The title picture sharpens after Watkins Glen
The title picture sharpens after Watkins Glen

ANADELL DELIVERS AT THE GLEN, CHAMPIONSHIP EDGE GROWS

October 25, 2025

Watkins Glen is a place that exposes everything. Miss a braking zone, you’re off track. Get greedy on throttle, you’re in the grass. And if you don’t have rhythm, you’re done before the halfway mark. On Wednesday night, Morgan Anadell made it look easy, turning The Glen 110 into another statement win in a season that’s quickly becoming his.

Starting from the pole, Anadell wasted no time taking command, leading all but one lap and dictating the pace from the drop of the green. It wasn’t just about speed—it was control. Lap after lap, he hit his marks through the Esses and managed the bus stop with a calm that the rest of the field struggled to match.

Sam Luebbers was the only driver to briefly interrupt the script, grabbing the lead for a single lap before Anadell reclaimed it immediately. That exchange served more as a reminder than a challenge—the number 8 Toyota Camry had the race covered.

Behind them, the race was anything but calm. With no cautions to reset the field, mistakes piled up quickly, and the incident counts told the story of a race that demanded perfection. Drivers who pushed too hard paid the price, and even the best had moments they’d rather forget.

Luebbers fought through seven incidents to bring it home second, while Roy Schwalbach endured one of the roughest podium finishes you’ll ever see, racking up 15 incidents but still managing to stay in the hunt. “The #5 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 was fast, but I spent more time catching it than driving it,” Schwalbach said.

Isaac Morales delivered a solid fourth-place run despite six incidents of his own, while Samuel Andersen crossed the line fifth after a night that included the highest incident total in the field. “The number 66 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 just didn’t want to stay under me in the braking zones,” Andersen said. “Every lap felt like a reset.”

Benjamin Dyer and Benjamin Myrick rounded out the middle of the field, both struggling to find consistent pace, while Sean McMillan added another steady finish to his recent stretch of strong runs.

Further back, it unraveled. Josh Smith battled through double-digit incidents that derailed his night, and Tom Smith never found a rhythm, repeatedly missing marks and losing ground. Ed Salls showed early promise but faded quickly, dropping from a top-three start to near the bottom of the running order.

The fastest lap of the race belonged—unsurprisingly—to Anadell, who laid down a 1:10.951 on Lap 4, setting the tone early and reinforcing that no one had an answer for his pace.

One of the more heated moments came between Benjamin Dyer and Isaac Morales, who traded positions through the bus stop and didn’t give each other much room. “He used every inch of the curb and then some,” Morales said. Dyer responded, “That’s racing here—if you leave space, you’re giving it away.”

There was also frustration brewing between Schwalbach and Luebbers late in the race as the two navigated traffic differently. “I thought he was going to give me a lane,” Luebbers said. Schwalbach shrugged it off: “At Watkins Glen, you make your own lane.”

David McSorley never got the chance to factor into any of it, exiting the race early and finishing last without completing a lap—a tough break on a night where survival alone was half the battle.

At the front, though, there was no drama. Anadell controlled the race from start to finish, securing his sixth win of the season and stretching his points lead to 66 as the championship picture begins to come into focus.

Next up is the Kansas Speedway 200 Classic, where the series returns to an oval and the racing tightens back up. But after a run like this, the question isn’t about the track—it’s about whether anyone has enough time left to catch Anadell before the season runs out.