“It’s definitely a tough racetrack,” Allmendinger said. “You can’t really make anything perfect. You just try to get all three corners good. It seems that if you make one perfect, the other two are horrible.”
“I think seeing the success that the team has had there in the past and seeing the success that Hendrick Motorsports has had, I think Pocono has probably been one of the places on the schedule that I’m looking forward to going to the most this year.
"Pocono, since the repave, is definitely a little easier for tuning on your car. Prior to the repave, tire wear was an issue and it was a challenging racetrack. It's a little bit better, a little smoother and definitely a lot faster since the repave. But at the same time, it's still the same old Pocono.
"Pocono is always challenging. It's three completely different turns, which makes it a completely different racetrack from anything else we race on. You've got to pick your turn. In the past, I've worked on Turn 1 too much, and Turn 3 is really where you make or break yourself.
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.
NASCAR today announced a series of format enhancements to the second annual NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Eldora Speedway, scheduled for July 23.
"I can't wait to get to Texas; so much can be said for racing every week and getting into the groove of back-to-back races, especially when you're coming off of a good run. We've been really strong these last two races, and we're bringing the same truck we brought to Charlotte and got a top-10 finish with, so I think we've got a great chance of making this another great race.
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) is back in action this weekend in Fort Worth, Texas for the WinStar World Casino & Resort 400 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Three Camry drivers registered top-five finishes in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Dover International Speedway -- Matt Kenseth (third), Clint Bowyer (fourth) and Denny Hamlin (fifth). Jimmie Johnson was the race-winner.
Jimmie Johnson piloted his No. 48 Lowe’s/KOBALT Tools Chevrolet SS to his ninth career victory, and continues to lead all drivers in wins at the ‘Monster Mile’. After dominating the race by leading 272 of the 400 laps, the six-time champion now has 68 career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victories.
The three-time Supercars champion from Auckland, New Zealand, led a race-high 74 of 110 laps and fended off Chase Briscoe over a 47-lap dash to the finish to notch his eighth Cup victory on a road course and his second in a row in Sonoma, California.
Kevin Rivenbark opened the JBS Equipment NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by Elite Motorsports Road to the Championship with a victory on Sunday at Summit Motorsports Park
Shane van Gisbergen, driver of the No. 97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet, was first to the checkered at Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR Cup Series race at Sonoma Raceway.
The 19-year-old Zilisch from Charlotte, North Carolina, achieved a career-best seventh-place result amid a difficult Cup Series rookie campaign in Sonoma, California.
RFK Racing put on a show of determination at Sonoma Raceway, led by Ryan Preece's eighth-place finish in the No. 60 Consumer Cellular Ford Mustang Dark Horse.
