Cheez-It 355 at The Glen

Cheez-It 355 at The Glen

Venue	Watkins Glen International
Sponsor	Kellogg's
First race	1957
Distance	220.5 miles (354.86 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) Centurion Boats at the Glen (2007-2008) Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen (2009-2011) Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen (2012)

The Cheez-It 355 at The Glen is a 90-lap, 220.5 miles (354.86 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.

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. Drivers, however, have been pushing for the use of the full course. During a 2011 Mobil Oil "Car Swap" at Watkins Glen using the course, Tony Stewart pushed for using the Grand Prix course after driving demonstration laps in both his Chevrolet Impala and the majority of his laps in a McLaren MP4-23 as part of the event with Lewis Hamilton.

Past winners

Year	Date	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report
					Laps	Miles (km)
1957	August 4	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	Chevrolet	44	101.2 (162.865)	1:13:06	83.064	Report
1958 – 1963	Not held
1964	July 19	Billy Wade	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	66	151.8 (244.298)	1:32:57	97.988	Report
1965	July 18	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	66	151.8 (244.298)	1:32:46	98.182	Report
1966 – 1985	Not held
1986	August 10	Tim Richmond	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	90	218.52 (351.673)	2:12:56	90.463	Report
1987	August 10*	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	90	218.52 (351.673)	2:24:36	90.682	Report
1988	August 14	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	Buick	90	218.52 (351.673)	2:56:58	74.096	Report
1989	August 13	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	90	218.52 (351.673)	2:26:55	87.242	Report
1990	August 12	Ricky Rudd	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	90	218.52 (351.673)	2:21:49	92.452	Report
1991	August 11	Ernie Irvan	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	90	218.52 (351.673)	2:12:28	98.977	Report
1992	August 9	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	Pontiac	51*	125.154 (201.415)	1:27:21	88.980	Report
1993	August 8	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:36:04	84.771	Report
1994	August 14	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:21:07	93.752	Report
1995	August 13	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:11:54	103.030	Report
1996	August 11	Geoffrey Bodine	Geoff Bodine Racing	Ford	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:23:17	92.334	Report
1997	August 10	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:24:55	91.294	Report
1998	August 9	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:20:03	94.466	Report
1999	August 15	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:30:49	87.722	Report
2000	August 13	Steve Park	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:24:51	91.336	Report
2001	August 12	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:28:31	89.081	Report
2002	August 11	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Pontiac	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:40:56	82.208	Report
2003	August 10	Robby Gordon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:26:17	90.441	Report
2004	August 15	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:23:25	92.249	Report
2005	August 14	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	92*	225.4 (362.746)	2:35:48	86.804	Report
2006	August 13	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:52:27	76.718	Report
2007	August 12	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:50:38	77.535	Report
2008	August 10	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:16:11	97.148	Report
2009	August 10*	Tony Stewart	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:26:31	90.297	Report
2010	August 8	Juan Pablo Montoya*	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:23:52	91.960	Report
2011	August 15*	Marcos Ambrose*	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	92*	225.4 (362.746)	2:16:02	99.417	Report
2012	August 12	Marcos Ambrose	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	90	220.5 (354.86)	2:14:48	98.145	Report

• 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)

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins	Driver	Years Won
5	Tony Stewart	2002, 2004-2005, 2007, 2009
4	Jeff Gordon	1997-1999, 2001
3	Mark Martin	1993-1995
2	Rusty Wallace	1987, 1989
	Ricky Rudd	1988, 1990
	Marcos Ambrose	2011-2012

Multiple winners (manufacturers)

# Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
16	Chevrolet	1957, 1986, 1990-1991, 1997-2001, 2003-2007, 2009-2010
7	Ford	1965, 1993-1996, 2011-2012
4	Pontiac	1987, 1989, 1992, 2002

Television broadcasters

Year	Network	Lap-by-lap	Color commentator(s)
2013	ESPN	Allen Bestwick	Dale Jarrett Andy Petree
2012
2011
2010		Marty Reid
2009		Jerry Punch
2008
2007			Rusty Wallace Andy Petree
2006	NBC	Bill Weber	Benny Parsons Wally Dallenbach
2005
2004	TNT	Allen Bestwick
2003	NBC
2002
2001
2000	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons Ned Jarrett
1999
1998
1997
1996			Dorsey Schroeder Benny Parsons(turn 1) Ned Jarrett(turn 5)
1995			Ned Jarrett Bill Weber(turn 1) Dorsey Schroeder(turn 5)
1994			Benny Parsons Dorsey Schroeder(turn 1) Ned Jarrett(turn 5)
1993			Benny Parsons(turn 1) Ned Jarrett(turn 5)
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988			Ned Jarrett
1987			Larry Nuber
1986			Rick Mears

External links

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