The NASCAR season is entering into the center of the schedule now, with a transparent pecking order starting to emerge within the Chase. However who will win at Watkins Glen?
That’s a query that Kevin Harvick and his cohort tried to sort out on the newest episode of the Kevin Harvick’s Joyful Hour podcast. Shane van Gisbergen, as you may think, figured to be a preferred alternative after his dominance at street programs a yr in the past.
However host Kaitlyn Vincie went a special course as the primary on the podcast to make a decide for Watkins Glen. She admitted it was a shock.
“I believe mine goes to shock you guys, however no matter,” Vincie mentioned. “My coronary heart wished to choose SVG, however I’m a show-me-lately form of particular person and I’m simply not feeling it. So I’m going with Chris Buescher as a result of he has been good there previously and he’s been superb as of late in any respect tracks.”
It didn’t take Harvick very lengthy to make his choice after that. In any case, once you go away one of the crucial track-dominant racers obtainable at Watkins Glen, that’s alternative.
“Effectively thanks, I’ll take SVG,” Harvick mentioned. After all, that’s final yr’s winner at Watkins Glen.
The ultimate host to make his decide on the podcast was Mamba Smith. He additionally went with a current winner, although not at Watkins Glen.
“I believe I got here in right here with a method and I actually, it’s out the window,” he mentioned. “You already know what? Is Michael Jordan going to be there this weekend? Tyler Reddick.”
Reddick has claimed 5 of the 11 races this season and sits atop the NASCAR Cup Sequence standings. What’s much more spectacular is that he’s good even when issues aren’t going nicely.
“By the best way, they did an ideal job once more and also you’re seeing championship stuff out of that 45 workforce,” Harvick mentioned. “They weren’t good to start out that race (at Texas), stored grinding away, subsequent factor you recognize they had been up there racing for the lead.”
Might he repeat the feat and battle for the win at Watkins Glen? We will see.
