**TLDR** — The verdict is in, and it's lopsided. A commanding 77% of NASCAR fans (465 of 607 votes) called the Go Bowling at The Glen a good race, while just 23% disagreed. Shane van Gisbergen's masterclass on the road course captivated the majority, with one reader gushing it was the "best race in years on any kind of track" and another calling SVG's charge through the field an "awesome experience." Even some Yes voters had gripes — frustration at NASCAR adding 10 laps that turned the finish into a fuel-mileage chess match instead of flat-out racing. The No camp leaned on a familiar complaint: runaway road races are predictable, with one fan arguing a ringer dominating by six or seven seconds isn't really a race at all. Still, the numbers don't lie — three out of four fans walked away entertained, and SVG remains the road-course king fans love to watch.
Essentially NASCAR
May 11, 2026
Was the Go Bowling at Glen at Good Race?
77%
Yes
465
23%
No
142
607 readers voted
We asked readers to weigh in — 45 shared their take. Here’s what they said:
Reader Reactions
45
hj**l*s*7@gmail.com
May 10, 2026 · 7:22 PM EDT
I enjoy road races, but the O’Reilly series is better,
hu***c**e***8@msn.com
May 11, 2026 · 9:10 AM EDT
Race was boring!
co***e***w***2@gmail.com
May 10, 2026 · 7:45 PM EDT
Great race!
mr**b*u*r@gmail.com
May 10, 2026 · 9:21 PM EDT
It kept me guessing who would win until the last laps. A shame they added 10 more laps, creating a gas mileage race where drivers had to be conservative, instead of simply RACING. Very DUMB move by Nascar!!
bi*k*d*3@hotmail.com
May 10, 2026 · 7:20 PM EDT
We all know who's going to win these road races. Why even watch?
rd****i****o****4@gmail.com
May 10, 2026 · 9:37 PM EDT
SVG got out far enough that made it boring at first then nobody had anything for him later in the race. He's not worth a shit on anything but road courses so him winning today makes him eligible for the chase when he said he wasn't going to contend for it so he took somebody's spot that was going to contend.
bi****l***d***1@gmail.com
May 11, 2026 · 4:49 AM EDT
I only got to read about it because i can't afford all the pay per view channels that Nascar has now in it's greed for money. So i get my speed fix with NHRA and INDY CAR RACING watching Nascar is a thing of the past for me.
su**e*7*5@gmail.com
May 11, 2026 · 10:18 AM EDT
It was a good, clean race. I enjoyed it very much. I just don't like people (news) talking rude about the drivers. They are doing their best. Also fines should be equal for all; not the ones Nascar choses to not fine.
te**r*o*2@gmail.com
May 10, 2026 · 10:20 PM EDT
I missed the 1st stage and half of the 2nd stage, but the last stage was exciting to watch. SVG drove the wheels off that Chevy. The 54 and 88 were fun to watch too.
mi**e*0*8@hotmail.com
May 10, 2026 · 8:38 PM EDT
When one driver dominates a race by 6 or 7 seconds there is no race. You want a good race then there should be a chance for other racers to win.
ro**c*n**n@gmail.com
May 10, 2026 · 7:17 PM EDT
Shane in the 97 car sets a fire under the top drivers with how much faster a road course can be handled. Watching Shane drive through the pack to take the lead was an awesome experience. Well done Shane.
ed***a***s***0@gmail.com
May 10, 2026 · 8:10 PM EDT
It was exciting and not boring
dn*la*d@rvdiscovery.com
May 11, 2026 · 7:27 AM EDT
Runaway races are never entertaining.
ca***a**1***7@gmail.com
May 10, 2026 · 9:05 PM EDT
Best race in years on any kind of track...thank you SVG! BUT stupid nascar idiots will find some way to make it not good! And I, along with most fans are so tired of seeing "bubber walrus" 23 blame everyone but himself for his stupidity! When are the "geniuses" at crapcar gonna fine his stupid ass and shut him up?
bo**a**e**9@gmail.com
May 10, 2026 · 8:50 PM EDT
not a fan of road races
ro****j***i***8@gmail.com
May 10, 2026 · 11:57 PM EDT
The race was predictable, svg is a road racer that makes him a ringer and there fore should not be allowed to race on road courses on the nascar circuit
dp*l*0*1@gmail.com
May 10, 2026 · 7:14 PM EDT
I like road courses. I dislike stage racing.
st*c*y*8@gmail.com
May 10, 2026 · 7:14 PM EDT
SVG is our boy from little old NZ, racing from down under, knew he could do it. Such a legend.
ri***r**a**5@gmail.com
May 11, 2026 · 7:31 AM EDT
Not into roadracing
rs***h**s**1@gmail.com
May 11, 2026 · 9:59 AM EDT
SVG what more can one say
je****o***n***h@gmail.com
May 11, 2026 · 8:13 AM EDT
one car had morespeed than any one else
bo***d**q***6@gmail.com
May 11, 2026 · 8:40 AM EDT
A treat watching the finest road racer in the world do his thing.
rj*ank@gmail.com
May 10, 2026 · 7:11 PM EDT
When one car has as much as 7 seconds on the next car, not much of a race.
bm*ri*4@hotmail.com
May 11, 2026 · 9:36 AM EDT
It seems that the ending was very exciting but I missed it! I went to sleep. Really don't know at the point I went to sleep. Have sat through some boring races bit have NEVER gone to sleep during any race!!!! So....it must have been boring for me to fall asleep. Don't truly like the road races so think it's time to spend it some other way...good book, maybe.
fr*d*8*8@gmail.com
May 10, 2026 · 7:52 PM EDT
One of the greatest drives ever! SVG took advantage of fresh tires and plenty of gas to slice through the field. Announcers and rival crew chiefs were dumbfounded by his run back to the lead. With a decent car, SVG is still the guy to beat on road courses.
cc**0*o**r@gmail.com
May 11, 2026 · 9:21 AM EDT
Yes! SVG won and that was great!! Master class of driving!
ba***r**o**r@gmail.com
May 10, 2026 · 8:01 PM EDT
What was so good about the race, I turned the station, and watched an old Clint Eastwood movie, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, I don't know who done the polling, they must have been drunk, and now you know why NASCAR's TV ratings are terrible!
tom@scubacenter.com
May 11, 2026 · 2:30 AM EDT
Was that the most passing in the shortest amount of laps ever?
jo**b**e**4@gmail.com
May 10, 2026 · 7:35 PM EDT
Good race,lot of passing. SVG is nearly unbeatable on a road coarse.
lo*p*i*e@hotmail.com
May 11, 2026 · 7:29 AM EDT
Great racing, but poor TV coverage!
na**v*h*t@hotmail.com
May 11, 2026 · 5:43 AM EDT
Although it would have been much BETTER in August and not in a Chilly May - Very Poor Planning on Nascar's part
la**y**s**n@gmail.com
May 10, 2026 · 11:07 PM EDT
Typical road course, not like the boaring restrictor plate.
me**r*d*1@gmail.com
May 10, 2026 · 9:02 PM EDT
Winner was obvious from lap 1
sk**1@hotmail.com
May 10, 2026 · 7:44 PM EDT
Hard to beat this one.
mi***b**n**c@gmail.com
May 11, 2026 · 11:20 AM EDT
Exciting, unpredictable, and an exceptional race course with so many different skills required to master it.
je**n*c**t@gmail.com
May 11, 2026 · 11:04 AM EDT
Never is...racing shouldn’t be about slow down and save fuel. What the hell is Legge doing in a Cup car?
gr**e*h**1@msn.com
May 11, 2026 · 8:00 AM EDT
follow the leader
da***g**s***g@hotmail.com
May 11, 2026 · 7:11 AM EDT
SVG is unbelievable !!!!!
ga*****y****1****4@gmail.com
May 10, 2026 · 7:11 PM EDT
Road course races sucks
se***i**t***y@gmail.com
May 11, 2026 · 2:33 AM EDT
I don't really like road races. Tracking races are more interesting to watch in my opinion.
sk**g*r*5@hotmail.com
May 10, 2026 · 7:30 PM EDT
Not a fan of any road course
bi**m*o**7@gmail.com
May 11, 2026 · 9:20 AM EDT
Why did you change the tires??? Three was never any marbles there before. Now you only have one lane, on Saturday they had multiple lanes. The extra power and laps is great, but, you need to finish the whole equation... Try putting up a race the old fashioned way, you know, no stages just full racing. Put the pit crews in the race also. You as NASCAR, you are destroying stock car racing.......
ls*ant@me.com
May 10, 2026 · 9:17 PM EDT
A lot of back and forth of the drivers. A lot of action. Really kept me interested.
ka**a**7**0@gmail.com
May 11, 2026 · 8:26 AM EDT
I'm glad to see the kiwi win!
bi**g**1**6@outlook.com
May 10, 2026 · 10:13 PM EDT
It was very boring only 3 or 4 cars really racing