Gordon goes from chase purgatory to ‘Wild Card’ potential
So who’s got the golden horseshow now? That would be Jeff Gordon, who went from Chase purgatory to provisional “wild card” qualifier in the blink of an eye last Sunday at Pocono Raceway.
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Tag Archive: Pocono Raceway
Aug 08
NASCAR National Series News and Notes + Fast Facts
A look at some of the top statistical performers at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania going into the Pennsylvania 400 on August 5.
Aug 01
Biffle wins one for Roush, Ford at Pocono (+result)
Sunoco Red Cross 500 results
Biffle raced to victory in an often-delayed Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway on Sunday to snap a 64-race winless streak and take the checkered flag for his injured team owner. Biffle hadn’t won since the first two races in the 2008 Chase for the Cup championship. But with Roush in the Mayo Clinic for injuries sustained in a plane crash in Wisconsin, Biffle found Victory Lane.
Denny Hamlin (No. 11 FedEx Toyota) has plenty of reasons for optimism as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series arrives at Pocono Raceway for this Sunday’s Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500. Jul 23
Multi-Truck qualifying procedure planned
For inaugural NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event at Pocono Raceway
NASCAR announced today that it will revise the qualifying procedure for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series’ inaugural Pocono Mountains 125 at Pocono Raceway on Saturday, July 31, with a multi-truck session on the 2.5-mile track.
May 21
NASCAR roars into Pocono Mountains
Northeast Pennsylvania vacation destination kicks off summer with NASCAR race
NASCAR makes its first of two annual stops in the Pocono Mountains with the Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 on June 6; one of many leisure pursuits available throughout the iconic, four-county destination, close to many East Coast cities.
Aug 03
Hamlin uses emotions to propel him to Pocono win (+result)
Carpentier out of race early on team’s order
On a day when his emotions were battered as wildly as a palm tree in a hurricane, Denny Hamlin was able to harness them into a pin-point focus and eliminated some of the concerns that perhaps he had lost the ability to put a dominant finish on a dominant performance.
Sunday’s running of the Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway (1 p.m. ET, ESPN) marks the halfway point in the Race to the Chase and the second time the Cup Series visits Long Pond, Pa., for 500 miles of Cup Series action. 
The conclusion of Sunday’s Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 marks the fifth event in the 10-event “Race to the Chase” which leads into NASCAR’s playoffs, the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Jun 10
Kyle Busch makes history
When Kyle Busch set out to execute his history-making feat by racing in three NASCAR series events in three different states in three consecutive days, crashing both his Sprint Cup cars and losing 121 points of his lead in the top series was not on the travel itinerary.