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Sprint Cup N's & Q's: Pocono 500

Consider the Pocono edition of 'Sprint Cup Notes & Quotes' to be a friend of custom-painted Gibson guitars.Artist "stunned" about smashAs you could have guessed would happen, motorsports artist Sam Bass backtracked on his post-Kyle Busch trophy guitar smash comments at Nashville Superspeedway in an interview with Scene...

FanHouse Warmup: Pocono 500

The Essentials Race: Pocono 500 Where: Pocono RacewayTime: Sunday 5:45 p.m./EDTTV/Radio: FOX Sports, PRN RadioTwitter: In-race updates at FanHouseRacingForecast: 75 degrees, Partly SunnyDistance: 200 laps (500 miles)Pole Winner: Tony Stewart2008 Winner: Kasey Kahne The Storylines Kyle Busch played his own version of...

Speculation about Biffle's Future On Again

Greg Biffle's "I'm A Roush Fenway Driver ending all speculation for now" period has ended. It lasted about six days.Those comments were made the day before the Pocono 500. This week, it's perfectly clear that Biffle has one foot in and one out the door at Roush: "I didn't forget how to drive at Pocono. We were 43rd at...

McCumbee Confident, Realistic and Easy on the Eyes

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Chad McCumbee might be better known to some NASCAR fans as the driver who portrayed Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the made-for-tv movie "3: The Dale Earnhardt Story" than he is for his own racing. This despite having amassed more than 100 victories in local, regional and national WKA Dirt...

By the Numbers: Pocono Raceway

$4,940,543 - Pocono 500 purse76,812 - Seating capacity9,485 - Most # of laps run by any driver (Terry Labonte, 52 starts)9,200 - Most # of laps run by any active driver (Ricky Rudd, 53 starts)1982 - Year that a second Cup date was added to Pocono's schedule1974 - Year the NASCAR 500 mile race debuted844 - Most # of laps...

Pocono 500 News From the Web

06/09/11 Fantasy Pick'Em: 2011 Pocono 500 Source: Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed.
01/18/11 Pocono qualifying moves to Saturday Source: Times News - Lehighton PA The starting lineup for both NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events at Pocono Raceway in 2011 will be determined on Saturday, Raceway Officials announced today.
08/21/10 Pocono Raceway announces 2011 schedule Source: NASCAR News Update Pocono Raceway has announced its 2011 NASCAR schedule.
08/19/10 Pocono releases '11 schedule Source: Times News - Lehighton PA Race fans will have to wait an extra week to see NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racing at Pocono Raceway in 2011.

Background on Pocono 500

The Pocono 400 is the first of two stock car races held at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, on the NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule in mid-June, the other being the Pennsylvania 400, usually held in early August.

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