Friday, August 4, 2017

K&N Pro Series East - Finger Lakes Wine Country 100

K&N Pro Series East - Finger Lakes Wine Country 100

Harrison Burton and Todd Gilliland are a Mere Six Points Apart

K&N Pro Series East - Finger Lakes Wine Country 100 #NASCAR
Harrison Burton will look to extend his points lead over Todd Gilliland
in the Finger Lakes Wine Country 100. (NASCAR via Getty Images)

The 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East heads to Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York, for the Finger Lakes Wine Country 100 today.

The road course event will cap off a furious midseason for teams that will have raced five times in a six-week span beginning on July 1.


Two drivers, NASCAR Next members Harrison Burton and Todd Gilliland, have emerged from the busy summer with their sights set firmly on the K&N Pro Series East championship. Gilliland, 17-years-old from Sherrills Ford, North Carolina, has won two races in a row entering Watkins Glen — including last week’s combination race at Iowa Speedway, his second straight win at the track — and trails Burton,16, by just six points atop the championship standings. The Huntersville, North Carolina, native has four wins this season and nine top fives in 10 races to hold the point lead.


Finger Lakes Wine Country 100 Race Setup:

  • • Todd Gilliland heads into Watkins Glen
    K&N Pro Series East - Finger Lakes Wine Country 100 #NASCAR
    as the hottest driver in the series, winning three of the last four races, including two in a row, to pull to within six points of Harrison Burton atop the K&N Pro Series East standings.
  • • The Finger Lakes Wine Country 100 is the fifth race in a six-week stretch for the series that has seen Burton — who has four wins this season — and Gilliland pull away from the rest of the field with just four races remaining on the schedule.

At Watkins Glen International:

  • • The track was established by law student Cameron Argetsinger in 1948 on the streets of Watkins Glen, New York.
  • • Competition moved to a temporary course in 1953, and a 2.3-mile permanent circuit was built in 1956.
  • • In 1992, the back straightaway was reconfigured, adding an inner loop that increased the length of the long course to 3.4-miles and the short course to 2.45-miles.
  • • Held its first NASCAR race in 1957, won by Buck Baker in what is now the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup.
  • • The first NASCAR K&N Pro Series East event was held in 1993 and was won by Bobby Dragon.

Finger Lake Wine Country 100 Schedule

Day/Time Event
Friday, August 4
9 a.m. Garage opens
11 .m. Rookie/Spotter Meeting
12 p.m. Driver/Crew Chief Meeting
1-2:25 p.m. Practice
3:30 p.m. Qualifying
4:30 p.m. Driver Introductions
4:45 p.m. Finger Lake Wine Country 100

* All times are local and subject to change.


Finger Lake Wine Country 100 Entry List

CAR DRIVER/HOMETOWN CREW CHIEF
2 Collin Cabre, Tampa, Fla. Matt Bucher
4 Ronnie Bassett, Jr., Winston-Salem, N.C. Kris Bowen
4 Chase Cabre, Tampa, Fla. * Mark Green
6 Ruben Garcia Jr., Mexico City, Mexico Steve Plattenberger
7 Will Rodgers, Solvang, Calif. * Jeff Jefferson
9 Enrique Baca, Monterrey, Mexico * Teddy Brown
11 Ryan Truex, Mayetta, N.J. Fuz Burgdoff
12 Harrison Burton, Huntersville, N.C. Mardy Lindley
13 Hunter Baize, Bremen, Ky. Matt Weber
16 Todd Gilliland, Sherrills Ford, N.C. Chris Lawson
17 Chase Purdy, Meridian, Miss. * Charles Barraclough
27 Matt Tifft, Hinckley, Ohio Jerry Pitts
28 Dylan Murry, Cumming, Ga. * Logan Yiengst
30 Tyler Dippel, Wallkill, N.Y. Mark Rette
31 Scott Heckert, Ridgefield, Conn. Todd Fisette
32 Robert Pawlowski, Verona, N.Y. * Dale Quarterley
40 Brandon Jones, Atlanta, Ga. Doug Howe
42 Jay Beasley, Las Vegas, Nev. John Allen
43 Gary Klutt, Halton Hills, Ont. * Ron Otto Sr.
44 Dillon Bassett, Winston-Salem, N.C. Skip Eyler


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