Complete Preview of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Watkins Glen

There's a rather strange irony heading into Sunday's Cheez-It 355 at The Glen. The all-time leading Sprint Cup winner at Watkins Glen International won't be there to potentially add to the five wins he already has there over the years. That's because Tony Stewart will likely still be in a hospital bed in Kannapolis, N.C., watching the race on TV and recovering from a second surgery to stabilize the shattered right leg he suffered in a sprint car crash Monday in Iowa. This will be the first Cup race Stewart has missed in his entire career, ending an iron man-like streak of 521 consecutive starts dating back to his first race in NASCAR's top level in 1999. While Marcos Ambrose has won the last two races at WGI and is one of the favorites to ...

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