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Martin Truex Jr. held off Matt Kenseth to win his series-leading fourth race of the season at Watkins Glen on Sunday. The No. 78 took the lead with three laps to go after Brad Keselowski and Ryan Blaney ran out of fuel.

The win is Truex's first at The Glen. He has won at both road courses as he took the checkered flag at Sonoma in 2013. The No. 78 was on track to win at Sonoma earlier this season, leading the most laps before suffering a heartbreaking engine failure with just 24 laps to go.

Truex was one of our picks to win the race. Other picks that finished in the top 10 included Kyle Busch and AJ Allmendinger.

The No. 78 already had a dominating playoff points lead heading into the race and has now added another five points, bringing his total to an impressive 34. Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson is more than double the points behind him with 16.

Kyle Busch dominated Stage 1, leading every lap after starting on the pole. Busch had more than a four second lead over Truex Jr., who finished the stage second. The mid-race win was Busch's ninth of the season as he continues to get close to Truex Jr.'s series leading 14.

Chase Elliott also added eight valuable regular season points with a third place finish in Stage 1. Elliott, who qualified fourth, is one of the drivers on the bubble and with win-parity abundant, the more points the No. 24 accrues, the safer his playoff spot will be. 

Rookie Daniel Suarez led 10 laps and held off Truex in Stage 2 to earn his first career midrace win. Busch finished the stage ninth after being forced to pit twice due to lug nut and tire issues. Matt Kenseth, another driver with playoff aspirations, leveled with Elliott after finishing third as well in the second stage.

Busch got into it with Keselowski early in the final stage, colliding and spinning toward the wall. Both drivers had to pit, sending them to the rear of the field. Keselowski and Busch were each able to climb back into contention thanks to a Landon Cassill debris caution shortly after the accident.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. had to take his car to the garage after a power issue in his final race at Watkins Glen. This was the second time this season that Junior saw his day end due to mechanical problems and the seventh time he failed to complete a race this season. 

Kevin Harvick was looking to sweep the road races this season after winning at Sonoma in June, but saw those hopes come to an end when he collided with Brett Moffitt on pit road. The No. 4 Stewart Haas-Racing Chevrolet team was forced to make multiple repairs to the body of the car, which inevitably sent them to the rear of the field.

I LOVE NEW YORK 355 at The Glen results

  1. Martin Truex Jr.
  2. Matt Kenseth
  3. Daniel Suarez
  4. Denny Hamlin
  5. Clint Bowyer
  6. Kurt Busch
  7. Kyle Busch
  8. Ryan Blaney
  9. AJ Allmendinger
  10. Erik Jones
  11. Chris Buescher
  12. Michael McDowell
  13. Chase Elliott
  14. Jamie McMurray
  15. Brad Keselowski
  16. Kasey Khane
  17. Kevin Harvick
  18. Paul Menard
  19. Ty Dillon
  20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
  21. Aric Almirola
  22. Danica Patrick
  23. Kyle Larson
  24. Joey Logano
  25. Ryan Newman
  26. Austin Dillon
  27. David Ragan
  28. Matt DiBenedetto
  29. Jimmie Johnson
  30. Boris Said
  31. Gary Klutt
  32. Brett Moffitt
  33. Corey LaJoie
  34. Cole Whitt
  35. Trevor Bayne
  36. Landon Cassill
  37. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series standings

POSITION

DRIVER

CAR #

POINTS

BEHIND

WINS

1.

Martin Truex Jr.

78

881

LEADER

4

2.

Kyle Busch

18

765

116

1

3.

Kyle Larson

42

759

122

2

4.

Kevin Harvick

4

746

135

1

5.

Denny Hamlin

11

687

194

1

6.

Brad Keselowski

2

681

200

2

7.

Chase Elliott

24

648

233

0

8.

Jamie McMurray

1

643

238

0

9.

Matt Kenseth

20

637

244

0

10.

Clint Bowyer

14

609

272

0

11.

Jimmie Johnson

48

574

307

3

12.

Ryan Blaney

21

565

316

1

13.

Joey Logano

22

542

339

1

14.

Kurt Busch

41

528

353

1

15.

Daniel Suarez

19

508

373

0

16.

Ryan Newman

31

503

378

1

Winless drivers that have won at upcoming tracks

Michigan: Earnhardt Jr., Kenseth
Bristol: Kenseth, Earnhardt Jr.
Darlington: Kenseth
Richmond: Kenseth, Bowyer, Earnhardt Jr.

*Logano's win at Richmond was encumbered