|| *Comments on Pocono Raceway:* View the most recent comment <#87> | Post a comment <#post> 1. Smokefan05 posted: 02.27.2010 - 10:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Both of it's race dates should be 400 miles. But other than that it's a different race track. And it's a non-cookie cutter too. 2. Cooper posted: 03.14.2010 - 3:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pocono Raceway (formerly Pocono International Raceway) also known as the Tricky Triangle or the Bermuda Triangle is a superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania at Long Pond. It is the site of two annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races held just weeks apart in June and August, and one NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event in July. Pocono is one of a very few NASCAR tracks not owned by either Speedway Motorsports, Inc. or International Speedway Corporation, the dominant track owners in NASCAR. It is owned by the Mattioli family, which also owns South Boston Speedway in South Boston, Virginia. The truck series will begin racing at Pocono in the 2010 season.[1] Outside of the NASCAR races, Pocono is used throughout the year by Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and motorcycle clubs as well as racing schools. The triangular oval also has three separate infield sections of racetrack - North Course, East Course and South Course. Each of these infield sections use a separate portion of the tri-oval to complete the track. During regular non-race weekends, multiple clubs can use the track by running on different infield sections. Also some of the infield sections can be run in either direction, or multiple infield sections can be put together - such as running the North Course and the South Course and using the tri-oval to connect the two. 3. Go24 posted: 04.18.2010 - 4:43 pm Rate this comment: (1) (4) Your right it's not a cookie cutter but it doesn't have good attendence I thing Kansas should get one of it's dates. 4. Eric posted: 04.24.2010 - 6:21 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) Go24, It's race can't be taken away right now. The ISC doesn't own the track and that means Kansas can't get one of Pocono's dates. The other thing is the fact Nascar doesn't want the date taken away because the location of the track. 5. RACER101 posted: 05.05.2010 - 9:29 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Kansas 2nd date should be tooken from California! 6. LongTallJones posted: 06.09.2010 - 2:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This must be the strangest tracks ever, if you look at the history of bizzare inccidents. Case in point, 1991. 7. I Love Japan posted: 04.20.2011 - 12:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Very unique track with very tough corners. The Tunnel Turn is the track's most distinctive feature. 8. 44andJoe posted: 12.19.2012 - 2:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) In addition to the main 2.5 mile "tricky triangle", there are several potential road-course configurations utilising infield road portions, and a 0.75mi infield oval that hosted Modified Tour races in the 1980s. 9. BMan0213 posted: 09.23.2015 - 9:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sounds like Pocono will be hosting an Xfinity race next. If the rumors are true it will be replacing the standalone Chicagoland race. 10. 02Justin10 posted: 09.24.2015 - 7:57 am Rate this comment: (0) (2) *sigh.* Rumor has it, one of the few standalone events on the Xfinity Series schedule will move to Pocono. This is just pathetic...NASCAR does not want to return Xfinity to Gateway or Memphis or Milwaukee or Lucas Oil Raceway...but hey, let's send them to Pocono! Have they seen the NXS races from the Brickyard? Do they really want more of that? *sigh.* 11. joey2448 posted: 09.29.2015 - 7:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Announced (officially) that the Xfinity series will race at Pocono on June 4, 2016, as part of the first Cup series weekend of the summer. It's the first Xfinity race in the state of Pennsylvania since May 2004 at Nazareth. 12. Cornys posted: 10.14.2015 - 6:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pcono raceway will host the Verison IndyCar Series again in 2016 per Racer.com. This is great news for IndyCar. It will likely be IndyCar's only event in August of 2016. This is mostly thanks to the olympics on NBC networks where IndyCar would usually be aired. Mid-Ohio is in late July and Boston and Sonoma will likely be in September. 13. RACE34 posted: 12.21.2015 - 1:23 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I wonder how the new low downforce package next year will work on the big 2.5 mile flat tracks like Pocono and Indianapolis. 14. 02Justin10 posted: 08.10.2016 - 1:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Announced today that Pocono Raceway will host the Verizon IndyCar Series again in 2017 and 2018. Although official dates are to be announced. 15. joey2448 posted: 08.22.2016 - 4:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) All three major events (two NASCAR races and one IndyCar race) were rained out and postponed to a Monday in 2016. That might be a first for a racetrack. 16. David posted: 02.20.2017 - 8:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Pennsylvania 400 in July will be a two-day show for the Cup cars, but get this: qualifying will be held on Sunday, before the race. Has this happened before, and when if so? 17. Eric posted: 02.20.2017 - 9:51 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @16, I think its possible that it might have happened sometime before the modern era for the cup series. What I know for sure is there had to be day where you qualify and race on the same day. I am saying that because in 1964, there was at least 2 times that season races happened 2 days between races. A prime example of that is Greenville-Pickens Speedway had a cup race on 3/28/64 and Bowman Gray Stadium had a cup race on 3/30/64. I know David Pearson, Richard Petty and Ned Jarrett did both races. 18. Sector posted: 06.06.2017 - 10:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This track is very unique. I'd like to consider this the bigger version of Phoenix International Raceway, or Phoenix being a smaller version of this track. 19. kup posted: 11.27.2017 - 12:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) NASCAR CUP Pocono Raceway 1974-2017 # races: 80 UPS: universal points system. Driver's UPoints = Miles / Aver.Finish 2 151 Mark Martin 24 525 / 11.4 2 092 Jeff Gordon 21 338 / 10.2 1 498 Terry Labonte 24 710 / 16.5 1 372 Ricky Rudd 23 743 / 17.3 1 289 Tony Stewart 15 978 / 12.4 1 246 Bill Elliott 21 310 / 17.1 1 251 Dale Earnhardt 17 633 / 14.1 1 140 Dale Jarrett 18 703 / 16.4 1 129 Jimmie Johnson 13 660 / 12.1 1 120 Ken Schrader 20 048 / 17.9 1 118 Rusty Wallace 18 775 / 16.8 1 117 Kevin Harvick 14 515 / 13.0 1 115 Darrell Waltrip 18 510 / 16.6 1 112 Jeff Burton 18 465 / 16.6 1 104 Ryan Newman 14 138 / 12.8 1 093 Kyle Petty 22 400 / 20.5 1 086 Matt Kenseth 16 075 / 14.8 1 064 Sterling Marlin 19 463 / 18.3 1 036 Geoffrey Bodine 16 998 / 16.4 1 022 Dale Earnhardt Jr 15 335 / 15.0 1 019 Harry Gant 12 835 / 12.6 1 008 Kurt Busch 14 308 / 14.2 938 Bobby Labonte 18 845 / 20.1 938 Michael Waltrip 20 363 / 21.7 841 Denny Hamlin 9 923 / 11.8 780 Greg Biffle 12 550 / 16.1 706 Richard Petty 12 428 / 17.6 702 Dave Marcis 16 768 / 23.9 696 Carl Edwards 10 160 / 14.6 696 Clint Bowyer 10 238 / 14.7 666 Jeremy Mayfield 12 385 / 18.6 657 Martin Truex Jr 10 183 / 15.5 650 Jamie McMurray 12 940 / 19.9 644 Davey Allison 6 308 / 9.8 644 Tim Richmond 6 380 / 9.9 640 Kasey Kahne 11 773 / 18.4 636 Jimmy Spencer 14 243 / 22.4 628 Brad Keselowski 6 598 / 10.5 608 Morgan Shepherd 13 260 / 21.8 596 Brett Bodine 13 598 / 22.8 591 Kyle Busch 10 338 / 17.5 20. Pacer posted: 04.19.2018 - 8:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) While Pocono these days is best known as a NASCAR track it was originally built with IndyCars in mind, specifically the USAC Champ Car series that was big in the 1960s-1970s. When Pocono was built a set of ceremonial bricks from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway were brought into in and paved into the front stretch. The track was even dubbed "The Indy of East" in its early years. Before the track was built a spinach farm once stood on this property. 21. Pollinracingpodcast posted: 06.03.2018 - 9:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (2) The distinct three turns are based off three different tracks: Turn One is based off of the infamous Langhorne Speedway, Turn Two (aka the Tunnel Turn) off of the defunct Trenton Speedway and Turn Three off of IMS 22. Timothy Eklund posted: 06.03.2018 - 9:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I recall it being Milwaukee, Lang Horne had one turn and it was wide. 23. Danish Pie posted: 06.03.2018 - 10:10 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) From the Pocono Raceway Wikipedia page: Each turn is modeled after a turn at a different track. Turn one (14 degree banking) was modeled after Trenton Speedway, turn two (also known as the "Tunnel Turn") is like Indianapolis Motor Speedway (nine degree banking), and turn three (6 degree banking) is similar to the Milwaukee Mile 24. Larson&Blaney posted: 10.03.2018 - 11:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Maybe they should consider using the road course as part of their 2nd race.a 25. 34McDowellFan posted: 03.26.2019 - 4:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Will host the first ever NASCAR doubleheader weekend in 2020 26. joey2448 posted: 03.26.2019 - 4:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pocono will host a doubleheader weekend starting in 2020. Instead of two weekends a year, Pocono will host one weekend but with a Saturday and a Sunday race in late June. Race distances have not been announced yet. 27. RaceFanX posted: 03.26.2019 - 5:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I won't lie, given how often other series run twin races I'm surprised NASCAR held off this long. Could be fun. 28. Timothy_Eklund posted: 03.26.2019 - 5:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Imagine a 5 race weekend! That would be awesome! 29. Sector posted: 03.26.2019 - 5:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Now I want to know the race distances. It'll definitely challenge a lot of drivers if they kept the races 400 miles (160 laps), so they'd have to race 800 miles in two days on Saturday and Sunday. Now if they were to cut the distances in half, 400 miles altogether, 200 miles a day (80 laps) then you can only imagine the hate these races will receive for being "short." Unless they go back to 500 miles as it used to be (200 laps), 250 miles a day (100 laps), that might make more sense and I have a feeling that's what we'll get. 30. Maverick19 posted: 03.26.2019 - 11:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They probably decided to try this out so that way the 2nd date doesn't interfere with the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. If it works, leave it that way, and if not, just move it back. Win-win. 31. Larson&Blaney posted: 03.27.2019 - 9:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) We didnt need 2 pocono races on the schedule to begin with let alone 2 in 2 days. Bleh. I like the concept but it should have been done at a road course or short track. Nobody needs to watch to Pocono 400s back to back. 32. Mile501 posted: 03.27.2019 - 12:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think they should invert the finishing order from the first race to set the starting lineup for the second race. Otherwise, there would be a decent chance of the same driver running away with both races. 33. Tarheel posted: 03.27.2019 - 2:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 32 I was thinking the same thing, if someone gets hooked up and dominates on Saturday, Sunday will probably just be a repeat. 34. 52 posted: 03.27.2019 - 2:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Would it be too far to have the 2nd race ran in the opposite direction?? That way, you would have to change setups somewhat 35. RaceFanX posted: 03.27.2019 - 3:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) While Pocono's roval layout (used for IMSA and some other high level races over the years) does run some sections of the oval backward typically American ovals are only setup for the cars to drive counterclockwise in a number of ways, such as the positioning of entrances for emergency equipment to get onto the track. It would likely be a bad idea to reverse the direction without serious planning first (take a look at that fatal crash at Walt Disney World Speedway just before its closure from that). The mostly disused Calder Park Thunderdome in Australia is the only oval I can think of that was built from the get go to allow clockwise and counterclockwise racing. 36. Sector posted: 03.27.2019 - 3:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "While Pocono's roval layout (used for IMSA and some other high level races over the years) does run some sections of the oval backward typically American ovals are only setup for the cars to drive counterclockwise in a number of ways, such as the positioning of entrances for emergency equipment to get onto the track." Indianapolis Motor Speedway does the same thing with its Grand Prix/ROVAL layout. 37. Corey posted: 03.27.2019 - 4:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Let's not forget that the cars themselves are built in such a way to allow for easier left turning. They would have to built a specific car to turn right or run their road course cars for that race. 38. 52 posted: 03.27.2019 - 5:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @37 Exactly. That's why they would have to change their setups. You wouldn't necessarily have the same team dominate in identical cars. The safety entrances would be a limiting scenario though. 39. possum posted: 03.27.2019 - 6:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @37 - exactly. Nothing is symmetric on an oval car, if you wanted to run clockwise you'd have to build a completely new car from the frame up. Or run a road course car (which is symmetric, or pretty close), and be much slower than all the guys who built clockwise cars. Not to mention little details like not being able to see the caution lights, if you ran clockwise. Even the timing loop software probably would have to be re-written to go both ways. 40. Larson&Blaney posted: 03.27.2019 - 7:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Saturday do a the Road Course, Sunday 500 thats the only way Pocono will work for this. Two of the exact same race at that track will be abismal. 41. TeamDCRfan posted: 03.27.2019 - 7:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Or, run it the normal way Saturday, then run it backwards Sunday 42. Corey posted: 03.27.2019 - 8:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @41 A backwards race will not work. 1. Track is not configured that way 2. Cars are not construct to run clockwise 3. You would need a practice session just so the drivers could get accustomed to it at the same time crews would need a chance to set up in that direction while also repairing/replacing parts used during the Saturday race. That's asking a lot for a race taking place less then 24 hours after the previous one. 43. 52 posted: 03.27.2019 - 8:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) But it is good that the cars are not configured that way. Then the crews will have to work on different setups. I was trying to come up with a creative solution to identical races on consecutive days. I would be way different than the previous day. 44. ScottB posted: 03.27.2019 - 11:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) For the Sunday race, drivers run the event using only the reverse gear. Problem solved, seats filled, TV ratings up. 45. RT posted: 03.28.2019 - 1:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 42- the track COULD be configured that way, with a few adjustment to barriers that would only take a few hours to put in. There are way too many naysayers for good, innovative ideas to make boring tracks like Pocono better. 46. Tarheel posted: 03.28.2019 - 4:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The teams wouldn't just have to set the car up different to run turning right, they would literally have to build a whole different car, like they do for a road course. I doubt Nascar will do anything so extreme as to require the teams to have two different cars.... and two backup cars, in order to be remotely competitive. I'd like to see them mix it up somehow, but realistically I don't think they'll do it. 47. Corey posted: 03.28.2019 - 5:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And those road course cars are some of the oldest in the teams fleets. 48. possum posted: 03.28.2019 - 7:12 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @43 - you don't understand the difference between setup and chassis design. Trust me, going clockwise isn't just a matter of changing the shocks and taking a couple of turns on the wedge bolt. @47 - the only problem with running a road course car is, if anyone does build a car specifically for going clockwise, they will utterly dominate - as in lap the field in 20 laps. So none of the top teams will take that chance, and they'll all feel they have to build clockwise cars. @44 - works at the Saturday night short tracks, so why not? Or have the teams put in seats for a riding mechanic, and have the driver race with a paper bag over his head, with the mechanic telling him when to turn (they did that at HIALEAH SPEEDWAY once, for the pure stocks. Turned out to be a bad idea, since no-one had considered that with the driver and passenger wearing helmets, there was no way the driver could hear his directions. The winner basically just bounced off the wall for 3 laps, most of the rest of the field got lost in the infield, which takes some doing on a 1/3 mile oval). 49. Corey posted: 03.28.2019 - 7:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @48 My whole issue is, how would you be able to prepare two different cars all at the same time. Going one direction is entirely different, going in the other direction, especially like a non-symmetrical track like Pocono. They would have to devote time for practice in both directions. along with all the companion events that are going to take place. Unless they decide to move the Xfinity and Trucks series to the old second slot Cup slot. 50. Mile501 posted: 03.28.2019 - 8:52 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) It took this page 8 years to get 24 comments, and now the number of comments has doubled this week after news broke of next year's doubleheader. 51. KentuckyWildcat posted: 03.28.2019 - 9:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What will be funny is if it rains on day of race 1 or worse, race 1 stars. Then has to be stopped before halfway, postponed til the next day. What would NASCAR do? 52. TeamDCRfan posted: 03.28.2019 - 9:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) How's the Xfinity and Truck race gonna work? Are they going to have their own weekend at the track? 53. TeamDCRfan posted: 03.28.2019 - 9:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oops, sorry, kinda reposted some more of the same there 54. JR-TV posted: 03.28.2019 - 11:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ^Same weekend. Arca as well. Will be 5 races in three or four days. Probably trucks and Arca on Friday. Xfinity and cup on Saturday. And then cup again on Sunday. 55. 52 posted: 03.29.2019 - 1:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @48. I know there would have to be differently prepared cars. My suggestion of this radical idea was the most simple idea I could come up with to avoid having identical races. In the past, the month off gives teams to adjust. It gives the track time to change. I'm not a meteorologist, but I'm betting the weather from one day to the next is gonna be pretty similar, especially during summer. I was trying to come up with a creative solution, to make both races unique. 56. Tarheel posted: 03.29.2019 - 8:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm not opposed to a double header, but why Pocono? Why not Bristol or Martinsville? And as far as whether they'll try something different in one of the races, nascar.com says two 400 mile races, so I think we're in for two days of the same couple of cars dominating. 57. Joshua posted: 03.29.2019 - 10:06 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm not so sure we'd get two identical races with the same cars up front both races. The weather in the Poconos area is notoriously unpredictable, and it's entirely possible that significantly different weather conditions could prevail from Saturday to Sunday. 58. ScottB posted: 03.29.2019 - 10:15 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Speaking of weather... rain is not uncommon at Pocono. What happens if it rains both Saturday and Sunday? Trying to run two Cup races on back to back weekdays would be a disaster for attendance and TV ratings. 59. ScottB posted: 03.29.2019 - 10:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oops, just saw this question was already brought up at #51. It sure seems like it would create a mess, though. 60. Joshua posted: 03.29.2019 - 10:21 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) I imagine they would attempt to reschedule it to one of the two bye weeks after this, and the race would end up on CNBC or something. 61. Corey posted: 03.29.2019 - 11:54 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @56 I think the reason was that Pocono had the smallest gap between races on the schedule. One in June, One in July. It was probably the easiest decision to make the doubleheader there. Also, Bristol and Martinsville both got elimination races in the playoffs, while Martinsville got a night race in the Spring. If either got the double header, more then likely they would have lost their second date and they wouldn't have taken place in the playoffs. 62. possum posted: 04.01.2019 - 8:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @55 - what you're not grasping here is that your idea isn't "radical", it's just unrealistic. You don't understand the complexity of making a car designed to only turn left go in the other direction. Now, a realistic radical idea would be to use part of the infield road course for one race (as someone upthread suggested). Or rehab the old short oval the modifieds used to run (as I recall, it was 3/4 mile using most of the front stretch, and looping back behind the pits). Either of those would work with existing cars, altho both would probably require the Mattioli's to put some asphalt down. 63. RaceFanX posted: 04.01.2019 - 9:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Pocono short track layout no longer exists, it was demolished as part of a project to improve the pit garages. 64. 52 posted: 04.01.2019 - 9:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @62. So the complexity of building race cars keep them from making right handed turns? I guess that's why they run Watkins glen clockwise. There are 2 high speed sweeping turns there. I guess that type car only works at Watkins glen. I've have a grasp on chassis building. There is a difference in difficult and impossible. An open mind is essential to saving a crumbling business. Do I think it would happen? No, it obviously wont. Just like wilkesboro and rockingham are not coming back, although I think they should. That is something else that is improbable, but not impossible. 65. Corey posted: 04.01.2019 - 10:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @64 The type of car used at Watkins Glen is a road course car. The car used there is also used at Sonoma and Charlotte Roval, specifically because it can turn right. Those car are sometimes the teams oldest cars in the fleet as the teams don't want to have to build a new one every year. All the other tracks use cars specifically designed for ovals and are built in a way to turn left. This isn't just for the chassis but the body as well. Try going clockwise with it won't work. 66. possum posted: 04.03.2019 - 9:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @64 - now you're just being childish. You know full well (or should, if you know anything about NASCAR) that the teams have special cars for road courses. As Corey pointed out, it's worth having a special car for road courses since there's more than one of them, and the races happen every year, and they've had many many years to work on the design. What you don't seem to accept is, a road course car is not designed to be good at turning right. It's designed to be equal for both right and left turns. It wouldn't be particularly good on a track that's all right turns (or one that's all lefts, of course). To run one race clockwise, it's not worth designing and building a special car. Sure, you could do it - neither I nor anyone else has said you couldn't. But it's not realistic to think anyone would want do it, not for one race that might never be repeated. As for a grasp of chassis building, nothing you've posted suggests you have even a vague idea of what goes into chassis design. Maybe you do have a grasp, but if so you need to work on conveying it in your posts. 67. 52 posted: 04.03.2019 - 10:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I accept that you dont agree with my ideas. Do not think name calling was warranted for a health debate. 68. 52 posted: 04.03.2019 - 11:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Healthy debate. Sorry 69. steve posted: 07.29.2019 - 10:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (3) Does anyone else know that three Track Record Qualifying Times, one of which stood nearly twenty years, are missing from this site due to NASCAR's fear of embarrassment. In October 1977, 1978, and 1979, Dr. Joe Gerber brought the Race Of Champions for Pavement MODIFIEDS to the BIG TRACK at POCONO after TRENTON was sold to shopping center development after LANGHORN (the original ROC site) was sold to shopping center development! All three years, New Track Qualifying Records were set for STOCK CARS being faster than CUP SERIS Records. Because of this, although the MODIFIED Division was the FIRST in NASCAR's History starting in 1948, Dr. Gerber was forced in 1980 to start presenting the R.O.C. on the little 3/4 mile track so that the Cup cars could catch up to and surpass the MODIFIED speeds on the Big Track. That took at least 15 years. Since 1980, NASCAR has made sure that the MODIFIEDS have not run any of the same tracks as the Cup cars or that, if they did, their speed was limited by a gear rule or a carburetor restrictor plate or both. You might ask why NASCAR acted this way? It was CUBIC DOLLARS. The NON-Full bodied MODIFIEDS do NOT have enough space for as much SPUNSORSHOP so less CUBOC DOLLARS than the Full Bodied Cup cars. 70. gary24fan posted: 07.29.2019 - 10:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @69: You make a good point but, and this is just a personal peeve of mine, your regular use of all caps and poor spelling really cause it to lose some luster. Spunsorship? 71. RaceFanX posted: 07.29.2019 - 11:13 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Trenton also got knocked down to become a sculpture park and a subdivision, not a shopping center. 72. Canadianfan posted: 10.29.2019 - 2:14 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Pocono's 2020 Race Lengths Confirmed. They will host 1,250 miles of racing as part of the NASCAR Doubleheader Week from June 25-28, featuring a 325-Mile NASCAR Cup Series Race on Saturday and 350-Mile NASCAR Cup Series Race on Sunday. 73. 1995-Subaru-WRX-Sti posted: 10.29.2019 - 3:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ^ While I would do it differently (though not much different). I am glad they aren't doing 2 400 mile races back too back. 74. Canadianfan posted: 10.29.2019 - 4:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @73 The teams are definitely concerned about engine mileage. Hence the unusual race lengths that were chosen. 75. Mile501 posted: 10.29.2019 - 7:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's interesting that the two Cup races will be slightly different lengths. I like that idea, so at least it isn't the exact same race length both days (maybe having a greater difference between the lengths would have been even better). Here are the specifics on the 2020 Pocono race weekend: ARCA: 200 miles / 80 laps Trucks: 150 miles / 60 laps Sat Cup: 325 miles / 130 laps Xfinity: 225 miles / 90 laps Sun Cup: 350 miles / 140 laps 76. Tarheel posted: 10.29.2019 - 8:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I wonder which drivers will be attempting all five races that weekend. You can be certain someone will. 77. Mile501 posted: 10.29.2019 - 8:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @76 - That sounds like something Ross Chastain would attempt to do. 78. Anonymous posted: 10.29.2019 - 8:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's amazing how NASCAR and their media have tricked the fans into thinking shorter races are better. 79. Corey posted: 10.29.2019 - 9:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @78 As far as I'm aware they are running the same car/engine both days. So while the two races are shorter, the overall distance they need to cover will be 675 miles. Longer then the current Coke 600. How a team manages the two races will be the key to success throughout the entire weekend and even then endurance may play a factor in that second race. 80. Anonymous posted: 10.29.2019 - 9:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just change the oil and the cars and equipment will be fine. And I bet Kyle Busch would try to run all the races and pad his win totals. 81. JSPorts posted: 04.20.2020 - 12:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Top 10 drivers since 2017: 1st: Kyle Busch 2nd: Kevin Harvick 3rd: Brad Keselowski 4th: Martin Truex, Jr. 5th: Clint Bowyer 6th: Denny Hamlin 7th: Chase Elliott 8th: Kyle Larson 9th: Ryan Blaney 10th: Kurt Busch 82. Corey posted: 05.16.2020 - 12:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) As of right now, Pennsylvania is still not ready to allow NASCAR races. If the current schedule holds true, Pocono would be the first track after Talladega. Gov. Tom Wolf currently has not made a decision as Pocono Raceway sits in a red zone. We probably know more in about two weeks time. 83. Corey posted: 05.18.2020 - 2:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf says NASCAR will be allowed to race at Pocono if Monroe County moves to a yellow phase before the end of June. Currently they are red. 84. JSPorts posted: 05.29.2020 - 4:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pocono Raceway will hold its NASCAR races without fans in attendance, track officials announced Friday. The NASCAR Cup Series is scheduled to head to the 2.5-mile racetrack in Long Pond for the series' first doubleheader weekend with a 325-mile race on Saturday, June 27, and a 350-mile event on Sunday, June 28. The decision to move forward with no fans in attendance comes as Monroe County shifts into the yellow phase of Governor Tom Wolf's reopening strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Cup Series doubleheader marks the first time the sport's top division will complete two separate events in consecutive days at the same facility. Procedures for the events at Pocono Raceway have yet to be announced. 85. Corey posted: 05.29.2020 - 4:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well it has a giant infield. The crews could camp out over night as long as the tents remain six feet apart. 86. Canadianfan posted: 06.30.2020 - 1:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Pocono Raceway: It is with sadness announce Dr. Rose Mattioli, our track's matriarch, has passed away. Dr. Rose has left an incredible legacy in motorsports, as well as an unparalleled impact on the Pocono Mountains. We will miss you, Dr. Rose. (She was 92.) 87. Canadianfan posted: 10.01.2020 - 1:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I always see people talk about Pocono needing to lose a date or both and that will never happen and I will explain why. First this race always gets very good attendance people like the camping/party atmosphere hence the ?Party in the Poconos? race name. And the second is it is in a very important location for the TV market it is close to New York City (Closer than Watkins Glen.), Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Pittsburgh. It may not have the best racing but it honestly it doesn't matter because it is in such an important strategic spot. The Mattioli's knew what they were doing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: