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Austin Dillon Earns his First Top-10 Finish of 2026 at Watkins Glen
Austin Dillon of Richard Childress Racing finished in sixth position for the Go Bowling at the Glen at Watkins Glen International. Dillon began the race from the 25th position, and in the first stage, he did not make much movement through the field. He did make one pit stop on lap 15 and then moved up to 22nd by the end of the first stage. Dillon failed to score stage points, but as others went to pit road between stages, he was able to start the second stage ahead of them. This strategy proved to pay off as he maintained track position towards the front through most of the second stage. The No. 3 Chevrolet driver went on to finish the second stage in fourth and gained seven stage points. In the final stage, Dillon ran as high as third, but did not have a fast enough car to run alongside the leaders at the front. Instead, he fought for a top-5 position through the rest of the stage, but fell short of finishing there. Still, Dillon scored his first top-10 finish of the 2026 season in sixth, which was also his first career top-10 finish at Watkins Glen. After 12 races this season, Dillon now moves to 22nd in the regular-season standings and is 63 points behind 16th position, the cutoff position to make The Chase.
Source: NASCAR.com
Source: NASCAR.com
