Pocono Raceway Tag

By: Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service LONG POND, Pa. – With his boss out of the race, Christopher Bell filled the void, pulling away to win the Overton’s 150 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race on Saturday at Pocono Raceway. Bell overtook John Hunter Nemechek on Lap 54 of 60 at the 2.5-mile triangular track and finished 1.964 seconds ahead of runner-up Ben Rhodes, who passed Nemechek for the second position on Lap 56. One circuit later Ryan Truex Jr. took the third spot from Nemechek, who held on to fourthRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer For the first time in his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career Cody Coughlin has earned at Top 10 finish. Only at the end of the race did Coughlin finally break into the Top 10 in the Overton’s 150 at Pocono Raceway. Strategy proved to be key at 2.5-mile ‘The Tricky Triangle,’ as many crew chiefs, including Coughlin’s, elected to pit before the end of Stage 2. Michael Shelton positioned Coughlin’s No. 13 JEGS Toyota Tundra for a better finish at the end of theRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor After a marathon race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway last weekend, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series heads back to Pocono Raceway for their second visit of the 2017 season as they get set for Sunday’s running of the Overton’s 400. With only three turns, instead of the four turns at all other ovals on the circuit, Pocono is definitely one of the most unique tracks on the schedule. The three turns all have differing banking with Turn 1 and its 14 degree banking modeled afterRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer  After struggling in the last three races, Ryan Truex looks to return to form in the Overton’s 150 at Pocono Raceway. This weekend, Truex will have a new sponsor on his No. 16 Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota Tundra in the grocery chain ShopRite. Crew chief Scott Zipadelli is also bringing a brand new Toyota Tundra, chassis No. 006, to the track this weekend. Truex has never competed in a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Pocono. However, he has two previous starts in theRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Twelve races into the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, five series regulars have scored a victory (Christopher Bell three times, John Hunter Nemechek twice, Johnny Sauter, Matt Crafton, and Kaz Grala once). Even though Bell has two more wins than Sauter, Sauter leads the points standings, having a seven-point advantage over Bell. The Truck Series regulars will have their hands full once again in Saturday’s race as Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series regular Kyle Busch will be in the field. The last timeRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor Last July at Pocono, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race that was postponed to Monday wound up getting shortened by fog, leading to Chris Buescher scoring his first career win in NASCAR’s premier division. Turns out that wasn’t the first time a race at Pocono has been shortened by fog and visibility issues. The first race shortened by fog came 31 years ago in the 1986 Summer 500 at Pocono, leading to not only a shortened race, but one of the closest finishes everRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor Kyle Larson left Kentucky Speedway last Saturday night with a runner-up finish and the points lead in hand, but on Wednesday afternoon, a penalty from NASCAR wiped all of that away as his team was hammered for a Level 1 violation found in post-race inspection at the NASCAR R&D Center. Larson failed to make a qualifying run for last weekend’s race, causing him to have to start the race from the back of the pack, but he was able to rebound all the way upRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor Sunday’s Axalta presents the Pocono 400 at Pocono Raceway provided one of the more memorable races at the 2.5-mile triangle-shaped track in recent memory, with Ryan Blaney scoring his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series win for the legendary Wood Brothers. To go along with Blaney’s win, here are five of the top storylines leaving the Tricky Triangle. The Young Guns are Taking Over 2017 has been the year of the young gun. Though drivers like Jimmie Johnson, Brad Keselowski, and Martin Truex, Jr. haveRead More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service LONG POND, Pa. – Dogged by Kevin Harvick for the final eight laps of Sunday’s Axalta presents the Pocono 400, Ryan Blaney held off the 2014 series champion in a breathtaking battle to claim the first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory of his career. After a restart on Lap 148 of 160, Blaney grabbed the lead from polesitter Kyle Busch on Lap 151, with Busch on older tires, doing everything he could to block Blaney’s No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford. Racing sideRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The last two weeks have been dismal for former Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Champion Brad Keselowski. At both Charlotte and Dover, he crashed out early. As the series headed to Pocono Raceway for the Pocono 400, Keselowski was looking to turn his luck around. In the first practice, Keselowski showed speed in his No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion, placing himself sixth on the speed charts. The Team Penske driver also qualified sixth. Crew chief Paul Wolfe worked on the car, improving Keselowski toRead More