KAHNE BY THE NUMBERS: In 29 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career starts at Pocono, Kasey Kahne has an average start of 11.8 and an average finish of 19.0. He’s completed 4,829 of 5,110 (94.5 percent) career laps, and has led for a total of 219 laps. Kahne has earned two poles, two wins (June 2008 and August 2013), five top-five and nine top-10 finishes at the 2.5-mile track located in Long Pond, PA.
Gallagher and the No. 23 team will utilize chassis no. 222; this chassis has been raced three times this season, twice by Spencer Gallagher at ISM Raceway (Start:12th/Finish:14th) and at Richmond Raceway (Start:17th/Finish:17th) then by Justin Haley in his NXS debut at Iowa Speedway (Start:13th/Finish:12th).
Stenhouse has 11 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) starts at Pocono Raceway with an average starting position of 21.9 and average finishing position of 22.7.
AJ ALLMENDINGER, NO. 47 KROGER CLICKLIST CAMARO ZL1 - RACING AT POCONO RACEWAY: "It's always interesting because you never know what kind of weather you're going to get at Pocono Raceway," Allmendinger said. "The first race weekend this season in June, we had decent weather conditions. However, we have had some seasons where it's gotten really hot at the first race and really slick on the first weekend, and you go back for the second race weekend and it can be cooler."
Microsoft will become the Official Cloud Partner of Hendrick Motorsports after renewing its marketing and technical relationship with the 12-time NASCAR Cup Series champions for the 2018 and 2019 racing seasons.
The No. 2 team will unload chassis no. 307 this weekend at Pocono Raceway. Coughlin has raced this chassis three previous times in 2018, collecting two top-10 finishes and three top-15 finishes. This is also the same chassis that Coughlin secured a career-best qualifying effort of second at Kansas Speedway back in May.
The Gander Outdoors 400 race weekend, taking place at ‘The Tricky Triangle’ from July 27-29, is jam packed with fan-driven activities and thrilling on-track activity. The major races each day include the ModSpace 150 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards (ARCA) race on Friday, the Gander Outdoors 150 NASCAR Camping World Series (NCWTS) race on Saturday and the Gander Outdoors 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) race on Sunday.
Richard Petty Motorsports and STP today unveiled a historic look for NASCAR's throwback weekend. The scheme will take fans back to the beginning of one of NASCAR's longest partnerships. Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr. will race the first-ever STP scheme during the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on Labor Day weekend. The car was unveiled at the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series returns to Pocono Raceway for the second time this summer with Ford looking to match its victory total from last season with 10. Kevin Harvick registered Ford’s ninth win of the year with Sunday’s triumph at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, his series-best sixth victory. Overall, four Ford drivers have series wins at Pocono (Ryan Blaney, Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano and Kurt Busch).
The following are fast facts and notes about Martin Truex Jr.’s return trip to Pocono Raceway for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race. Truex will drive the blue No. 78 Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota Camry in the 160-lap, 400-mile race.
The 22-year-old Honeycutt from Willow Park, Texas, led the final two of 74 over-scheduled laps and outdueled Connor Zilisch in overtime to become the 128th competitor overall to win in the Truck Series division.
It wasn’t the outcome Dystany Spurlock and her team wanted, but today’s ambitious doubleheader effort at Watkins Glen International still provided valuable experience and another important step forward in her racing career.
Kaden Honeycutt overcame a penalty, drove through the field and executed a perfect overtime restart to claim his first NASCAR Truck Series victory at Watkins Glen International
