Cindric Dominates For K&N Pro East Watkins Glen Win

Austin Cindric took home his second NASCAR K&N Pro Series East victory Friday after leading all 41 laps at Watkins Glen International. Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/NASCAR via Getty Images

For Austin Cindric, it’s deuces wild thus far in 2016.

Two starts, two road courses, two poles, two wins.

This time around, Cindric led all 41 laps of the Bully Hill 100 at Watkins Glen International, going two-for-two in his NASCAR K&N Pro Series East career.

Cindric’s No. 39 Reynolds Wrap Toyota for Martin-McClure Racing held off series points leader Justin Haley, who again played bridesmaid to Cindric. Haley also finished second to Cindric at Virginia International Raceway on April 30.

With the win, the 18-year-old from Mooresville, North Carolina, became the first driver in series history to win his first two career K&N Pro Series East starts.

Despite the statistically perfect race, Cindric’s victory didn’t come without a spirited charge from Haley, who padded his series lead of 11 top 10s in as many races this season.

“Most physical race of my career so far,” Cindric said. “You gotta work for it and Haley made me work for it every little bit.”

In the closing laps, Haley chomped away at Cindric’s lead, slicing the deficit to a half second with five laps remaining.

But as the laps waned, so did Haley’s hopes. Cindric’s advantage ballooned before settling on the margin of victory of .856 seconds.

On lap 31, Haley passed NASCAR Camping World Truck Series regular Cole Custer in turn 1, setting up the 10-lap battle for victory. The two front-runners ran nose-to-tail for a number of laps before Cindric finally pulled away to the win.

Cindric’s day ended far better than it began. In Friday morning’s final practice, his engine expired, forcing his team to change the motor prior to the afternoon’s qualifying session – one in which Cindric captured the 21 Means 21 Pole with a lap of 121.810 mph.

Custer finished third in Friday evening’s race, followed by Kaz Grala and Collin Cabre. Kyle Benjamin, Tyler Dippel, Adam Andretti, Hunter Baize and Alex Schutte rounded out the top 10.

Haley leads Benjamin by 36 points with three races remaining.

The NASCAR K&N Pro Series East will return to action on Sept. 5 at South Carolina’s Greenville Pickens Speedway.

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
Watkins Glen International – Watkins Glen, NY
Bully Hill Vineyards 100 – Aug. 5, 2016

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	B/Points	Status
1	1	39	Austin Cindric *	Reynolds Wrap Toyota	41	48	5	Running
2	2	5	Justin Haley	Braun Auto Chevrolet	41	42		Running
3	3	98	Cole Custer	Haas Automation Chevrolet	41	41		Running
4	4	3	Kaz Grala	NETTTS Toyota	41	40		Running
5	5	2	Collin Cabre	UTI/NTI Toyota	41	39		Running
6	8	40	Kyle Benjamin	Ranier Racing Chevrolet	41	38		Running
7	9	38	Tyler Dippel *	East West Marine/TyCar Chevrolet	41	37		Running
8	10	75	Adam Andretti *	Engineered Components Toyota	41	36		Running
9	20	13	Hunter Baize *	Bicycle Playing Cards/Pine Mountain Firelogs	41	35		Running
10	7	88	Alex Schutte	Zitovault Ford	41	34		Running
11	15	8	Tyler Hughes *	Enduring Hearts Ford	41	33		Running
12	13	12	Harrison Burton *	DEX Imaging/Konica Minolta Toyota	40	32		Running
13	19	4	Ali Kern *	Max Siegel, Inc. Toyota	40	31		Running
14	16	49	John Holleman IV *	Midway Mobile Storage Ford	38	30		Running
15	11	7	Noah Gragson	SPEEDVEGAS/AlertID/Colliers Int’l Ford	37	29		Running
16	12	30	Dominique Van Wieringen *	Durobyte Ford	34	28		Ignition
17	6	6	Ruben Garcia Jr. *	L&M Ethanol Toyota	30	27		Drive Shaft
18	18	46	Brian Henderson *	BDL Motorsports/Verizon Toyota	28	26		Accident
19	17	31	Glen Reen *	Whelen Engineering/Top Rung Toyota	27	25		Running
20	14	1	Austin Theriault	Fukushima/Tochigi Toyota	26	24		Running
21	21	42	J.A. Junior Avila *	Rev Racing Toyota	0	23		Oil Pump

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RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier: Austin Cindric *, Time: 75.065 Seconds, Speed: 117.498 mph

Time of Race: 1 hrs., 6 mins, 32 secs Average Speed: 90.586 mph Margin of Victory: 0.856 Seconds

Caution Flags: Laps 9-11 (Debris – Bus Stop – FP#1); 22 (Break – FP#75). 2 for 4 laps.

Lap Leaders: Austin Cindric * 1-41.

Total Laps Led: Austin Cindric * 41. 0 changes involving 1 drivers.

Top 10 Driver Points: Justin Haley 457, Kyle Benjamin 421, Austin Theriault 383, Hunter Baize * 370, Tyler Dippel * 368, Noah Gragson 356, Collin Cabre 355, Spencer Davis * 354, Harrison Burton * 342, John Holleman IV * 332

* – Denotes Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender