Pocono Raceway

• This Sunday NASCAR will run its 66th race at Pocono. 36 drivers have qualified on pole over that time and 28 different competitors have won races.
• The race has been won 13 times from the number one starting position. Tony Stewart was the last in June of 2009.
• Bill Elliott is the all-time wins and pole leader with five of each. Ken Schrader also has five poles.
• Mark Martin leads everyone, all-time, with 19 top fives and an amazing 32 top tens.
• Mark Martin has finished on the lead lap in 38 of the 47 races.
• Gordon is youngest Pocono winner. Gordon was only 24 years, 10 months and 12 days old when he won the June race in 1996.Harry Gant was 50 years, 5 months and 7 days young when he won in 1990.
• Ricky Rudd had more starts at Pocono than anyone with 55.
• Pocono is one of our Speedway type tracks in the On Pit Row stats. Often referred to as a RoVal, many folks think that Pocono is similar to the road courses, because of its three distinct turns. But Indianapolis most comparable to Pocono, with its long straights and shallow banked turns.  Here’s a link to the Loop stats on our Indianapolis Motor Speedway track page. You may want to take a look at them.And maybe check out the drivers who do well at Watkins Glen too.

Pre-race Loop Data stats for the Pennsylvania 500

And if you want to look at the picture before the first 2009 race at the Poke, here they are.

Pre-Race Loop Data Stats for 2009 Pocono 500