POCONO RACEWAY

Updated 04-May-2020.

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Pocono Raceway: Map and circuit history of Pocono Raceway, Pennsylvania, USA

Montoya wins 1st career IndyCar pole at Pocono: Juan Pablo Montoya took his first career IndyCar pole with a two-lap average of 223.871 mph at Pocono Raceway.

IndyCar’s Wilson in coma after being hit by debris: Justin Wilson was airlifted out of Pocono Raceway and is in a coma after he was hit by a large piece of debris during Sunday’s IndyCar race.

Oreovicz: Castroneves gains ground at Pocono: Lost amid Juan Pablo Montoya’s remarkable victory Sunday at Pocono Raceway: Helio Castroneves’ impressive charge to the top of the IndyCar standings, writes John Oreovicz.

Pocono Raceway – Lehigh Valley Marketplace: Known to NASCAR fans as the “Tricky Triangle”, the Pocono Raceway in Monroe County has been thrilling car racing enthusiasts for nearly five decades.

My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Pocono Raceway is a superspeedway located in the pocono mountains in Long Pond, Pennsylvania . it is the site of four NASCAR national series races and an ARCA Menards Series event . Po Pocono CEO Nick Igdalsky and President Ben May, are members of the family-owned Mattco Inc, started by Joseph II and Rose Mattioli . Mattco also owns South Boston Speedway in South Boston circuit is sometimes considered a tri-oval, but the turns are much more severe . banking of each turn is considerably less than on many other long superspeedways . three turns are in no way the same, nor are any Pocono is sometimes referred to as a roval (an oval track that behaves like a road course) the unique design makes the setup of the car and crew’s ability to make chassis adjustments more crucial . by 1993, the entire field was shifting at Pocono . using a special transmission to shift gears without using the clutch . practice continued until 2005, when a new gear rule eliminated effectiveness of shifting . in 1989, Emerson Fittipaldi set a qualifying track record of 211.715 mph (340.722 km/h) following the 1989 race, the track was criticized for its roughness, lack of catch fencing Bernard confirms that the IndyCar Series will return to Pocono with a 400-mile race on July 7, 2013 . a $1 million bonus will be paid to a driver who wins all three races in a the 2015 ABC Supply 500 was the fastest 500-mile race in motorsports history . it also became the fastest race in the history of motorsport as Juan Pablo Montoya completed the race at an average speed of 202.402 in 2019, racing driver Felix Rosenqvist was hospitalised following a five-car collision . resulting in calls by Wickens for IndyCar to remove Pocono from the schedule . on September 1, 2019 the mark Donohue wins the inaugural USAC Pocono 500 . Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough finish 28th and 32nd respectively . July 1972: the first track to hold back-to-back 500 Richard Petty scores a popular win after David Pearson blows a tire . June 21, 1981: A. J. Foyt wins the USAC Van Scoy Diamond Mines 500 . Rick Mears wins the CART Domino’s Pizza Pocono 500, the first CART IndyCar sanctioned race . 1986–1987: Tim Richmond wins three pocono races in a row Richmond was the first HIV positive race car driver to win a major race . Bobby Allison suffered career-ending injuries on the opening lap of the 1988 Miller High-life 500 . Bobby Rahal wins the CART Quaker State 500. This was Bobby’s only win of the season . it was his final win with the Truesports IndyCar team . Danny Sullivan wins the final C 1998: Jeremy Mayfield wins his third career Winston Cup win at Pocono . 2002: Steve Park and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. became entangled exiting turn one . 2007: a red flag to the race was shortened by 25 laps due to this repair and rain delays throughout the race that pushed the race towards darkness, Bill Elliott won the race . 2004: The SAFER barrier is installed in all the turns . the distance reduction makes both races at Pocono 160 laps instead of 200 . August 2, 2008: Frank Kimmel, a 9-time ARCA Re/Max Series champion, was injured after a 3-car crash . Tony Stewart wins the 2009 Pocono 500 . he becomes the first person to win in the NASCAR Cup Series since Ricky Rudd in 1998 . double-file restart shootout style restart procedure introduced at the race Denny Hamlin cruises home to his third victory at Pocono . allmendinger forced a flying Kahne into the wet grass causing him to spin . he was hit by Mark Martin and Greg the Camping world truck series raced for the first time at Pocono in the pocono Mountains 125 . it used a multi-truck qualifying format in which successive trucks were sent out 25 seconds apart . Elliott Sadler the crash was recorded as the hardest hit in NASCAR history . despite being shaken and suffering some pain, he would climb out of the car slowly . the wreck aroused concern over the safety of the track the track has been repaved for the first time since 1995 . the new flag stand came from an incident in which a camping world truck series hauler clipped the old stand and destroyed it in august 2011 . this was the Founder and chairman of the board for Pocono Raceway, Joseph Mattioli, dies after a long illness . he took his last lap around the track on january 26, 2012 . a fan was killed by a lightning strike, while nine others were injured . October 2012: Pocono Raceway suffers damage from Hurricane Sandy . Chase Elliott becomes the youngest ARCA Racing Series superspeedway winner in series the race would set an international motorsports record as the, “Fastest 500 Mile Race in History” the race had an average speed of 202.402 mph, shattering the previous record of 197.995 on lap 179, race leader Sage Karam spun and crashed in Turn 1 . a piece of debris from his car struck Justin Wilson on the head . Wilson was airlifted to lehigh valley hospital in Allentown, the second running of the Pocono Green 250 goes the full 100-lap/250-mile distance . Ryan Blaney holds off Kevin Harvick to win his first-ever NASCAR Cup Series race . Kyle Busch on lap 7, Robert Wickens and Ryan Hunter-Reay made contact in turn 2, causing a multicar wreck . the race was red-flagged for two hours to repair the catchfence . Wicken the “solar farm” encompasses approximately 25 acres and consists of almost 40,000 solar modules . the system is expected to produce in excess of 72 million kilowatt hours and offset 3,100 metric tons of carbon