Pocono Raceway is a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) oval speedway located in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1970s. Nicknamed "The Tricky Triangle", the speedway has three distinct corners and is known for high speeds along its lengthy straightaways.
From 1982 to 2019, the circuit had two race weekends. In 2020, the circuit was reduced to one race meeting of two races. The first race was moved to World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis starting in 2022.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver.
(i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Ty Gibbs scored the pole for the race with a time of 52.929 and a speed of 170.039 mph (273.651 km/h).[11]
It was the first year the Cup Series used road course qualifying regulations, a procedure where teams did not use the start-finish line but used a timing line on the circuit for their lap, which was also used at Indianapolis. Teams started their lap midway down the North Straight exiting Turn 2 after less than two-thirds of a lap to warm up. After completing their lap in the North Straight, teams then pitted their cars. Only two, instead of three, laps would be driven by drivers under the use of the hybrid road course and longer speedway qualifying procedure.
Average speed: 123.722 miles per hour (199.111 km/h)
Media
Television
USA covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Kim Coon, Parker Kligerman, and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.
Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by Motor Racing Network (MRN) and was also simulcast on Sirius XMNASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Mike Bagley, and Todd Gordon called the race in the booth when the field raced through the tri-oval. Dave Moody called the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Kyle Rickey called the race from a platform inside the backstretch when the field raced down the backstretch. Jason Toy called the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 3. Steve Post, and Alan Cavanna worked pit road for MRN.
