NASCAR Cup Series

Pocono Raceway (all 69 Sprint Cup races), 1 – fewest cautions (7/30/78), 2 – fewest on lead lap at finish (twice, most recent 6/6/82)

The recently repaved Pocono Raceway produced one of the most exciting and competitive races of the 2012 NASCAR season during Pocono Raceway's June 10, Pocono 400.

Taking on the iconic Bristol Motor Speedway for 500 laps in August isn’t for the faint of heart. Plenty of drivers will tell you the steeply banked oval is one of, if not the, most demanding tracks on the NASCAR schedule.

When the No. 43 Eckrich Ford Fusion hits Michigan International Speedway next month, there will be an additional name on the car beside driver Aric Almirola's. Eckrich, part of the John Morrell Food Group, a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, will include on the paint scheme the name of a lucky fan who helps the company reach a milestone 100,043 "likes" on its Facebook page.

The Automotive Lift Institute(ALI) will be the primary partner on the Richard Petty MotorsportsNo. 43 Ford Fusion driven by Aric Almirola in this weekend's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono Raceway. The sponsorship provides a unique platform to share ALI's vehicle service lift safety message with millions of NASCAR fans as the Institute launches the ALI Lift Inspector Certification Program.

Pocono Raceway threw lots of changes at the Sprint Cup Series during its previous venture to the 2.5-mile track. A fresh racing surface required a new car setup to accommodate higher speeds. A shorter event length necessitated a different strategy for calling the race.

Aric Almirola returns to Pocono Raceway this week with the benefit of experience as well as two new partners. For his second race at the 2.5-mile "Tricky Triangle," Almirola brings a No. 43 Ford carrying the messaging of primary sponsor Automotive Lift Institute and co-sponsor ALM Materials Handling.

The Sprint Cup Series' last race at Pocono Raceway was bittersweet for Landon Cassill, driver of the No. 83 BK Racing Toyota. He powered the Burger King/Dr Pepper Camry to his season-best 15th-place starting position. It marked BK Racing's best qualifying performance to date.

TRAQM.com, the leader in personal and business GPS trackers, announced today its sponsorship of Phil Parsons Racing's No. 98 entry this weekend at Pocono Raceway. Mike Skinner will carry TRAQM.com's colors aboard his Ford Fusion in Sunday's Pennsylvania 400.

At one of the most storied tracks on not just the NASCAR schedule but the motor sports circuit overall, here is what was surprising and not surprising from the 19th Annual Crown Royal Presents the Curtiss Shaver 400 at the Brickyard.