Pocono Lineup, News, Notes, Stats, ETC.

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Race: Sunday, August 7, 2011 in Long Pond, PA

Title Sponsor:Good Sam RV Insurance

Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 1:19pm/et

•NASCAR Pre-race: ESPN's NASCAR Countdown - 12:00pm/et

•Television Race Coverage: ESPN, 1:00pm/et

•In the Booth: Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree
Pit Reporters: Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Vince Welch, Dr. Jerry Punch
NASCAR Countdown: Nicole Briscoe, Brad Daugherty, Rusty Wallace
ESPN Craftsman Tech Garage: Tim Brewer

•SPEED's NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 10:00am/et with John Roberts, Kyle Petty, Kenny Wallace

 

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Track Specs:

Superspeedway: 2.5 mile tri-oval
Track/Race Length: 2.5 tri-oval, 200 laps, 500 miles
Banking: turn 1: 14 degrees, [tunnel] turn 2: 8 degree, turn 3: 6 degrees;
Straights: Front - 3740 feet;
Long Pond (between turns 1 and 2) - 3055 feet;
North(between turns 2 and 3) - 1780 feet
Grandstand Seating: 100,000
Pit Road Speed: 55mph
Pace Car Speed: 65mph
Opened: 1974

 

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•June 2011 Pole Sitter: #22-Kurt Busch, 171.579mph, finished 2nd

•August 2010 Pole Sitter: #14-Tony Stewart, 171.393mph, finished 2nd

•Track Qualifying Record: Kasey Kahne, June 2004, 172.533mph

•Oldest Pole Winner: David Pearson, 49 years, 5 months, 19 days, 6/10/1984

•Youngest Pole Winner: Kasey Kahne, 24 years, 2 months, 3 days, 6/13/2004

•Pole Winners: 35

•June 2011 Race Winner: #24-Jeff Gordon, 145.384mph, started 3rd

•August 2010 Race Winner: #16-Greg Biffle, 132.246mph, started 12th

•Oldest Winner: Harry Gant, 50 years, 5 months, 7 days, 6/17/1990

•Youngest Winner: Jeff Gordon, 24 years, 10 months, 12 days, 6/16/1996

•1st Race Record: Alan Kulwicki, June 1992, 144.023mph

•2nd Race Record: Rusty Wallace, July 1996, 144.892

•Slowest Race Record: Jimmie Johnson, June 2004, 112.129mph

•Worst Starting Spot to Win: Carl Edwards, June 2005, started 29th

 

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The Numbers for Pocono Raceway

1 - fewest cautions (7/30/78)
2 - fewest on lead lap at finish (twice, most recent 6/6/82)
3 - fewest caution laps (7/30/78)
4 - races won from outside a top-20 starting position
4 - fewest leaders (twice, most recent 6/9/85)
4 - fewest laps led by race winner (Bobby Labonte, 7/29/01)
5 - most wins (Jeff Gordon, Bill Elliott)
5 - most poles (Bill Elliott, Ken Schrader)
10 - number of jet dryers available for track drying this weekend at Pocono Raceway
10 - fewest lead changes (7/26/98)
12 - wins by car owner (Rick Hendrick)
13 - most cautions (twice, most recent 7/24/05)
16 - drivers with more than one pole at "The Tricky Triangle"
16 - most leaders (three times, most recent 6/13/04)
18 - fewest cars running at finish (7/25/82)
22 - wins from the front row; 13 from the pole
29 - worst starting position for race winner (Carl Edwards, 6/12/05)
29 - different race winners
36 - most cars on lead lap at finish (6/10/07)
37 - different pole winners
42 - most cars running at finish (6/10/07)
56 - most lead changes (7/30/79)
57 - most caution laps (6/13/04)
120 minutes - approximate amount of time it takes to dry the 2.5-mile track
175 - laps led by race winner (Kurt Busch, 8/5/07)

 

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2011 Caution Update

4 - number of races extended beyond scheduled distance in 2011
4 - fewest cautions this season (Fontana, Pocono)
16 - most cautions this season (Daytona)
152 - number of cautions in the first 20 races of 2011 (includes 70 for accidents, 37 for debris and 22 for spins)
718 of 5,756 - number of laps under caution in 2011
1,014.811 of 8,034.858 - miles under caution in the first 20 races

 

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At Pocono Raceway

· Opened in 1968 as a three-quarter-mile track, Pocono Raceway held the first race on the 2.5-mile track in 1971.
· The first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race was in 1974.
· There have been 67 NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Pocono Raceway.
· There was one race from 1974 through 1981, and two per year since.
· All NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Pocono have been scheduled for 500 miles.
· Buddy Baker won the first pole.
· There have been 37 different pole winners, including David Pearson who won the pole there in June 1984 but did not race; 16 drivers have more than one pole there.
· The pole has been swept just three times: Bill Elliott (1985), Ken Schrader (1993), Denny Hamlin (2006).
· Richard Petty won the first NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Pocono.
· 29 different drivers have won races at Pocono, led by Bill Elliott and Jeff Gordon, each with five victories; 20 drivers have won more than once there.
· There have been six season sweeps at Pocono, the last by Denny Hamlin in 2006.
· Bobby Allison (1982, '83) and Tim Richmond (1986, '87) each won three consecutive races at Pocono.
· 47 of 67 Pocono races have been won from a top-10 start.
· The June 2005 race was won by Carl Edwards from the 29th starting position, the deepest in the field that a race winner has started.
· 13 of 67 races have been won from the pole, Bill Elliott (1985, 2002) and Denny Hamlin (2006 sweep) are the only drivers to have done it twice. Tony Stewart is the most recent driver to win from the pole in 2009.
· Rick Hendrick leads all car owners with 12 Pocono victories.
· Mark Martin leads all drivers in top fives (19) and top 10s (33), but has yet to win at Pocono. His best finish was second, six times (most recently in August 2004).
· Denny Hamlin (9.1) and Jimmie Johnson (9.2) are the only active drivers to average a top-10 finish.

 

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pit Stall Selections
Pocono Raceway

 

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STARTING LINEUP

1 20 Joey Logano Home Depot Toyota 172.055 52.309
2 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Toyota 171.648 52.433
3 56 Martin Truex, Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 171.494 52.480
4 99 Carl Edwards Ortho Home Defense Max Ford 171.474 52.486
5 22 Kurt Busch Shell/Pennzoil Dodge 171.468 52.488
6 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota 171.448 52.494
7 27 Paul Menard CertainTeed/Menards Chevy 171.370 52.518
8 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevy 171.367 52.519
9 16 Greg Biffle 3M/811 Ford 171.171 52.579
10 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevy 171.122 52.594
11 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota 171.080 52.607
12 39 Ryan Newman Tornados Chevy 170.788 52.697
13 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 170.652 52.739
14 33 Clint Bowyer Good Sam Club Chevy 170.619 52.749
15 6 David Ragan UPS Ford 170.619 52.749
16 1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevy 170.590 52.758
17 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Chevy 170.558 52.768
18 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevy 170.539 52.774
19 88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. AMP Energy/National Guard Chevy 170.506 52.784
20 17 Matt Kenseth Crown Royal Ford 170.438 52.805
21 36 Dave Blaney Golden Corral Chevy 170.309 52.845
22 47 Bobby Labonte Reese Towpower/Highland Toyota 170.280 52.854
23 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevy 170.161 52.891
24 34 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 170.068 52.920
25 5 Mark Martin GoDaddy.com Chevy 170.042 52.928
26 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota 169.991 52.944
27 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 169.875 52.980
28 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevy 169.734 53.024
29 43 AJ Allmendinger Best Buy Ford 169.629 53.057
30 66 Todd Bodine(i) HP Racing, LLC Toyota 169.393 53.131
31 24 Jeff Gordon Drive To End Hunger Chevy 169.358 53.142
32 13 Casey Mears GEICO Toyota 169.338 53.148
33 00 David Reutimann Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 169.335 53.149
34 55 JJ Yeley Front Row Motorsports Ford 168.909 53.283
35 46 Erik Darnell(i) Red Line Ford 168.631 53.371
36 51 Landon Cassill(i) PhoenixConstruction/SecurityBenefit Chev 168.508 53.410
37 30 David Stremme Inception Motorsports Chevy 167.892 53.606
38 7 Robby Gordon SPEED Energy Dodge 167.795 53.637
39 38 Travis Kvapil(i) Long John Silver's Ford 167.604 53.698
40 37 Scott Speed(i) Max Q Motorsports Ford 167.420 53.757
41-OP 32 Jason White(i) Gunbroker.com Ford 167.165 53.839
42-OP 71 Andy Lally # Interstate Moving Services Ford 166.868 53.935
43 87 Joe Nemechek AM FM Energy Toyota 167.268 53.806
DNQ 35 Geoff Bodine Chevy 167.218 53.822
DNQ 50 T.J. Bell Chevy 167.020 53.886
DNQ 60 Mike Skinner Toyota 166.156 54.166

 

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NSCS Practice 1
Pocono Raceway

1 39 Ryan Newman Tornados Chevy 170.026 52.933 164.949 1 12
2 22 Kurt Busch Shell/Pennzoil Dodge 168.621 53.374 164.388 1 17
3 43 AJ Allmendinger Best Buy Ford 168.517 53.407 163.398 1 17
4 99 Carl Edwards Ortho Home Defense Max Ford 168.360 53.457 163.421 1 16
5 5 Mark Martin GoDaddy.com Chevy 168.300 53.476 163.683 1 23
6 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevy 168.284 53.481 163.476 1 24
7 6 David Ragan UPS Ford 168.108 53.537 163.759 5 15
8 27 Paul Menard CertainTeed/Menards Chevy 168.039 53.559 163.325 1 24
9 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota 167.976 53.579 165.891 12 16
10 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 167.679 53.674 163.667 5 22
11 17 Matt Kenseth Crown Royal Ford 167.517 53.726 164.225 5 11
12 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Chevy 167.429 53.754 163.547 3 15
13 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevy 167.361 53.776 164.270 17 19
14 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 167.302 53.795 163.148 3 17
15 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Toyota 167.218 53.822 164.021 19 19
16 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota 166.868 53.935 164.502 1 19
17 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. AMP Energy/National Guard Chevy 166.815 53.952 164.120 18 20
18 00 David Reutimann Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 166.713 53.985 163.764 1 15
19 36 Dave Blaney Golden Corral Chevy 166.636 54.010 165.370 5 7
20 16 Greg Biffle 3M/811 Ford 166.599 54.022 164.306 19 19
21 20 Joey Logano Home Depot Toyota 166.596 54.023 163.935 18 20
22 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 166.553 54.037 165.662 13 13
23 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevy 166.466 54.065 163.296 1 26
24 33 Clint Bowyer Good Sam Club Chevy 166.000 54.217 163.402 1 24
25 24 Jeff Gordon Drive To End Hunger Chevy 165.997 54.218 162.794 3 19
26 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevy 165.926 54.241 164.238 1 22
27 13 Casey Mears GEICO Toyota 165.798 54.283 164.864 9 9
28 47 Bobby Labonte Reese Towpower/Highland Toyota 164.971 54.555 162.284 3 13
29 55 J.J. Yeley Front Row Motorsports Ford 164.962 54.558 164.736 1 3
30 51 Landon Cassill Phoenix Construction/Security Benefit Chevy 164.899 54.579 162.186 16 16
31 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevy 164.462 54.724 163.137 3 16
32 7 Robby Gordon SPEED Energy Dodge 164.369 54.755 163.338 7 9
33 34 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 164.291 54.781 162.519 12 12
34 66 Todd Bodine HP Racing, LLC Toyota 164.147 54.829 161.979 5 7
35 1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevy 163.905 54.910 161.692 2 23
36 30 David Stremme Inception Motorsports Chevy 163.785 54.950 162.906 5 5
37 38 Travis Kvapil Long John Silver's Ford 163.598 55.013 160.685 1 20
38 87 Joe Nemechek AM FM Energy Toyota 163.408 55.077 163.408 1 1
39 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota 163.348 55.097 162.672 6 19
40 71 Andy Lally Interstate Moving Services Ford 162.690 55.320 160.779 2 16
41 60 Mike Skinner Big Red Toyota 162.475 55.393 161.723 6 8
42 50 T.J. Bell Green Smoke Chevy 162.426 55.410 161.534 1 9
43 37 Scott Speed Max Q Motorsports Ford 160.519 56.068 160.281 1 2
44 46 Erik Darnell Red Line Ford 160.439 56.096 160.108 4 4
45 32 Jason White Gunbroker.com Ford 159.821 56.313 157.011 2 22
46 35 Geoff Bodine Luke & Associates Chevy 158.837 56.662 158.174 5 7


# Rookie of the Year Contender

 

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NSCS Practice 1
Best 10 Consecutive Lap Average

Rank Car# Driver From Lap To Lap Avg Speed Overall Rank
1 27 Paul Menard 15 24 162.774 8
2 31 Jeff Burton 17 26 162.667 23


Car must run 10 consecutive laps on the track to be included in the above chart

 

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NSCS Final Practice
Pocono Raceway

1 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Toyota 167.520 53.725 163.313 1 28
2 5 Mark Martin GoDaddy.com Chevy 166.834 53.946 162.786 1 31
3 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevy 166.756 53.971 162.909 24 24
4 33 Clint Bowyer Good Sam Club Chevy 166.667 54.000 163.122 3 23
5 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevy 166.599 54.022 163.691 1 19
6 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevy 166.349 54.103 163.778 2 16
7 39 Ryan Newman Tornados Chevy 166.322 54.112 163.148 1 20
8 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 166.217 54.146 162.961 1 28
9 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Chevy 166.184 54.157 162.205 1 32
10 99 Carl Edwards Ortho Home Defense Max Ford 166.174 54.160 163.108 1 28
11 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota 166.033 54.206 162.746 1 35
12 20 Joey Logano Home Depot Toyota 165.923 54.242 163.153 1 27
13 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 165.877 54.257 162.684 1 28
14 16 Greg Biffle 3M/811 Ford 165.874 54.258 162.862 1 32
15 22 Kurt Busch Shell/Pennzoil Dodge 165.831 54.272 162.677 1 26
16 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 165.773 54.291 163.534 23 29
17 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevy 165.749 54.299 162.964 1 40
18 24 Jeff Gordon Drive To End Hunger Chevy 165.740 54.302 162.923 1 35
19 1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevy 165.654 54.330 162.398 22 24
20 00 David Reutimann Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 165.587 54.352 162.920 1 21
21 43 AJ Allmendinger Best Buy Ford 165.526 54.372 162.673 1 30
22 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevy 165.462 54.393 162.942 27 37
23 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. AMP Energy/National Guard Chevy 165.453 54.396 162.970 35 41
24 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota 165.435 54.402 163.911 28 35
25 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota 165.174 54.488 162.874 1 26
26 27 Paul Menard CertainTeed/Menards Chevy 165.032 54.535 162.773 1 21
27 17 Matt Kenseth Crown Royal Ford 164.745 54.630 162.561 1 25
28 6 David Ragan UPS Ford 164.690 54.648 161.915 1 29
29 37 Scott Speed Max Q Motorsports Ford 164.678 54.652 163.836 7 7
30 47 Bobby Labonte Reese Towpower/Highland Toyota 164.426 54.736 161.568 1 27
31 38 Travis Kvapil Long John Silver's Ford 164.399 54.745 163.660 7 9
32 51 Landon Cassill Phoenix Construction/Security Benefit Chevy 164.300 54.778 163.567 9 9
33 35 Geoffrey Bodine Luke & Associates Chevy 164.201 54.811 161.324 11 11
34 55 J.J. Yeley Front Row Motorsports Ford 164.054 54.860 163.097 4 8
35 34 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 164.048 54.862 162.136 10 10
36 87 Joe Nemechek AM FM Energy Toyota 164.048 54.862 163.052 7 7
37 46 Erik Darnell Red Line Ford 164.003 54.877 163.165 7 7
38 7 Robby Gordon SPEED Energy Dodge 163.908 54.909 161.725 8 10
39 66 Todd Bodine HP Racing, LLC Toyota 163.863 54.924 162.906 1 8
40 36 Dave Blaney Golden Corral Chevy 163.758 54.959 162.229 1 16
41 71 Andy Lally Interstate Moving Services Ford 163.690 54.982 160.661 1 13
42 30 David Stremme Inception Motorsports Chevy 163.274 55.122 162.608 9 9
43 60 Mike Skinner Big Red Toyota 163.194 55.149 162.019 5 5
44 50 T.J. Bell Green Smoke Chevy 162.487 55.389 161.507 7 9
45 13 Casey Mears GEICO Toyota 162.305 55.451 161.272 1 5
46 32 Mike Bliss Gunbroker.com Ford 160.436 56.097 157.898 1 16


# Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender

 

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NSCS Final Practice Best 10 Consecutive Lap Average

Rank Car# Driver From Lap To Lap Avg Speed Overall Rank
1 48 Jimmie Johnson 14 23.000 163.193 17
2 29 Kevin Harvick 1 10.000 163.192 3
3 27 Paul Menard 1 10.000 162.926 26
4 14 Tony Stewart 27 36.000 162.902 22

 

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Goodyear Tires Notes / Fast Facts

Tire:
Goodyear Eagle Speedway Radials (Sprint Cup);
Goodyear Wrangler Speedway Radials (Camping World Truck)

Number of Tires:
Sprint Cup: Left-side -- 1,375, Right-side -- 1,525;
Camping World Truck: Left-side -- 325, Right-side -- 325

Set limits:
Sprint Cup: 5 sets for practice/qualifying and 10 sets for race;
Camping World Truck: 4 sets for the weekend

Tire Codes: Left-side -- D-4178; Right-side -- D-4160

Tire Circumference: Left-side -- 87.4 in.; Right-side -- 88.6 in.

Technical Inspection Inflation:
Left Front -- 26 psi; Left Rear -- 26 psi;
Right Front -- 36 psi; Right Rear -- 36 psi

Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front -- 14 psi; Left Rear  14 psi;
Right Front -- 34 psi; Right Rear -- 31 psi

Estimated Pit Window: Every 32-34 laps, based on fuel mileage (Sprint Cup).

Notes: Teams in both NASCAR series in action at Pocono this weekend will run the same tire codes, though the Sprint Cup tires will be branded "Goodyear Eagle," while the Camping World Truck tires will be branded "Goodyear Wrangler" . . . teams in these two series should be very familiar with this tire set-up . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires that Sprint Cup teams have run at Pocono since the beginning of 2009, making this their sixth consecutive race on this tire at this track . . . this is also the same tire set-up Camping World Truck teams ran in their inaugural race at Pocono last season . . . as on all NASCAR tracks that are greater than one mile in length and are not road courses, teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at Pocono . . . air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.

 

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Some Chassis Selections by Teams for this race

Chassis selections for Pocono: see the list of many teams and what chassis were selected by the team to run at Pocono Raceway:
MISSING? why are some teams missing? like the #11 or #16? those teams do not report what chassis in the race previews or prs.
#1-Jamie McMurray: Crew Chief Kevin Manion and the Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats Chevy team will bring Chassis #1102, which will be making its fifth start of the season this weekend at Pocono. McMurray drove this car earlier this year at Las Vegas, Texas, Dover and in the first race at Pocono, where the #1 qualified 13th and finished 33rd after losing third gear early in the race.
#2-Brad Keselowski: The #2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger team will race chassis PRS-759 during Sunday's Good Sam RV Insurance 500 at Pocono Raceway. This is a brand-new chassis to the #2 fleet. The featured tag line on the bumper of the "Blue Deuce" this weekend at Pocono will be "Triple Hopping the Triangle." Triple hop brewing is the process that gives Miller Lite its award-winning, great taste. Pocono Raceway has long been known as the "Tricky Triangle" for its unusual triangle shape.
#5-Mark Martin: crew chief Lance McGrew has chosen Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 5-672 for Sunday's race at Pocono. This car was most recently raced at Michigan International Speedway in June and Kentucky Speedway in July.
#6-David Ragan: Primary Chassis RK-759 last ran at Pocono and finished 17th, the backup chassis RK-711 last ran at Darlington and finished 21st.
#9-Marcos Ambrose: The #9 RPM team has prepared chassis No. 754 for the 500-mile event at Pocono Raceway. This Dewalt Ford Fusion has been run previously this season at Martinsville, Dover and the first Pocono race in June. Australian Word of the Week: Good Oil = Useful Information or A Good Idea.
#14-Tony Stewart: Chassis No. 14-640 debuted in May at Darlington where it qualifying ninth and leading six laps before finishing seventh. It spent time in the wind tunnel afterward and made its second career start at Pocono in June. There, it qualified 15th and rallied its way into the top-five by lap 124, only to be felled two laps later when Stewart reported that he had lost third gear. The balky transmission prevented Stewart from getting up to speed quickly on restarts, which conspired to leave Chassis No. 14-640 in 21st place when the checkered flag dropped. Idle since, the car returns to Pocono for the Good Sam RV Insurance 500.
#17-Matt Kenseth: will run primary chassis RK-763 which last ran at Kansas, this weekend Kenseth will pilot the #17 Crown Royal Ford.
#18-Kyle Busch: Chassis No. 318 is a brand new chassis that is slated to see action for the first time in Sunday's Good Sam RV Insurance 500 at Pocono Raceway.
#20-Joey Logano: and the #20 Home Depot Team are bringing chassis #319 this weekend to Pocono Raceway. This is another new chassis for the #20 Team. The back-up chassis is #303 that Logano tested on the Thursday of Kentucky and most recently ran at Michigan International Speedway in June. Welcome aboard The Home Depot associates from store #563 in Irving, Texas. The store number will ride along with Logano this weekend in Pocono.
#22-Kurt Busch and his Steve Addington-led "Double-Deuce" crew will be racing their "PRS-758" Dodge Charger in this weekend's action at Pocono Raceway. "We're rolling out another brand new Shell-Pennzoil Dodge Charger for this weekend at Pocono," said crew chief Addington. "We raced two of last year's cars there back in June. We crashed the primary car (PRS- 744) in practice and had to go to the backup (PRS-738). Kurt still won the pole, ran strong all day and finished second. We're coming back with this new piece thinking we can be even stronger this time around. Yeah, that means we're coming back to Pocono looking to win there on Sunday." The "PRS-749" Shell-Pennzoil Dodge (revamped car raced at Richmond) will serve as the backup car this weekend at Pocono.
#27-Paul Menard will pilot Chassis No. 347 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable. This #27 CertainTeed/Menards Chevy was a brand new addition to the RCR fleet for the 2011 season and was last seen on track at the uniquely-configured raceway, where Menard earned his season-best starting position of second and drove it to a 14th-place finish. This race also saw track time this year at Dover where he brought home a 24th-place result after starting from the 20th position and at Auto Club Speedway where he started 15th and finished 16th.
#29-Kevin Harvick: will race chassis No. 318 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable. The #29 team utilized this car to score an 11th-place finish at Kansas Speedway earlier this season. Harvick also raced this car to three top-10 finishes in 2010: third at Kansas, eighth at Charlotte (Oct) and sixth at Texas (Nov).
#31-Jeff Burton will race Chassis No. 359 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable. Built new for the 2011 season, Burton drove this Caterpillar Chevrolet Impala to a 21st-place result at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May.
#33-Clint Bowyer: will pilot chassis No. 333 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable. This Good Sam Club Chevrolet Impala, built new for 2011, has now seen action three times this season. This includes a top-10 finish of seventh at Auto Club Speedway in March and two 16th-place finishes in the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race in May and Pocono 500 in June.
#36-Dave Blaney: and Tommy Baldwin Racing will bring chassis No. 910 back to Pocono Raceway this weekend. Blaney piloted the chassis from the 40th starting spot to 26th in the last race at Pocono. TBR also ran the chassis at Darlington Raceway and Texas Motor Speedway. The team finished 24th and 30th, respectively.
#39-Ryan Newman In six previous starts, chassis No. 39-609 has three top-five and four top-10 finishes. The car made its debut in July 2010 at Indianapolis and finished a respectable 17th. The car's second start came at Auto Club Speedway, last fall finishing 5th. Its final appearance of the 2010 season came at Texas and finished 20th. During the offseason, the car's front clip was updated for 2011. The car's first appearance this year came in March at Auto Club and scored his third top-five of the season. Newman followed up that impressive run with a top-10 finish at Pocono, a ninth-place finish. At the series' inaugural race at Kentucky last month, Newman fought an ill-handling racecar and rallied from one lap down to score a hard-earned fourth-place finish. This weekend will mark the car's fourth start in 2011.
#42-Juan Pablo Montoya: will bring chassis #1103 to the racetrack for the fourth time this season when they come back to Pocono Raceway. Montoya last drove this chassis at Pocono in June, when he qualified 16th and finished seventh. Earlier in the season the chassis was used at Auto Club Speedway and at the All Star Race at Charlotte.
#43-A.J. Allmendinger: The #43 RPM team has prepared chassis No. 729 for this weekend's event at Pocono. This Best Buy Ford Fusion has been run previously this season at Phoenix, Martinsville, Darlington and was utilized in the June race at Pocono Raceway.
#48-Jimmie Johnson: will pilot chassis No. 659 in Sunday's event. He last drove that car at Michigan in June. Johnson finished 16th in backup chassis No. 623 at Las Vegas in March.
#88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.: Crew chief Steve Letarte and the #88 team will unload Hendrick Motorsports Chassis 88-668. Earnhardt most recently raced this chassis to a 21st-place finish at Michigan International Speedway in June.
#99-Carl Edwards: The #99 Scotts Ortho team will unloading chassis RK-732 this weekend. This is the same Ford Fusion that Edwards won with at Vegas and finished second at Darlington. They also ran it at Pocono in June where he finished 37th after a broken valve.

 

[Mosi]

Always appreciate the info consolidated into a thread. Enjoy the race.

 

[johnboland]

Liking Truex and Hamlin in top 10, Kyle Busch and Ragan in 10-20 spots and Vickers and The Dinger in 20-30 spots.