2026 Bully Hill Vineyards 176 at The Glen

The 2026 Bully Hill Vineyards 176 at The Glen was a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race held on Friday, May 8, 2026, at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York. Contested over 74 laps—extended from 72 laps due to an overtime finish on the road course, it was the eighth race of the 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season, and the eighth running of the event.

In a chaotic final stage, Kaden Honeycutt, driving for Tricon Garage, took advantage of the final overtime restart, grabbing the lead from Connor Zilisch and pulled away to earn his first career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win. Along with winning the ARCA Menards Series race on the same day, Honeycutt swept both Friday events. Zilisch dominated most of the event by winning the second stage and leading a race-high 28 laps. Zilisch finished second, and Shane van Gisbergen finished third. Daniel Hemric and Chandler Smith rounded out the top five, while A. J. Allmendinger, Brent Crews, Mini Tyrrell, Brenden Queen, and Connor Mosack rounded out the top ten.

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Background

Watkins Glen International (nicknamed "The Glen") is an automobile race track located in Watkins Glen, New York at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. It was long known around the world as the home of the Formula One United States Grand Prix, which it hosted for twenty consecutive years (1961–1980), but the site has been home to road racing of nearly every class, including the World Sportscar Championship, Trans-Am, Can-Am, NASCAR Cup Series, the International Motor Sports Association and the IndyCar Series.

Initially, public roads in the village were used for the race course. In 1956 a permanent circuit for the race was built. In 1968 the race was extended to six hours, becoming the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen. The circuit's current layout has more or less been the same since 1971, although a chicane was installed at the uphill Esses in 1975 to slow cars through these corners, where there was a fatality during practice at the 1973 United States Grand Prix. The chicane was removed in 1985, but another chicane called the "Inner Loop" was installed in 1992 after J.D. McDuffie's fatal accident during the previous year's NASCAR Winston Cup event.

Bully Hill Vineyards was announced as the title sponsor on March 31, 2026.

Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Driver Team Make 1 Brent Crews (i) Tricon Garage Toyota 2 Jackson Lee Team Reaume Ford 4 Shane van Gisbergen (i) Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 5 Adam Andretti Tricon Garage Toyota 7 Connor Mosack Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 9 Grant Enfinger CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Corey LaJoie Kaulig Racing Ram 11 Kaden Honeycutt Tricon Garage Toyota 12 Brenden Queen (R) Kaulig Racing Ram 13 Cole Butcher (R) ThorSport Racing Ford 14 Mini Tyrrell (R) Kaulig Racing Ram 15 Tanner Gray Tricon Garage Toyota 16 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Ram 17 Gio Ruggiero Tricon Garage Toyota 18 Tyler Ankrum McAnally–Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 19 Daniel Hemric McAnally–Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 20 Toni Breidinger McAnally–Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 22 Natalie Decker Team Reaume Ford 25 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Kaulig Racing Ram 26 Dawson Sutton Rackley W.A.R. Chevrolet 33 Stephen Mallozzi Team Reaume Ford 34 Layne Riggs Front Row Motorsports Ford 38 Chandler Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 42 Tyler Reif Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 44 Andrés Pérez de Lara Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 45 Ross Chastain (i) Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota 56 Timmy Hill Hill Motorsports Toyota 62 Wesley Slimp Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota 69 Dystany Spurlock (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 71 Connor Zilisch (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 76 Nathan Nicholson Freedom Racing Enterprises Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 81 Kris Wright McAnally–Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 88 Ty Majeski ThorSport Racing Ford 91 Christian Eckes McAnally–Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 98 Jake Garcia ThorSport Racing Ford 99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing FordOfficial entry list

Practice The first and only practice session was held on Friday, May 8, at 11:00 AM EST, and lasted for 50 minutes.

Brent Crews, driving for Tricon Garage, set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:11.681 seconds, and a speed of .

Practice results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime11Brent Crews (i)Tricon GarageToyota1:11.681123.045271Connor Zilisch (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet1:11.915122.645311Kaden HoneycuttTricon GarageToyota1:11.928122.623Full practice results

Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, May 1, at 12:05 PM EST. Since Watkins Glen International is a road course, the qualifying procedure used was a single round based system. All drivers were on track for a 30-minute timed session. Each driver had multiple laps to set a time. Whoever set the fastest time in that session won the pole.

Under a 2021 rule change, the timing line in road course qualifying is "not" the start-finish line. Instead, the timing line for qualifying was set at the exit of Turn 9. Brent Crews, driving for Tricon Garage, qualified on pole position with a lap of 1:10.222 seconds, and a speed of .

Two drivers failed to qualify: Toni Breidinger and Dystany Spurlock.

Qualifying results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime11Brent Crews (i)Tricon GarageToyota1:10.222125.602288Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingFord1:10.536125.043319Daniel HemricMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1:10.664124.81647Connor MosackSpire MotorsportsChevrolet1:10.736124.689571Connor Zilisch (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet1:10.737124.687617Gio RuggieroTricon GarageToyota1:10.830124.524711Kaden HoneycuttTricon GarageToyota1:10.861124.46984Shane van Gisbergen (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet1:10.916124.372999Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord1:10.950124.3131077Carson Hocevar (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet1:10.963124.2901138Chandler SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord1:10.985124.252129Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet1:11.006124.2151334Layne RiggsFront Row MotorsportsFord1:11.050124.1381415Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota1:11.120124.0161591Christian EckesMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1:11.154123.9561625A. J. Allmendinger (i)Kaulig RacingRam1:11.186123.9011798Jake GarciaThorSport RacingFord1:11.338123.6371818Tyler AnkrumMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1:11.367123.5871952Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota1:11.588123.2052042Tyler ReifNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1:11.592123.198215Adam AndrettiTricon GarageToyota1:11.596123.1912244Andrés Pérez de LaraNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1:11.613123.1622310Corey LaJoieKaulig RacingRam1:11.733122.9562413Cole Butcher (R)ThorSport RacingFord1:11.873122.7162516Justin HaleyKaulig RacingRam1:12.102122.3272681Kris WrightMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1:12.152122.2422726Dawson SuttonRackley W.A.R.Chevrolet1:12.373121.8692856Timmy HillHill MotorsportsToyota1:12.522121.6182912Brenden Queen (R)Kaulig RacingRam1:12.673121.3663014Mini Tyrrell (R)Kaulig RacingRam1:13.075120.6983176Nathan NicholsonFreedom Racing EnterprisesChevrolet1:13.240120.426Qualified by owner's points3262Wesley SlimpHalmar Friesen RacingToyota1:13.378120.2003345Ross Chastain (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet1:14.005119.181342Jackson LeeTeam ReaumeFord1:14.256118.7783533Stephen MallozziTeam ReaumeFord1:17.128114.3553622Natalie DeckerTeam ReaumeFord1:18.998111.648Failed to qualify3720Toni BreidingerMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1:13.886119.3733869Dystany Spurlock (i)MBM MotorsportsToyota1:15.982116.080Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup

Race

Race results

Stage results Stage One Laps: 20 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts119Daniel HemricMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet10217Gio RuggieroTricon GarageToyota9334Layne RiggsFront Row MotorsportsFord8425A. J. Allmendinger (i)Kaulig RacingRam0518Tyler AnkrumMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet6645Ross Chastain (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet0744Andrés Pérez de LaraNiece MotorsportsChevrolet4815Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota3910Corey LaJoieKaulig RacingRam2101Brent Crews (i)Tricon GarageToyota0 Stage Two Laps: 20 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts171Connor Zilisch (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet0277Carson Hocevar (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet0338Chandler SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord8434Layne RiggsFront Row MotorsportsFord7544Andrés Pérez de LaraNiece MotorsportsChevrolet664Shane van Gisbergen (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet079Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet4818Tyler AnkrumMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet3942Tyler ReifNiece MotorsportsChevrolet2107Connor MosackSpire MotorsportsChevrolet1

Final Stage results Stage Three Laps: 33 FinStDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1711Kaden HoneycuttTricon GarageToyota742Running552571Connor Zilisch (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet7428Running0384Shane van Gisbergen (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet740Running04319Daniel HemricMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet745Running4351138Chandler SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord740Running4061625A. J. Allmendinger (i)Kaulig RacingRam740Running0711Brent Crews (i)Tricon GarageToyota7419Running083014Mini Tyrrell (R)Kaulig RacingRam740Running2992912Brenden Queen (R)Kaulig RacingRam740Running281047Connor MosackSpire MotorsportsChevrolet740Running28111798Jake GarciaThorSport RacingFord740Running26122310Corey LaJoieKaulig RacingRam740Running27132244Andrés Pérez de LaraNiece MotorsportsChevrolet740Running34142042Tyler ReifNiece MotorsportsChevrolet740Running2515617Gio RuggieroTricon GarageToyota740Running31161591Christian EckesMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet740Running21171818Tyler AnkrumMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet743Running29181952Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota740Running19192726Dawson SuttonRackley W.A.R.Chevrolet740Running18203176Nathan NicholsonFreedom Racing EnterprisesChevrolet740Running17211334Layne RiggsFront Row MotorsportsFord740Running31223533Stephen MallozziTeam ReaumeFord740Running15232516Justin HaleyKaulig RacingRam740Running1424288Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingFord740Running1325215Adam AndrettiTricon GarageToyota730Accident1226342Jackson LeeTeam ReaumeFord700Running11272856Timmy HillHill MotorsportsToyota680Accident10283345Ross Chastain (i)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet6817Accident0292681Kris WrightMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingChevrolet640Accident8301415Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota640Running10311077Carson Hocevar (i)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet600Accident032999Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord600Running533129Grant EnfingerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet570Transmission8343262Wesley SlimpHalmar Friesen RacingToyota340Accident3352413Cole Butcher (R)ThorSport RacingFord310DVP2363622Natalie DeckerTeam ReaumeFord200Too Slow1Official race results

Race statistics

Lead changes: 10 among 6 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 6 for 15 laps Red flags: 0 Time of race: 2 hours, 10 minutes and 43 seconds Average speed:

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Kaden Honeycutt 312 2 Chandler Smith 283 (–29) 3 Layne Riggs 269 (–43) 4 Gio Ruggiero 257 (–55) 1 5 Christian Eckes 241 (–71) 1 6 Ben Rhodes 228 (–83) 7 Ty Majeski 225 (–87) 8 Corey Heim 204 (–108) 9 Tyler Ankrum 194 (–118) 3 10 Daniel Hemric 189 (–123)Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 355 2 Chevrolet 310 (–45) 3 Ford 301 (–54) 4 Ram 225 (–130) Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

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