NASCAR Xfinity Series and Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series will this weekend travel to Pocono Raceway, located at Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Pocono Raceway, or the “Tricky Triangle”, opened for racing in 1969. The track is a triangle shaped superspeedway and is 4 km (2.5 mile) long. Surface is asphalt with three turns, banking in turn 1; 14°, turn 2; 8° and turn 3; 6°. Lap record, for NASCAR Series, is held by Kyle Larson with 183.438 mph in 2014. Most wins by an active driver at Pocono Raceway is Denny Hamlin (24 races) with 4 wins. Grandstand capacity: 70 000. Bonus facts. Oldest Pole Winner: David Pearson, 49 years, 5 months, 19 days, 6/10/1984.
Weekend Schedule for Pocono Raceway
Series: Monster Cup Series and Xfinity Series
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Note: Times in CET and EST
Friday, June 1
17.35-18.25 | 11:35 a.m.-12:25 p.m. | Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, FS2
19.05-19.55 | 1:05-1:55 p.m. | NASCAR Xfinity Series practice, FS2
21.05-21.55 | 3:05-3:55 p.m. | NASCAR Xfinity Series final practice, FS2
22.15 | 4:15 p.m. | Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Busch Pole Qualifying, FS2
Saturday, June 2
15.35 | 9:35 a.m. | NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying, FS1
17.30-18.20 | 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. | Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, FS1
19.00 | 1 p.m. | NASCAR Xfinity Series Pocono Green 250 Recycled by J.P. Mascaro & Sons (100 laps, 250 miles), FS1
Sunday, June 3
20.00 | 2 p.m. | Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Pocono 400 (160 laps, 400 miles), FS1 / VIASAT MOTOR LIVE 19.30 (Sweden)
Photo: Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images (NASCAR Media.com)