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June-6-2010 / Sunday - 1:00 PM
Location: Long Pond, PA
Type of Track: Speedway
Length: 2.50 miles
Shape: Tri-oval
Banking: 8°
Pocono Raceway's funky design, with
three different turns and three different
lengths of straights, offers one heck of a test
for even the most seasoned of
racing veterans.
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Bet Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway
Pocono Raceway (formerly Pocono
International Raceway) is the 1st of 2 stock car
races in the NASCAR Sprint Cup, sanctioned
superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains of
Pennsylvania at Long Pond. The Pocono 500 is
typically scheduled in mid-June; the other is the
Pennsylvania 500, typically held in July. Both races
are unique because neither has a title sponsor. They
have had no title sponsor since 1996. The Pocono 500
started in 1982, when it replaced a 400-mile race at
the Texas World Speedway.
Pocono Is Like No Other NASCAR Track
First, it’s a triangular oval. There are only three
turns, each connected by a straightaway of varying
lengths. Each turn is modeled after turns at 3
different tracks. Turn One was modeled after the now
defunct Trenton Speedway, Turn Two is like
Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Turn 3 is similar to
The Milwaukee Mile.
There are other 2.5-mile race tracks in America, but
there is no other track like Pocono Raceway.
The longest straightaway, the front stretch,
stretches 3,740 feet long and leads into Turn 1, a
14-degree turn that is like a turn you’d find on a
superspeedway.
From there, a 3,055-foot straightaway connects to
the “tunnel turn,” an 8-degree turn over the tunnel
leading into the track’s infield that drivers say is
like a turn they find on short tracks. Because of
the speeds and the angle that drivers must approach
that turn, the “tunnel turn” is widely considered
one of the most difficult in NASCAR.
From there, it’s 1,780 feet to Turn 3, a 6-degree
turn that has a road-course feel for the drivers.
Put all of those things together and you’ve got
Pocono Raceway, a track that has challenged NASCAR’s
best since the first Cup race there in 1974.
Pocono 500 Winners
Some past winners are: Jeff Gordon (1996, 1997, and
2007), Carl Edwards (2005), Jimmie Johnson (2004),
Jeremy Mayfield (1998 and 2000), and Kyle Petty
(1993). Last year, the race went to 106 laps/265
miles due to rain. The 2005 race went to 201
laps/502.5 miles because of a green-white-checkered
rule.
2010 Pocono 500 Winner
The 2010 Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 presented by Target at Pocono Raceway didn't see much excitement until the final laps. Denny Hamlin's win was a given but the focus of this race was mild-mannered Joey Logano who had some harsh words for Kevin Harvick after the race.
