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The Cheez-It 355 at The Glen〔()〕 is a 90-lap, annual NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car race held at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York, on the road course, It is one of two road course races in the NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule, the other being the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway. 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 backstretch. 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 "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.〔(Stewart: We should run the long course ), Racer Magazine, June 15, 2011.〕 NBC has the rights to broadcast the race, with the 2015 edition being aired on NBCSN. ESPN used to carry this event before its departure. ==Past winners== *1987, 2009, & 2011: Race postponed from Sunday to Monday due to rain. *1992: Race shortened due to rain. *2005 & 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 course * 1964–1965: 66 laps (151.8 miles) of a course * 1986–1991: 90 laps (218.52 miles) of a course * 1992–present: 90 laps (220.5 miles) of a course with the addition of the Inner Loop chicane 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cheez-It 355 at The Glen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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