This weekend, the NASCAR Xfinity Series heads to Watkins Glen International Raceway for the Shriners Hospital 200 for Race 23 of the 2023 season.

Race Info:

Date: Saturday, August 19th
Time: 3:30pm EST
Purse: $1,257,045
TV: USA Network
Distance: 200.9 Miles (82 Laps)
Stages: 20,20,42

Notable Entries:

– Josh Bilicki in the #07 for SS Greenlight Racing. Chris Hacker was originally set to be in the car but was arrested on August 15th due to a DWI and was indefinitely suspended by NASCAR.

– Alex Labbe in the #08 for SS Greenlight Racing.

– Kyle Busch in the #10 for Kaulig Racing. AJ Allmendinger was originally gonna be in the car but his the limit for how many NXS Races you can be in as a 4+ year cup driver.

– Alex Bowman in the #17 for Hendrick Motorsports

– Ty Gibbs in the #19 for Joe Gibbs Racing

– Stanton Barrett in the #35 for Emerling-Gase Motorsports

– Stefan Parsons in the #44 for Alpha Prime Racing

– Patrick Emerling in the #53 for Emerling-Gase Motorsports

– Casey Carden in the #74 for CHK Racing. This will be his NXS debut if he qualifies in.

– Ross Chastain in the #91 for DGM Racing

– Max McLaughlin in the #96 for FRS Racing. This will be his NXS debut if he qualifies in.

Playoff Picture:

With 5 Races left till the chase begins after Bristol, there is still a tight battle from 10th to 13th between 4 drivers and organizations.

10th 11 Hemric +50
11th 98 Herbst +34
12th 2 Creed +17
———— CUT OFF ——————-
13th 48 Kligerman -17
14th 9 Jones -65
15th 25 Moffitt -95
16th 26 Grala -153
17th 31 Retzlaff -173
18th 39 R.Sieg -189
19th 51 Clements -214
20th 92 Williams -288

With the Wild Card race at Daytona next week, anything can surely happen and shake this picture up.

Predictions:

Winner Prediction: Alex Bowman

Bowman may only have 1 NXS start here at The Glen (2013) but I believe he’ll get it done Saturday and take home the win after dominating the race.

Top 10 Predictions:

1st – 17 Bowman
2nd – 19 Gibbs
3rd – 98 Herbst
4th – 21 Hill
5th – 20 Nemechek
6th – 7 Allgaier
7th – 18 C.Smith
8th – 1 Mayer
9th – 00 Custer
10th – 91 Chastain

Thank you for reading my preview and predicitons for the NXS race at Watkins Glen!

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