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Ross Chastain scored a 24th-place finish in Saturday’s Pocono Green 250 Xfinity Series race at Pocono Raceway. Chastain started 24th and raced with the lead pack much of the day. He finished on the lead lap and remained in 19th place in Xfinity driver points.

Ryan Reed leaves the “tricky triangle” at Pocono Raceway with a 14th-place finish. Reed started the race 16th in his No. 16 Lilly Diabetes Ford and attempted to use pit strategy to gain an advantage with fuel mileage, but the cautions did not fall in his favor.

LONG POND, Pa. — With a dramatic last-lap pass — the first of the season in the NASCAR XFINITY Series — Brad Keselowski won Saturday’s Pocono Green 250 at Pocono Raceway, ending a 46-race drought for the No. 22 Team Penske Ford.

BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 22 SKF Ford Mustang – VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW – "It's a little surreal talking to Ryan Blaney in victory lane. Crazy. Blowing my mind. We were leading or second or whatever it was. Elliott (Sadler) gave me a good push to clear the 00 but it carried all the way into Turn 1. I got down there and my rear tires were off the ground and went straight trying not to back it into the wall. Kind of a never give up."

The Tricky Triangle has baffled more than a few drivers over the years. Harrison Rhodes gets his first shot at Pocono Raceway in an Xfinity car in Saturday’s Pocono Green 250, a 100-lap chase around the triangular, fast tr

After a big weekend at Dover International Speedway, Ross Chastain rolls into Pocono Raceway this week with momentum. Chastain had fine runs in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup, Camping World Truck and Xfinity races at Dover.

Garrett Smithley will race in his third NASCAR event at Pocono Raceway when Saturday’s Pocono Green 250 Xfinity Series race gets the green flag. Smithley has driven in Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series races at the tough 2.5-mile track.

Jeremy Clements returns to Pocono Raceway for the The Pocono Green 250 with RepairableVehicles.com back as primary sponsor, as Harrison’s Outfitters continues their support of the #51 JCR Chevy Camaro SS as well.

News and notes: These will be Boyd's first laps at Pocono Raceway and the first time in an Xfinity car in 2017. Spencer made two NASCAR Xfinity Series starts in 2016 at Iowa Speedway and Chicagoland Speedway. With two top 20 finishes in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series competition this season, Boyd looks forward to the promotion, "I'm very thankful for this opportunity with SS Green Light and confident Jason will help reduce my learning curve here. The Xfinity cars have less drag than the trucks and with each turn being different, I've got to make improvements with every lap. This will also be the first race for our primary sponsor, Grunt Style, so I want to back up my immense gratitude for their support with a solid run on the track."

Thirty-five different drivers have won at Pocono with Jeff Gordon leading the way with six wins. Of the active drivers, five have multiple wins at the track including Denny Hamlin (four), Jimmie Johnson (three), and Kurt Busch (three). Kasey Kahne and Dale Earnhardt Jr. both have two wins.