FANTASY NASCAR Racin

Pocono Raceway (formerly Pocono International Raceway), also known as The Tricky Triangle, is a superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The track was designed by 1959 and 1962 Indianapolis 500 winner Rodger Ward. Pocono Raceway has a unique design, as each turn is modeled after a turn at a different track. Turn one (14° banking) - is modeled after Trenton Speedway. Turn two (8° banking) also known as the "Tunnel Turn" - is modeled after Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Turn three (6° banking) - is modeled after the Milwaukee Mile. An additional complication is that the three turns are in no way the same, nor are any of the three straights identical in length. The banking of each turn is considerably less than on many other long

superspeedways. Although the track is long the sharp nature of the turns and the low banking tend to make the average speeds on NASCAR racecars lower than at other tracks of similar lengths. From 1971 to 1989, first USAC and then the CART IndyCar World Series held a 500-mile (800 km) race at Pocono as part of the IndyCar 500-mile Triple Crown. Following the 1989 race, however, the track was criticized for its roughness, lack of catch fencing and runoff areas; so it was removed from Indy Cars schedule. Indy Car returned in 2013, and thanks to the popularity of their return to Pocono, they announced that they would lengthen the race to its original distance of 500-miles/200-laps in 2014. That event marked the first 500-mile IndyCar race at Pocono since 1989. It also became the fastest 500-mile race in motorsports history as Juan Pablo Montoya completed the race at an average speed of 202.402 MPH, breaking Mark Martin's record that he established at Talladega Superspeedway in May 1997. NASCAR's

premier series started racing at Pocono in 1974 and was won by Richard Petty. All the races when the Cup series began racing there were 500 miles. It was a long, hot, grueling event on both man and machine. David Pearson would just edge out Petty in the 1975 edition; beating him by just four seconds. The race saw 44 lead changes as Pearson; Petty, Buddy Baker and Benny Parsons really mixed it up all day. The following season was even more competitive as that race saw 48 lead changes between the same four drivers. This time Petty claimed his second win, after Pearson blew a tire with two laps to go. He was followed by Baker, Parsons and Pearson. Parsons would break through and get the win in 1977; beating Petty by a few car lengths. Some notable NASCAR races here include: In 1982 NASCAR added a second race date to Pocono. Bill Elliott swept both races in 1985; and then Tim Richmond would win three in a row in 1986-1987. His third win was the spring race in 1987. Richmond had just

returned after missing the first part of the season battling HIV. In June 1988, On the opening lap of the 1988 Miller High Life 500, Bobby Allison suffered career-ending injuries; and nearly died; when he spun and was T-boned by the #63 of Jocko Maggiacomo. Allison was in bad shape for a while and suffered partial memory loss. Sadly, one of the things he wasn't able to remember was that years Daytona 500; which he won and his son Davey finished second. In 2000 Jeremy Mayfield knocked Dale Earnhardt out of his way coming out of turn three on the last lap to score his third career Cup win. Another major crash occurred in 2002 when Steve Park and Dale Earnhardt Jr. became entangled exiting turn one, and both cars slammed into the inside wall, causing Park's vehicle to go airborne over the hood of Earnhardt's car and barrel roll. Neither driver was injured. In 2010, Jimmie Johnson clipped Kurt Busch on the Long Pond Straightaway and Busch spun across the track. Behind him, Elliott Sadler was turned by teammate A. J. Allmendinger and collided with the inside guardrail so savagely it ripped the engine out of the car and threw it to the entrance of the Tunnel Turn. Sadler's wrecked car slid to a stop back on the track and despite being shaken and suffering some pain, he would climb out of the car slowly and was able to walk to the ambulance. The crash was recorded as the hardest hit in NASCAR history. Ken Schrader (below) also took a tough ride here in 2003. He was uninjured. In June of 2011, Jeff Gordon scored his 84th NASCAR Cup Series win, tying

Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip for 3rd on the all-time win list. That Fall, Brad Keselowski won the NASCAR Cup Series race just three days after sustaining an injury in a test crash at Road Atlanta. This would be the final 500-mile NASCAR race at Pocono Raceway. Joey Logano won the first race here after the race distance was shortened to 400 miles. Chris Buescher would win in unusual fashion in 2016. Rain was in the area and Buescher took the lead late in the Pennsylvania 400 by being on a different pit sequence. Buescher; driving the #34 Dockside Ford; took the lead just before a massive cloud of fog moved over the track. After an hour of waiting, NASCAR gave up on trying

to wait out the fog due to approaching severe weather and called the race, giving Buescher his first NASCAR Cup Series victory. In 2020, the first ever doubleheader weekend that was planned the year before. Saturday June 27 consisted of the Truck Series event followed by the first Cup race that was 325 miles. Sunday June 28 consisted of the Xfinity event and second Cup race that was 350 miles. Due to rain, the Truck event was postponed to the 28th, and the second day marked the first time in NASCAR history that all 3 series raced on the same track on the same day. The Truck event was run at 9:30 in the morning, the Xfinity event at 12:30 PM, and the second

Fantasy NASCAR Racing

POCONO RACEWAY - LONG POND PA