NASCAR Cup Series

THE NUMBERS for the POCONO 400, Pocono Raceway (all 68 Sprint Cup races), 1 – fewest cautions (7/30/78)

Jeff Gordon undoubtedly had the fastest car in the field on Sunday and even led a portion of the FedEx 400. After pit stops with about 150 laps to go, Gordon had to pit again for a loose wheel, forcing him to give up his lead position.

Well some may have been looking at the wigs on the heads of the No. 48 Lowes team laughing, Johnson says it was a magic piece to their success.

As NASCAR continues in the month of June, a lot of unknowns develop. We travel to newly repaved Pocono Raceway this week and then next week we go to the newly repaved Michigan International Speedway.

This whole Kurt Busch controversy really disturbs me. I’ve had times in my life and my career when I got in trouble. Everyone has. When it happened, I made super sure that I kept my nose clean until the storm passed by. It’s on human nature. Unfortunately, many people don’t follow this example. One of them is Kurt Busch.

Georgia Boot, “America’s Hardest Working Boot,” today announced a partnership with Michael Waltrip Racing and driver Clint Bowyer to become an associate sponsor on the No. 15 Toyota for 10 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races this season.

Sunday June 10th – Jamie McMurray will visit the Team Chevy stage at 9:00 a.m. followed by his No. 1 Chevrolet over-the-wall pit crew at 9:15 a.m. Jeff Burton will also stop by the Team Chevy stage at 9:45 a.m.

Richard Childress Racing at Pocono Raceway ... In 120 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.

No. 56 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota driver Martin Truex Jr. begins two days of testing Wednesday at the newly resurfaced Pocono Raceway before the gates officially open for the Pocono 400 weekend.

Dodge has seven wins at Pocono Raceway: Richard Petty (1974, 1976), Bill Elliott (2002), Ryan Newman (2003), Kurt Busch (2007) Kasey Kahne (2008) and Brad Keselowski (2011)