Post by HDT05 on Aug 5, 2012 19:43:22 GMT 10
Pennsylvania 400
NASCAR Sprint Cup Race #21 of 36 for the 2012 season
Race Analysis
Track Length: 2.5 mile tri-oval - Superspeedway
Race Length: 400 Miles/160 laps
Pit Road Speed: 55mph
June 2012 Race Winner: #20-Joey Logano, 131.004mph, started 1st
August 2011 Race Winner: #2-Brad Keselowski, 137.876mph, started 13th
TV Team:
In the Booth: Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree
Pit Reporters: Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Dr. Jerry Punch, Vince Welch
NASCAR Countdown: Nicole Briscoe, Brad Daugherty, Rusty Wallace, Ray Evernham
2012 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:
[after Indianapolis, race 20 of 36]
1) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [1 win], 731
2) #17-Matt Kenseth [1 win], 717, -14
3) #16-Greg Biffle [1 win], 709, -22
4) #48-Jimmie Johnson [3 wins], 704, -27
5) #11-Denny Hamlin [2 wins], 667, -64
6) #29-Kevin Harvick [0 wins], 653, -78
7) #56-Martin Truex Jr. [0 wins], 653, -78
8) #14-Tony Stewart [3 wins], 652, -79
9) #2-Brad Keselowski [3 wins], 649, -82
10) #15-Clint Bowyer [1 wins], 643, -88 (55 pts ahead of 11th)
Current wild card Chase drivers:
WC1) #5-Kasey Kahne [2 wins, 13th in points]
WC2) #18-Kyle Busch [1 win, 11th in points]
(ties broken by 1sts, 2nds, 3rd, etc)
See drivers championship points standings on the Drivers Points Standings (pdf).(7-29-2012)
The numbers for the Pennsylvania 400:
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
10 - fewest lead changes (7/26/98)
12 - wins by car owner (Rick Hendrick)
13 - most cautions (twice, most recent 7/24/05)
17 - drivers with more than one pole
16 - most leaders (three times, most recent 6/13/04)
18 - fewest cars running at finish (7/25/82)
20 - drivers with more than one win
23 - wins from the front row; 13 from the pole
29 - worst starting position for race winner (Carl Edwards, 6/12/05)
31 - different race winners
36 - most cars on lead lap at finish (6/10/07)
38 - 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 - most laps led by race winner (Kurt Busch, 8/5/07)
2012 Caution Update
1 - fewest cautions this season (Fontana)
5 - races extended beyond scheduled distance (Daytona1, Martinsville, Talladega, Darlington and Sonoma)
10 - most cautions this season (Daytona1)
108 - cautions in the first 20 races of 2012; includes 47 for accidents, 32 for debris and 12 for spins
566 of 5,648 - laps under caution in 2012
838.371 of 7,774.956 - miles under caution in the first 20 races
(Darnell Communications for SRT Motorsports and Dodge)(8-2-2012)
Facts and Notes 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.
· The 2.5-mile track was repaved during the fall of 2011.
· There have been 69 NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Pocono Raceway.
· There was one race from 1974 through 1981, and two per year since.
· This season will mark the first time the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Pocono will be scheduled for 400 miles. Prior to 2012 all NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races were 500 miles at Pocono Raceway.
· Buddy Baker won the first pole.
· There have been 38 different pole winners, including David Pearson who won the pole there in June 1984 but did not race; 17 drivers have more than one pole there.
· The pole has been swept just three times: Bill Elliott (1985), Ken Schrader (1993) and Denny Hamlin (2006).
· Richard Petty won the first NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Pocono.
· 31 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.
· 48 of 69 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.
· 14 of 69 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. Joey Logano is the most recent driver to win from the pole earlier this season.
· Rick Hendrick leads all car owners with 12 Pocono victories.
· Mark Martin leads all drivers in top fives (20) and top 10s (34), but has yet to win at Pocono. His best finish was second, seven times (most recently last June). In June, Martin set the record for most runner-up finishes at a track without winning.
· Jimmie Johnson (8.7) and Denny Hamlin (9.3) are the only active drivers to average a top 10.(NASCAR)(7-31-2012)
www.jayski.com/news/races/2012/story/_/page/21-Pocono-NASCAR-Race-Info
Montoya wins pole at Pocono: #42-Juan Pablo Montoya won the pole for the Pennsylvania 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway with a speed of 175.067mph for his 1st pole of 2012 and 8th career pole.
#18-Busch will start 2nd followed by #11-Hamlin, #27-Menard, #5-Kahne, #9-Ambrose, #51-Busch, #17-Kenseth, #88-Earnhardt, Jr., #39-Newman, and #48-Johnson.
The go-or-go homers who made the race (8): #19-Bliss, #23-Riggs, #26-Wise, #37-Yeley, #30-Stremme, #87-Nemechek, #91-Sorenson, #98-Skinner.
The go-or-go homer who failed to qualify for the race (1): #33-Leicht.
See the qualifying order & results, starting lineup, pole progression and more on the Pocono Qualifying Page.(8-4-2012)
www.jayski.com/stats/2012/pdfs/21poc2012qualresults.pdf
