Pocono Raceway will always hold a special fondness for Martin Truex Jr., who overcame professional and personal setbacks when he scored an emotional victory at the 2.5-mile triangular track in June of 2015.
Ryan Blaney and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion have been riding a roller coaster for the last six races and are due for an up cycle after a late-race wreck in Indianapolis pushed them to a 36th-place finish.
Drew will be making his seventh career NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Iowa Speedway to go along with one previous start in the Camping World Truck Series. The event will mark his 19th career start in the series and fourth one this season for JGL Racing.
While Brandon will be making his NASCAR XFINITY Series debut at Iowa Speedway this week and only his third career series start - he has plenty of experience at the Newton, Iowa track to draw upon.
MILESTONE FINISH AT INDY: When the No. 48 Lowe's Red Vest Chevrolet SS crossed the finish line in third at the Brickyard last weekend, Jimmie Johnson gave Hendrick Motorsports its 1,000th top-five result since the team was founded by Rick Hendrick in 1984.
In three starts in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Iowa, Wallace has earned one pole, one top-five and two top-10s with a best finish of fifth coming in Sept. 2013.
Greg Biffle was saving fuel and was in good shape to pull off a top-10 finish at Pocono Raceway when a flat tire under green sent him to pit road with just a few laps remaining. The untimely stop cost him a lap to the leaders and resulted in a 26th-place finish for the No. 16 Ford.
Richard Childress Racing at Pocono Raceway ... In 148 starts at Pocono Raceway, RCR team owner Richard Childress has two wins, both with Dale Earnhardt, who won on July 19, 1987 and July 18, 1993. Additionally, RCR has earned one pole award, 16 top-five and 54 top-10 finishes with 604 laps led at the uniquely-shaped three-turn track. Childress, a former driver in NASCAR's top division, contributed two of those top-10 finishes under the RCR banner.
This weekend at Pocono Raceway is a monumental one for Aric Almirola. After his first Sprint Cup start in 2007, he had several years of only part-time rides with various teams. It took time, patience and perseverance to reach the point of having a full-time ride in the sport's premier national touring series.
Thirty years ago, the NASCAR Cup Series last raced for points at North Wilkesboro Speedway, a short track synonymous with the sport’s roots and one that helped define its gritty, blue-collar reputation.
Josh Berry and the No. 21 eero team wrapped up the road-course portion of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season with a 28th-place finish in Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway.
Austin Cindric and the No. 2 America's Tire Ford Mustang Dark Horse battled to a 13th-place finish in Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Sonoma Raceway.
