The second half of the Nascar Sprint Cup Series season kicks off Sunday in Eastern Pennsylvania at Pocono International Raceway. There have been nine different winners through the first thirteen races, with Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick the only drivers with multiple victories … Johnson has four, Harvick two. But it’s Harvick, the defending series champion, atop the standings by forty-four points over Martin Truex Junior.
Dale Earnhardt Junior will be going after a third straight win on “The Tricky Triangle” come Sunday. He swept both events last season. The last driver to win three in a row on the two-point-five-mile Pocono layout was Tim Richmond, who swept the 1986 season and added another win in June the following year. Hear the race on WBUT 1050am and at wbut.com following the Noon News Sunday.
Lernerville Speedway will have Fab Four Racing tonight following last week’s first rain out of the season.
Late Models highlight five divisions of racing Saturday night at Mercer Raceway Park.
Sportsman’s Speedway hosting the The Pennsylvania Vintage Dirt Modified Series Sunday with gates opening at 5pm.
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