WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (February 7, 2022) – Watkins Glen Worldwide at present introduced a multi-year extension with Go Bowling to maintain the ball rolling because the entitlement companion of the NASCAR Cup Collection race on the historic street course, marking the fifth 12 months of the partnership with the Go Bowling at The Glen on August 21.
There will probably be added strain on the drivers on this 12 months’s Go Bowling at The Glen, because the race strikes to the penultimate race in NASCAR’s common season and can assist arrange the Playoff subject for the title bout. 9 instances a driver has gone on to win the collection championship after successful at Watkins Glen Worldwide, together with the inaugural winner Buck Baker in 1957.
“It’s nice we had been in a position to strike a deal for Go Bowling to come back again to The Glen for the 2022 season as their race will assist clear the lanes for a attainable championship contender,” mentioned Watkins Glen Worldwide president Michael Printup. “Go Bowling has been a implausible companion, bringing enjoyable to our fan zone and to the monitor, and we are able to’t wait to see what occurs after we drop the inexperienced flag in August.”
Final 12 months’s Go Bowling at The Glen was gained by Hendrick Motorsports driver Kyle Larson, who went on to seize the 2021 NASCAR Cup Collection championship. Previous to that, his teammate Chase Elliott gained the 2018 and 2019 races. (Watkins Glen didn’t host a Cup Collection race in 2020 as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, as a substitute the Go Bowling 235 was contested on the Daytona Worldwide Speedway street course and was additionally gained by Elliott.)
“We’re very excited to increase our Go Bowling at The Glen entitlement sponsorship with Watkins Glen to a multi-year time period,” mentioned John Harbuck, President of Strike Ten Leisure, the advertising and marketing arm of the Worldwide Bowling Campus. “Our partnership with The Glen, one of the vital in style tracks on the NASCAR circuit, supplies us with a nationwide platform to interact and join with NASCAR followers attending the race and a nationwide TV viewers watching from dwelling. Together with occasions like Nationwide Bowling Day and our participation in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Go Bowling builds top-of-mind consciousness for our nice sport and serves as a reminder for Individuals to get along with their households and mates and Go Bowling!”
The Glen has hosted 38 NASCAR Cup Collection races, beginning with Baker’s win in 1957. A complete of 24 totally different drivers have gained on the circuit, led by NASCAR Corridor of Famers Tony Stewart (5 wins) and Jeff Gordon (4 wins).
Watkins Glen hosts the NASCAR Go Bowling at The Glen race weekend August 17-21, with racing motion starting with the ARCA Menards Collection race on Friday, August 19. The NASCAR Xfinity Collection will compete on Saturday, August 20, and the Go Bowling at The Glen NASCAR Cup Collection race will cap off the weekend on Sunday, August 21.
To buy IMSA or NASCAR race tickets or for tenting and extra data, name 1-866-461-RACE or go to TheGlen.com. Followers can view the NASCAR Cup Collection and NASCAR Xfinity Collection schedules and buy tickets at nascar.com/tickets.
About Watkins Glen Worldwide
Situated inside 5 hours and 300 miles of 25 p.c of the U.S. inhabitants, Watkins Glen Worldwide is the premier street racing facility in North America, four-times voted “Finest NASCAR Observe” by readers of USA In the present day. Sustain with The Glen on Fb, Twitter, and Instagram. For tickets, tenting, and extra data, name 1-866-461-RACE or go to www.TheGlen.com and get the entire newest data by downloading the NASCAR tracks app at www.theglen.com/nascar-tracks-app.
2022 Watkins Glen Worldwide Schedule
April 9-10 – Opening Weekend
Might 20-22 – Ferrari Problem North America
June 3-5 – SCCA Majors Tremendous Tour
June 23-26 – IMSA Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen
July 7-10 – Finger Lakes Wine Pageant; Masters Historic Racing Weekend
July 21-24 – GT World Problem America
August 17-21 – NASCAR Go Bowling at The Glen
September 8-11 – Hilliard U.S. Classic Grand Prix
October 28-29 – Finger Lakes Beer Pageant Offered by Chemung Canal Belief Co.
2022 Watkins Glen Worldwide NASCAR Weekend Schedule
August 19 – ARCA Menards Collection Race
August 20 – NASCAR Xfinity Collection Race
August 21 – Go Bowling at The Glen – NASCAR Cup Collection Race
About GoBowling.com
GoBowling.com is the vacation spot for bowling followers and fanatics in search of information and details about considered one of America’s favourite pastimes and the nation’s primary participatory sport. With greater than 67 million individuals taking to the lanes yearly, GoBowling.com is a one-stop location the place individuals of all ages can go to fulfill their love of bowling. Customers flip to GoBowling.com daily to search out bowling enjoyable – discovering new bowling facilities, ideas and methods to make use of on the lanes, entertaining bowling information and nice offers at greater than 2,000+ family-friendly bowling facilities throughout the nation.
About Strike Ten Leisure
Headquartered in Arlington, Texas, Strike Ten Leisure is the centralized sponsor-activation and informal bowling advertising and marketing arm of the Worldwide Bowling Campus (IBC) which incorporates USBC and BPAA. Strike Ten Leisure serves the whole IBC by coordinating the sponsorship gross sales and informal bowling advertising and marketing efforts. Strike Ten Leisure’s mission is to extend nationwide consciousness of bowling and to help the bowling {industry} in creating new bowlers and growing the frequency of current bowlers annually by promotions, publicity and industry-wide advertising and marketing initiatives. For added data, please go to www.stemarketing.com.
About Worldwide Bowling Campus The Worldwide Bowling Campus (IBC) is the headquarters for the bowling {industry} and instantly serves the greater than 67 million bowlers in the US. The IBC homes the sources of the US Bowling Congress, the governing physique and membership group for the game; the Bowling Proprietors’ Affiliation of America, representing the enterprise pursuits of bowling facilities; IBC Youth Growth; Strike Ten Leisure, the centralized sponsor-activation and informal bowling advertising and marketing arm for the {industry}; the Worldwide Bowling Museum and Corridor of Fame; the Worldwide Bowling Professional Store and Instructors Affiliation; the Worldwide Bowling Media Affiliation; the Bowling Information Community; the Billiard and Bowling Institute of America; and the Worldwide Coaching and Analysis Middle (ITRC). A three way partnership of USBC and the Bowling Proprietors’ Affiliation of America, the ITRC is a United States Olympic Committee-recognized coaching heart; that includes 14 lanes for coaching and 6 for analysis and testing functions, the ITRC is essentially the most modern and superior coaching, analysis, and testing facility within the sport of bowling. For added details about the game of bowling, please go to www.BOWL.com. To study enjoyable ideas and see nice presents at 2,000+ bowling facilities throughout the nation, go to GoBowling.com.
Contact:
Michael Gardner
Watkins Glen Worldwide
(607) 535-3307
mgardner@nascar.com
Steph Harris
NASCAR
(386) 310-6064
sharris@nascar.com
