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Track:
Pocono Raceway
Race Sponsor:
Sunoco, American Red Cross
Distance:
500 Miles
Laps:
200 Laps
Drivers and fans often complain of cookie cutter racetracks. You won’t hear those complaints about Pocono.
Completed in 1968, the 2.5 miles tri-oval is unique at every point. Three straightaways have three different lengths. Three turns have three different degrees of banking. Every aspect of a driver and team will be tested, which you can’t say at several tracks on tour.
This is the second race of the year at Pocono. But, the first race at Pocono was Memorial Day weekend. Don’t expect teams to drastically change their ride, unless their ride stunk two months ago.
From a fans perspective, Pocono is known for being extremely fan friendly, with one of the better tailgating setups. This is vacation season; so enjoy these fun facts before the race Sunday at 1 EDT on ESPN.
Pocono’s frontstretch is a super whopping 3,740 feet.
- Pocono’s backstretch is a whopping 3,055 feet.
- The banking is 14 degrees at Turn 1, 8 degrees at Turn 2 and 6 degrees at Turn 3.
- There is 2 degree banking on the stratghtaways.
- The shortstretch at Pocono just 1,780 feet.
- Denny Hamlin is the defending race champion.
- Denny Hamlin also won race here Memorial Day weekend.
- Denny Hamlin has the best average finish at the track and has won here three times.
- Wonder who I’m taking in the odds column later this week?
- Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin and Tony Stewart have the second through fifth best average finishes. Martin is the only one of the four to have not won here twice.
- Martin has 47 starts at Pocono and zero wins.
- Kurt Busch and Carl Edwards have also won twice at Pocono.
- The Pocono track is located on Long Pond Road. I don’t know why that makes me giggle.
- Pocono is building its own solar energy farm which should be online by the end of the summer. I do know why this makes me happy.
- The track does allow fanny packs. Whew.
- The track offers free parking. Kids under 12 get in free Friday and Saturday.
- Standing on the seats is prohibited. Don’t do it. Or else something will happen.
- The track also enforces the Pennsylvania Clean Air Act, or the “Suck it smokers. You can’t light up at the track act” as I call it.
- There is nowhere to buy supplies for those camping on the infield. They also don’t let folks back in the infield camping area; so bring plenty of toilet paper, grilled meat and hydration.
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