Cup series hits Watkins Glen this weekend – Hear it on WBUT

Nascar heads to the road course at Watkins Glen for the twentysecond round of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Sunday. There are just five races remaining in the regular season and Matt Kenseth – still winless this year – has a slight hold on the sixteenth and final playoff spot. He’s seventeen points ahead of his nearest challenger, Clint Bowyer. Meanwhile, at the top of the standings, leader Martin Truex Junior enjoys a commanding eighty-five-point advantage over Kyle Larson in the chase for the fifteen bonus playoff points that’ll be awarded to the regular-season champion following the September 9th race at Richmond Raceway. Hear Sunday’s race on WBUT 1050am and at wbut.com beginning at 2pm.