2017 Pocono - Pocono 400 - Pre Race Thread

KodiakRusty89 said:
Enjoy the area! Lots of awesome outdoor places if you like to hike and/or fish! There's a handful of worthy golf courses nearby that are worth playing. Jack Frost National is about 20 minutes and away and is one of the top public tracks in the state. The Crossings is a pretty sweet outlet store 20 minutes east of the track.

Traffic in and out of the track should not be much of problem. Once the attendants are in place everything flows quickly given the smaller crowds. Parking is free!! Pocono is a huge track/facility. If you're seats are low you'll have a limited view of the track but the pits will be right there. If you sit about row 30'ish you'll have a good to very good view of the track.

Pocono is easily one the more unique places in NASCAR. All the SMI and ISC tracks have a certain feel now. Even Martinsville has become "corporate" in many ways. Pocono is not like that. It's a huge track in the middle of nowhere. There's not many bells and whistles and the huge grandstand and bathroom facility is different. 15-20 years ago between the stands and infield Pocono was getting upwards of 175k people (due to the enormous infield). It was the Talladega of the north. The infield stories and parking lot tales are legendary. People couldn't get out until Monday morning (as in 9-10 am) in some cases. They kept 115 one lane until the late 90's. The traffic backups were absurd.
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I used to go every year from 2007-2014 to the August races. 2007 and 2008 I got home around midnight due to awful traffic. Then it started to fall off and the last couple years I went I could just drive right out without a problem and be home by sunset. I plan on going back to the August race this year.
 
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dpkimmel2001 said:
Take an umbrella. That's always a must for a trip to the Pocono's.

Not sure if you're camping there or motel'ing it. If you're camping, stock up on everything before you get there. You are not in the meca of the shopping district close to that track.

If you got some time to kill..... Run over to Hickory Run State Park and follow the signs for Boulder Field. Talk about things that make you go hmmm. Maybe you can figure out how they got all them boulders up there on that mountain? :D
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Yep. You told us about it and what a helluva sight. Shoulda been named boulders aplenty. :D
 
FRIDAY, JUNE 9:
ON TRACK
POCONO RACEWAY
– 11 a.m.- 12:25 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, FS1 (Follow live)
– 1- 1:55 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series practice, FS1 (Follow live)
– 3- 3:55 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series final practice, FS1 (Follow live)
– 4 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coors Light Pole qualifying, FS1 (Follow live)

PRESS CONFERENCES (Watch live)
– 9 a.m.: Ty Dillon
– 9:15 a.m.: Daniel Suarez
– 9:30 a.m.: Darrell Wallace Jr.
– 10:15 a.m.: Kurt Busch
– 10:30 a.m.: Cole Custer, Brennan Poole, Brendan Gaughan
– 12:45 p.m.: Martin Truex Jr.
– 1:15 p.m.: Chris Buescher
– 1:45 p.m.: Ryan Newman
– 5 p.m.: Post-Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying

GARAGECAM (Watch live)
– 10:30 a.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
– 12:30 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series

TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
– 5:35 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole qualifying, no TV (Follow live)
– 8 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series winstaronlinegaming.com 400 (167 laps, 250.5 miles), FS1 (Follow live)
 
Uh oh Jr - tranny trouble - sounded nasty
 
Also, the ARCA series racing at Pocono later today. Sandwiched in between Cup qualifying and the Texas truck race on Fox Sports 1 at around 5:45 eastern.
 
Did Chase not even make a mock qualifying run? 21st on the chart seems awful low if so...
 
AdoubleU24 said:
Did Chase not even make a mock qualifying run? 21st on the chart seems awful low if so...
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He was looking good in race trim, it looked like he was comfortable.

Bubba looked good for his first run. He was up to 17th at one point. Solid first practice for him and it looked like King was giving him some pointers.

My favorites so far to win: Truex, Larson, Keselowski, and both Busch Bros.
 
This dude can't catch a break lol.. talking bout jr.. I just started watching NASCAR the beginning of last year.. he has sucked since I started watching wtf hahaha
 
He's won there in the past.

Great shot at qualifyin' for the elimination thing come Sunday.
 
No good three don't make the first round. Hendrick brought some dump trucks up north. Hope they can get them fixed
 
50 laps is too short for a stage, this seems like a nice 40 minute halfway break race
 
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