The NASCAR Cup Series playoff push continues for Michael McDowell and the No. 34 team. This weekend, the race goes to the Pocono Raceway for Sunday's 160-lap main event.
Pocono Raceway has been a fixture on the NASCAR schedule since 1974 and this weekend it will host all three of NASCAR’s top touring series, including a doubleheader on Saturday.
KBM owner-driver Kyle Busch makes his fifth and final Craftsman Truck Series start of 2023 behind the wheel of the No. 51 Zariz Transport Silverado in Saturday’s 60-lap event at Pocono Raceway.
Briscoe has visited Pocono’s victory lane twice – once in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and once in the ARCA Menards Series. In 2020, the native of Mitchell, Indiana, overcame a pit-road speeding penalty, a near-miss in a multicar accident and a late-race spin while leading to notch his fourth Xfinity Series win of the season and the first home-track win for HighPoint.com.
Kevin Harvick has a sweet ride this weekend at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway. The 2014 NASCAR Cup Series champion will drive the No. 4 Busch Light Peach Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) in Sunday’s HighPoint.com 400 at the 2.5-mile triangle.
Honeycutt at Pocono Raceway: Saturday will be Kaden Honeycutt’s second start at the 2.5-mile Pocono Raceway. In one previous start at Pocono, Honeycutt finished 25th after qualifying 33rd.
Chastain at Pocono Raceway: In four starts at Pocono Raceway in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Ross Chastain has not finished worse than 10th. In his last two starts at the track, he has an average finish of 3.5, including a win in 2019, where he led all but six laps.
Alan at Pocono Raceway: Alan will make his third-career start at Pocono this weekend. In two previous starts, Alan has a best finish of 20th and an average finish of 21st.
Hocevar at Pocono Raceway: In two starts at the Tricky Triangle, Carson Hocevar has an average finish of ninth, including a fifth-place finish a year ago. Hocevar has qualified inside the top-15 for both races and has not finished worse than 13th.
Josh Berry and the No. 21 eero team return to EchoPark Speedway this weekend for the Quaker State 400 after producing several strong performances at the track in recent seasons.
The event highlighted the history of North Wilkesboro Speedway as the first points Cup series race in 30 years returns to the historic track next weekend
The 2020 Cup Series champion from Dawsonville, Georgia, will make his first Truck start in three years and drive the No. 7 entry for Spire Motorsports at North Wilkesboro Speedway (July 18).
Noah Gragson and the No. 4 team head to the EchoPark Speedway in Hampton, Georgia, hoping to improve from a 27th-place finish at Chicagoland Speedway last week.
For the first time this season, the NASCAR Cup and O’Reilly Auto Parts Series will make a return visit to a venue as the sport’s top-two divisions head back south for a pair of events under the lights at EchoPark Speedway.
