Sam Hornish Jr. returns to Pocono Raceway this weekend for Sunday's 400-mile event. One of his favorite tracks, Hornish is looking forward to his return to the 2.5-mile, triangle-shaped track. Hornish has run well at the Pennsylvania circuit and calls Pocono a "driver's racetrack".
Heading into Sunday's Axalta 400, Kvapil will be looking to make his 268th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) start, and his 16th at the "Tricky Triangle." The Janesville, WI native will also be making his first start of 2015 with Go Green Racing. Kvapil went to Victory Lane at Pocono Raceway back in 2005 driving for Roger Penske in his first career ARCA start.
Hot off a Top-Five finish, Aric Almirola looks for his career-best Sprint Cup Series finish at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway. Almirola and the No. 43 team scored their first Top-Five of the 2015 season and moved up to the 10th spot in the Championship Standings. Currently 14th on the Chase grid, the team is 46 points ahead of the cutoff line.
Last August, Dale Earnhardt Jr. celebrated with a broom in Victory Lane at Pocono Raceway after completing the season sweep with his second win of the year at the 2.5-mile track.
"I have about three laps of experience at Pocono in my life. Last year I went for a test and was able to hop in the car for one run. So, it's still very new to me, but at least I do have that experience and that helps going back.
Roush Fenway Racing’s Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will team with Juicy Juice for the Oct. 10 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, with Stenhouse carrying the brand on his No. 17 Ford Fusion in what has traditionally played out as one of the most exciting events in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
Highland Park, IL racer David Levine has experience on many different kinds of race tracks, but Saturdays Pocono ARCA 200 will be his first time racing on a triangle. Pocono Raceway, in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, is known as “The Tricky Triangle” because of its unique, three-turn layout. To familiarize himself with the 2.5 mile track, the Scott Rookie Challenge points leader has been practicing on iRacing, and is participating in the ARCA open test on June 3rd.
This year marks 25 years of incredible NHRA action at scenic Bristol Dragway, as the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series celebrates its 75th anniversary in style at the highly-anticipated 25th annual Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals.
Pocono Raceway, in partnership with Man Cave Health, will once again bring its impactful men’s health initiative to fans during the June 12-14 NASCAR race weekend.
