Pocono 500

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NASCAR’s Nextel Cup now moves to Pocono Raceway for the Pocono 500. The race will cover 500 miles of the tri-oval speedway in 200 laps. Defending Pocono 500 champion Tony Stewart looms as the early favorite. He’s got a career record of 4 wins, 15 Top 10s and one finish outside the top 16 for the month of June.

Race Preview

[gttouring]

although one of my favorite NASCAR tracks and events- it is hard to say who will come out on top.
In a driver poll of the 10 most difficult corners in nascar POCONO's 3 corners were on the list!
do to the longest straight in the series is found on pocono
and they are all fairly flat and it is a monster long and fast track. should be good- but I side with Hendrick boys.
Gordon or johnson
heheh heh

[gomick]

qualifying...

1. 9 Kasey Kahne* Dodge 52.164
2. 25 Brian Vickers* Chevrolet 52.232
3. 01 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 52.270
4. 6 Mark Martin Ford 52.360
5. 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 52.379
6. 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 52.391
7. 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge 52.406
8. 20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 52.426
9. 16 Greg Biffle Ford 52.484
10. 88 Dale Jarrett Ford 52.552
11. 12 Ryan Newman Dodge 52.557
12. 38 Elliott Sadler Ford 52.608
13. 31 Robby Gordon Chevrolet 52.619
14. 42 Jamie McMurray Dodge 52.652
15. 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 52.673
16. 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 52.820
17. 18 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 52.823
18. 49 Ken Schrader Dodge 52.827
19. 5 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 52.849
20. 40 Sterling Marlin Dodge 52.859
21. 41 Casey Mears Dodge 52.901
22. 15 Michael Waltrip Chevrolet 52.960
23. 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 52.973
24. 22 Scott Wimmer* Dodge 53.069
25. 45 Kyle Petty Dodge 53.075
26. 0 Ward Burton Chevrolet 53.101
27. 97 Kurt Busch Ford 53.120
28. 37 Todd Bodine Pontiac 53.147
29. 30 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 53.205
30. 2 Rusty Wallace Dodge 53.306
31. 77 Brendan Gaughan* Dodge 53.318
32. 43 Jeff Green Dodge 53.418
33. 4 Jimmy Spencer Chevrolet 53.576
34. 32 Ricky Craven Chevrolet 53.655
35. 21 Ricky Rudd Ford 53.667
36. 51 Kevin Lepage Chevrolet 53.789
37. 50 PJ Jones Dodge 54.148
38. 00 Carl Long Chevrolet 54.308

PRV
39. 99 Jeff Burton Ford No Time
40. 10 Scott Riggs* Chevrolet 55.540
41. 89 Morgan Shepherd Dodge No Time
42. 72 Kirk Shelmerdine Ford 55.097
43. 98 Geoffrey Bodine Ford 54.425

DNQ
44. 94 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet 54.322
45. 80 Andy Hillenburg Ford 56.058


my tip for the race win is tony stewart in the #20 home depot chevrolet from the joe gibbs racing stables

[Snapper Baz]

I think NASCAR are going to be throwing something around big time after this round...like fines!

[gttouring]

Wow what a **** result- finishing under yellow is Horsepucky
24 was on a charge and jarret was motoring
but good for johnson good race

[gttouring]

did i say jarret? he crashed i meant jeremy
mayfield had his act together at the end, he's won there before so whjy not again?...green white checker is a great answer intrucks, surely they can try it in cup

[gomick]

looks like the title is out of dale jnr or jimmie at this stage of the year - dale jnr is proving to be very consistent.....

[Kicking-back]

They really need to sort out the officiating of these races.

It's becoming a joke.

[429CJ]

Hendrick Chevys were really strong on this race. It was also great to see PJ Jones on the wheel of #50, is this longer contract or just one-off?

[Kicking-back]

Has PJ got what it takes?

He's never been impressive in NASCAR, IRL or CART.

[429CJ]

I don't know the others, but on CART he really didn't have the best possible car, driving the AAR Eagle Toyota. As younger he was pretty good on IMSA GTP, though.