Montoya wins NASCAR Sprint Cup at Watkins Glen. Nationwide and Camping World Trucks. Local drivers

NASCAR's premiere series were on the road course at Watkins Glen, N.Y., and on the oval in Nashville, Tenn., over the weekend, and there was plenty of action to keep everyone on the edge of their seats.

The main event was the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen, and while the outcome couldn't have been any further removed from Kansas City, there are still some local connections.

The favorite going into this event had to be Australian driver Marcos Ambrose. That's a fairly unusual pick for a favorite, especially since he has never won a race in the top series. But Ambrose is extraordinarily adept at road course racing thanks to his vast experience driving in the V8 Supercar Series on similar tracks on his home continent. And in fact, Ambrose won his third NASCAR Nationwide Series event in-a-row at Watkins Glen just a day earlier.

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