With that win, he passed Jeff Gordon as the all time NASCAR winner at the Glen.

Stewart would win an additional road course race at Sonoma in 2016, the year he retired.

Drivers from five different countries were in the race including the United States of America, Australia, Colombia, Italy and Canada.

An incredible crowd of 85,000 live spectators were enthralled by this 146-minute racing event where the average green flag run was almost 13 laps long.

Owing to the high number of accidents and resulting amount of debris, more than 14% of the event was raced under a caution flag.