Pocono: Where to Watch This Weekend

The place To Watch NASCAR This Weekend:

Friday, June 20NCTS Observe & Kennametal Pole Qualifying (FS2 at 12:30 p.m. ET)NCTS Race: MillerTech Battery 200 (FS1, NRN, SiriusXM at 5 p.m. ET)

Saturday, June 21NXS Observe & Kennametal Pole Qualifying (CW App at 10 a.m. ET)NCS Observe & Busch Mild Pole Qualifying (Amazon Prime, MRN, SiriusXM at 12:30 p.m. ET)NXS Race: Discover The Pocono Mountain 250 (CW Community, MRN, SiriusXM at 3:30 ET)

Sunday, June 22NCS Race: The Nice American Getaway 400 (Amazon Prime, MRN, SiriusXM at 2 p.m. ET)

Historic & Important Occasions at Pocono Raceway:

Opened in 1968 as a three-quarter-mile monitor, Pocono Raceway is operated by the family-owned Mattco Inc, began by Joseph II and Rose Mattioli.

Pocono Raceway held the primary race on the two.5-mile monitor in 1971.

In 1972, Pocono Raceway held Live performance 10, a two-day rock music competition that had an estimated attendance of 200,000.

The primary NASCAR Cup Collection race at Pocono Raceway was on August 4, 1974, and the occasion was gained by NASCAR Corridor of Famer Richard Petty driving the well-known Petty Enterprises’ No. 43 Dodge. The common pace of the 192-lap race was 115.593 mph. Petty led 152 of the 192 laps on his method to the win.

The two.5-mile monitor was repaved throughout the fall of 2011.

2012 marked the primary season the NASCAR Cup Collection races at Pocono had been scheduled for 400 miles. Previous to 2012, all NASCAR Cup Collection races had been 500 miles at Pocono Raceway.

There have been 91 NASCAR Cup Collection races at Pocono Raceway, one race from 1974 by way of 1981, and two per yr from 1982-2021.

2020 marked the primary season the NASCAR Cup Collection held a doubleheader weekend at Pocono Raceway, with races operating Saturday and Sunday.

Since 2022, Pocono Raceway has hosted the Parts Music Pageant, an EDM music and humanities competition.

Since 2022, the NASCAR Cup Collection has solely competed at Pocono Raceway as soon as a season.

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