POCONO NOTES
DID YOU KNOW? … Ryan Blaney leads the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series standings by four points going into this weekend’s Pocono Mountains 150. The last time a Ford driver held that position was in 2008 when Rick Crawford topped the series on May 30 after a ninth-place finish at Dover. He eventually went on and finished seventh that season.
DID YOU KNOW? … Alan Kulwicki’s final NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory came on June 14, 1992 at Pocono Raceway when he won the Champion Spark Plug 500. Kulwicki, who won five series races in his career, eventually went on to claim the championship over fellow Ford drivers Bill Elliott and Davey Allison.
DID YOU KNOW? … Car owner Roger Penske has nine NASCAR Sprint Cup Series wins at Pocono Raceway and five of those have come with Ford Racing. Rusty Wallace won three of those while Jeremy Mayfield captured the other two. Both drivers won in 2000 to give Team Penske a sweep that season.
DID YOU KNOW? … Bill Elliott won Ford’s first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono in 1985 – the first of his four Ford wins at the track. He went on to sweep both events that season and also won once during his championship year of 1988.
DID YOU KNOW? … Four current Ford Racing drivers have at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win at Pocono Raceway. Carl Edwards has won twice (2005,’08) and Greg Biffle once (2010). Brad Keselowski won the second Pocono race in 2011 with Dodge while Joey Logano won the first event of 2012 with Toyota.
DID YOU KNOW? … Five Ford Racing drivers have won multiple NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Pocono Raceway, including Bill Elliott (4), Rusty Wallace (3), Dale Jarrett (2), Jeremy Mayfield (2), and Carl Edwards (2).
DID YOU KNOW? … Six former NASCAR Sprint Cup champions have won a series race at Pocono Raceway with Ford Racing, including Bill Elliott (1985 sweep,’88,’89), Terry Labonte (1989), Alan Kulwicki (1992), Rusty Wallace (1994,’96’,2000), Dale Jarrett (1997,2002) and Kurt Busch (2005).
