By Barbara Harrison
It’s NASCAR race day at Pocono Raceway, and here’s everything you need to know:
START TIME: Green flag at 2:12 p.m. ET.
RACE DISTANCE: The Pocono 400 is 400 miles and 160 laps around the 2.5-mile “Tricky Triangle.”
RACE STAGES: After a successful run last season, NASCAR will once again be dividing races into stages and handing out points. Here are the segments for today’s race: Stage 1: 50 laps, Stage 2: 50 laps, Stage 3: 60 laps.
TV/RADIO SCHEDULE: The race will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1 starting at 2 p.m., with a pre-show starting at 12:30 p.m. Radio calls can be found on the Motor Racing Network and Sirius/XM NASCAR Radio.
LIVE STREAMING: Fox is offering a live stream through its Fox Sports Go app.
WEATHER: The Weather Channel is calling for cool conditions under cloudy skies in the Pocono Mountains, with highs in the low 60s and a 15% chance of rain.
LAST TIME: Kyle Busch snapped a 36-race winless streak with his victory in July 2017, beating runner-up Kevin Harvick by more than six seconds to score his first win of the season and the first of his Cup Series career at Pocono. And one year ago last June, Ryan Blaney broke through for his first career victory in the Cup Series, also topping Harvick but by a much smaller 0.139 seconds.
LINEUP: Blaney posted the top speed in Friday’s qualifying, edging Harvick for the pole.
Here’s the starting lineup for today’s Pocono 400 (car number in parentheses):
1. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford
2. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford
3. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet
4. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota
5. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota
6. (41) Kurt Busch, Ford
7. (22) Joey Logano, Ford
8. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet
9. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford
10. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota
11. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet
12. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet
13. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet
14. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet
15. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet
16. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet
17. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford
18. (19) Daniel Suarez, Toyota
19. (43) Darrell Wallace Jr., Chevrolet
20. (21) Paul Menard, Ford
21. (38) David Ragan, Ford
22. (95) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet
23. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford
24. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet
25. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota, 172.808.
26. (6) Matt Kenseth, Ford
27. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet
28. (51) Cole Custer, Ford
29. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet
30. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford
31. (15) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet
32. (32) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford
33. (00) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet
34. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford
35. (72) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet
36. (23) Gray Gaulding, Toyota
37. (7) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet
38. (99) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet
