | 75.733 | 3.059 |
# indicates Rookie of the Year contender
* indicates "Open" entry
(i) indicates a driver ineligible to score points
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