NASCAR and ARCA at Pocono

This week, race teams head to the Pocono Mountains for a stock car racing triple header at the Tricky Triangle. Last week, Martin Truex Jr. won the Coca Cola 600 in a dominate fashion, leading 392 of 400 laps in the race. This week, Truex and the #78 team return to the track the team won at one year ago as NASCAR heads to Pocono Raceway. Will Truex win multiple races in a single season for the first time in his career? Or will someone like Joey Logano or Dale Earnhardt Jr. score their first win of the season and all but clinch a spot in the Chase?

This week also marks the debut of the Xfinity Series at Pocono. One major story for the week is Jeb Burton suddenly losing his ride in the series. Burton is currently 11th in points, which means his spot in the Chase is certainly up for grabs. Another storyline to watch is the Cup drivers, who have won eight of the first 11 races this season. However, does running at a new track even the field out for the Xfinity Series contenders?

Finally, the ARCA Racing Series returns to Pocono in the middle of a six week stretch of races. Last week, former series runner-up Parker Kligerman returned to ARCA, winning the race at New Jersey Motorsports Park. This week, the #22 car Kligerman will be driven by Myatt Snider, the son of NBC pit reporter Marty Snider. The younger Snider started one ARCA race earlier this year at Toledo, and ended up winning the race. But it is Snider's teammate, Chase Briscoe, who holds the point lead over Josh Williams.

Cup Entry List: http://www.jayski.com/news/stats/2016/story/_/page/14-Pocono-2016-Entry-List
Xfinity Entry List: http://www.jayski.com/news/nxs/2015/story/_/page/12-Pocono-NXS-2016-Entry-List
ARCA Entry List: http://www.arcaracing.com/events/1981296-pocono-arca-200#entry_list_reg

Despite the absence of RPM's #43 car in the Busch series, I wonder if the seat time and ok performances (from what little I've seen) in that car have given Jeb Burton the confidence to do better in the #32 car than he did in his comically awful rookie campaign last year.

Also glad to see Con Nicolopoulos back in action in ARCA -- only because Greek surnames like that are usually really awesome. That's really the only reason. But I see Wayne Peterson practiced the car Nicolopoulos is entered in for final practice...

...well, Bo LeMastus is still running, anyway. So there's at least one needlessly awesome name in the field.

The first arca super speedway race for the composite body I believe.

Ryan reed can't even get a top 10 in the arca race

AntmanB wrote:Ryan reed can't even get a top 10 in the arca race

I don't even know why Roush kept him after 2015. He had one win, but didn't do anything after that.

Because $, that's why. He's got full sponsorship from Lilly (because DIABEETUS).

My ears are bleeding...Adam Alexander as a commentator. Good

Danica Patrick and Michael Waltrip as commentators...ow....

The_Wall_91 wrote:

AntmanB wrote:Ryan reed can't even get a top 10 in the arca race

I don't even know why Roush kept him after 2015. He had one win, but didn't do anything after that.

I still think Reed's $$$ is helping Bubba keep his ride, when he barely gets any sponsorship.

Memoriesallbutdone wrote:My ears are bleeding...Adam Alexander as a commentator. Good

Danica Patrick and Michael Waltrip as commentators...ow....

Be like me, mute the TV and just commentate the race in your head.

The_Wall_91 wrote:

Memoriesallbutdone wrote:My ears are bleeding...Adam Alexander as a commentator. Good

Danica Patrick and Michael Waltrip as commentators...ow....

Be like me, mute the TV and just commentate the race in your head.

I have the IMSA race on my laptop, as the Xfinity race is just background noise

Larson wins rained shortened xfinity race. Went 3 laps past halfway so I guess you could say he got the Michael waltrip treatment

Glad to see something good happen to him for once

Reed and Sieg had a fight. Sieg called Reed braindead among many other things.

Lucstar88 wrote:Reed and Sieg had a fight. Sieg called Reed braindead among many other things.

I don't blame Sieg, I would do the same thing.

Cup Race postponed to Monday.

...AND......there goes DiBenedetto out of the race.

This has been an odd race

Good win Kurt. I thought it was a solid race. A 6.0/10