ARCA Menards Series, Cup Series, NASCAR, Xfinity Series

NASCAR Watkins Glen Playoff Weekend Schedule

For the first time, the NASCAR Cup Series will head to upstate New York for the Playoffs. The NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series will compete at the 11 turn road course where NASCAR has competed on and off since 1957. The weekend will feature the General Tire 100 ARCA Menards Series race, the Mission 200 at The Glen Xfinity race and the Go Bowling at The Glen Cup race.

The past two Cup Series winners at the Glen, William Byron and Kyle Larson are both 2024 Playoff drivers and have proven that they can lock themselves into the Round of 12 based off of their history at the track. The past two Xfinity Series winners include a full-time Cup Series driver, Kyle Larson, with JR Motorsports driver Sam Mayer winning in 2023.

You can tune into the Xfinity Series Mission 200 at the Glen this Saturday on USA Network at 3:00pm ET to watch the 82 lap event cover 200.9 miles. There are only two races left before the start of the Xfinity Series Playoffs.

The NASCAR Cup Series will run the Go Bowling at the Glen over 90 laps (220.5 miles) on Sunday afternoon at 3:00pm ET on USA Network. The Go Bowling at the Glen is the second race of the Cup Series Round of 16 and second of the 2024 Playoffs.

  • The Mission 200 at The Glen will be a 82 lap race with a pair of 20 lap Stages and a 42 lap race to the finish
  • The Mission 200 at The Glen will be raced for a $1,312,465 purse
  • Saturday, September 14th at 3pm ET
  • USA Network
  • The Go Bowling at The Glen will be a 90 lap race with pair of 20 lap Stages and a 50 lap race to the finish
  • The Go Bowling at The Glen will be raced for a $7,572,831 purse
  • Sunday, September 15th at 3pm ET
  • USA Network

Full Weekend Schedule (All times are ET)

Friday the 13th (Spoooooooky)

  • 2pm ARCA Practice
  • 3:15pm ARCA Qualifying
  • 5pm General Tire 100 ARCA Race (FS1)

Saturday the 14th

  • 9:30am Xfinity Series Practice (NBC Sports app)
  • 10am Xfinity Series Qualifying (NBC Sports app)
  • 11:30am Cup Series Practice (NBC Sports app/ USA Network)
  • 1pm Cup Series Qualifying (NBC Sports app/ USA Network)
  • 3pm Mission 200 at The Glen Xfinity Race (NBC Sports app/ USA Network)

Sunday the 15th

  • 3pm Go Bowling at The Glen Cup Series Race (NBC Sports app/ USA Network)

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