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How to watch Sunday's Cup race at Pocono: Start time, streaming info and weather
The NASCAR In-Season Challenge seedings will be set Sunday over 160 miles at Pocono Raceway. It's the last Cup Series event before the beginning of an inaugural five-race exhibition for $1 million. Denny Hamlin remains the top seed of the 32-driver field by virtue of his win at Michigan International Speedway. Advertisement Because Mexico City winner Shane Van Gisbergen failed to qualify for the In-Season Challenge, the next two seeds are Chris Buescher and Christopher Bell. An eligible Pocono winner would clinch the second seed for the In-Season Tournament, which will begin June 28 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Hamlin, who missed the inaugural race at Mexico City after the birth of his son, will return at Pocono, where he holds the Cup record with seven victories. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver, who finished runner-up to Ryan Blaney last year, is the only repeat winner in the past eight races at Pocono. Four organizations have combined to win the past 10 Cup races at Pocono: JGR (six wins), Hendrick Motorsports (two), Team Penske and the now-defunct Stewart-Haas Racing. NASCAR: NASCAR All-Star Race Good news, bad news for NASCAR Cup drivers ahead of Pocono weekend Advertisement Denny Hamlin returns to the series this weekend after missing last weekend's race in Mexico for the birth of his son. Details for Sunday's Cup race at Pocono Raceway (All times Eastern) START: The command to start engines will be given at 2:09 p.m. ... The green flag will wave at 2:20 p.m. PRERACE: The Cup garage will open at 11 a.m. ... Driver introductions are at 1:25 p.m. ... The invocation will be given at 2:01 p.m. ... The anthem will be performed by Generald Wilson, Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Retired, at 2:02 p.m. DISTANCE: The race is 160 laps (400 miles) on the 2.5-mile track. STAGES: Stage 1 ends at Lap 30. Stage 2 ends at Lap 95. Advertisement ENTRY LIST: Click here for the 36 cars entered at Pocono Raceway. TV/RADIO: Prime will broadcast the race starting at 1 p.m. ... Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will have radio coverage. FORECAST: WeatherUnderground — A mixture of sunshine and clouds with a high of 86 degrees and winds from the west at 10 to 15 mph. It's expected to be 83 degrees with a 5% chance of racing for the start of the Cup Series race. LAST TIME: Ryan Blaney led a race-high 44 laps and won by 1.312 seconds over Denny Hamlin on July 14, 2024.
NBC Sports
10 hours ago
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How to watch Sunday's Cup race at Pocono: Start time, streaming info and weather
The NASCAR In-Season Challenge seedings will be set Sunday over 160 miles at Pocono Raceway. It's the last Cup Series event before the beginning of an inaugural five-race exhibition for $1 million. Denny Hamlin remains the top seed of the 32-driver field by virtue of his win at Michigan International Speedway. Because Mexico City winner Shane Van Gisbergen failed to qualify for the In-Season Challenge, the next two seeds are Chris Buescher and Christopher Bell. An eligible Pocono winner would clinch the second seed for the In-Season Tournament, which will begin June 28 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Mexico City marked the second of three seeding races for the 2025 In-Season Tournament. Here are the updated seeding positions following Mexico City, with one race remaining: Hamlin, who missed the inaugural race at Mexico City after the birth of his son, will return at Pocono, where he holds the Cup record with seven victories. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver, who finished runner-up to Ryan Blaney last year, is the only repeat winner in the past eight races at Pocono. Four organizations have combined to win the past 10 Cup races at Pocono: JGR (six wins), Hendrick Motorsports (two), Team Penske and the now-defunct Stewart-Haas Racing. Dustin Long, Details for Sunday's Cup race at Pocono Raceway (All times Eastern) START: The command to start engines will be given at 2:09 p.m. ... The green flag will wave at 2:20 p.m. PRERACE: The Cup garage will open at 11 a.m. ... Driver introductions are at 1:25 p.m. ... The invocation will be given at 2:01 p.m. ... The anthem will be performed by Generald Wilson, Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Retired, at 2:02 p.m. DISTANCE: The race is 160 laps (400 miles) on the 2.5-mile track. STAGES: Stage 1 ends at Lap 30. Stage 2 ends at Lap 95. ENTRY LIST: Click here for the 36 cars entered at Pocono Raceway. TV/RADIO: Prime will broadcast the race starting at 1 p.m. ... Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will have radio coverage. FORECAST: WeatherUnderground — A mixture of sunshine and clouds with a high of 86 degrees and winds from the west at 10 to 15 mph. It's expected to be 83 degrees with a 5% chance of racing for the start of the Cup Series race. LAST TIME: Ryan Blaney led a race-high 44 laps and won by 1.312 seconds over Denny Hamlin on July 14, 2024.
USA Today
13 hours ago
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How to watch NASCAR live at Pocono in June 2025, weekend schedule
How to watch NASCAR live at Pocono in June 2025, weekend schedule NASCAR is ready for the upcoming action at Pocono Raceway, marking the 19th official race weekend of the 2025 Cup Series season. In 2024, Ryan Blaney beat Denny Hamlin for his second victory of the year. All three NASCAR levels will be on track in Pocono this weekend, so you won't want to miss the action! Below, you can find more details about the on-track action in Pocono this weekend! NASCAR live today: Pocono Raceway Here are the upcoming practice, qualifying, and race times for the current race weekend on the NASCAR schedule (all ET). Friday, June 20 Saturday, June 21 10:00 a.m.: Xfinity Series Practice (The CW App) 11:05 a.m.: Xfinity Series Qualifying (The CW App) 12:35 p.m.: Cup Series Practice (Prime) 1:45 p.m.: Cup Series Qualifying (Prime) 3:30 p.m.: Xfinity Series Race - Explore the Pocono Mountain 250 (The CW) - Watch FREE on Fubo Sunday, June 22 2:00 p.m.: Cup Series Race - The Great American Getaway 400 (Prime) 2:00 p.m.: NASCAR Driver Cam - The Great American Getaway 400 (Max) - Watch NASCAR Driver Cam on Max Watch NASCAR at Pocono FREE on Fubo More: NASCAR Cup Series schedule: Start times, TV networks in 2025 We occasionally recommend interesting products and services. If you make a purchase by clicking one of the links, we may earn an affiliate fee. Motorsports Wire operates independently, though, and this doesn't influence our coverage.
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13 hours ago
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NASCAR Friday schedule at Pocono Raceway
The Truck Series will take the spotlight Friday at Pocono Raceway, where the Xfinity garage also will be open. Trucks will be on track for practice at 12:35 p.m., followed by a 1:40 p.m. qualifying session to set the field for an 80-lap race. Advertisement The green flag will fall at 5:22 p.m. for the Truck Series. Corey Heim is the defending race winner. Cup Series team haulers will load in at Pocono at 3 p.m., but the garage won't open until Saturday when practice and qualifying will occur for Sunday's 400-mile race. NASCAR: NASCAR All-Star Race Good news, bad news for NASCAR Cup drivers ahead of Pocono weekend Denny Hamlin returns to the series this weekend after missing last weekend's race in Mexico for the birth of his son. Pocono Raceway Friday schedule (All Times Eastern) Garage open 7:30 a.m. - 10 p.m. — Truck Series 11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. — Xfinity Series Track activity 12:35 - 1:30 p.m. — Truck practice (FS2) 1:40 - 2:30 p.m. — Truck qualifying (FS2) 5 p.m. — Truck race (80 laps, 200 miles; Stage 1 at Lap 20, Stage 2 at Lap 40; FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) Weather Friday: Sunshine and clouds mixed with a high of 76 degrees. Winds from the west to northwest at 10 to 20 mph. It's expected to 74 degrees with a 1% chance of rain at the start of the Truck Series race.
Fox News
a day ago
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10 Races Left In NASCAR Regular Season: Who Makes Playoffs And Who Doesn't
With 10 races left in the NASCAR Cup Series regular season, 10 drivers should feel like they can breathe easy when it comes to making the playoffs. Two more should feel pretty good. The other 24 full-time drivers? They must take a win-and-in approach. The playoff field of 16 drivers is made up of the regular-season champion plus the 15 drivers based on the number of wins with ties broken by points. There have never been more than 16 winners in the 26-race regular season, so typically there are a couple of spots available to those highest in points with no wins. Of the 10 races remaining, three are on street or road courses (Chicago, Sonoma, Watkins Glen), three on tracks between 0.75-to-1 mile (Dover, Iowa, Richmond), two are on drafting tracks (Atlanta, Daytona) and two are on big tracks that race as a hybrid of intermediates and speedways (Pocono, Indianapolis). So who's in the field and who should be nervous? Let's take a look. They Won. They're In Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell are absolutely locked in with three wins apiece this year. The only way a driver with one win doesn't get in is if there are seven new winners in the next 10 races. That's highly unlikely in a season where there have been 10 winners in 16 races. Here are the one-win drivers and their points: William Byron (604), Ryan Blaney (466), Ross Chastain (443), Joey Logano (411), Austin Cindric (337), Josh Berry (320) and Shane van Gisbergen (242). All of those drivers should feel safe. Good On Points? Chase Elliott, who currently has a 146-point edge on the current cutoff, and Tyler Reddick (+123) should be in. That's unless there are five new winners, and they aren't among those five in the final 10 races. But for the moment, count them in. That leaves four spots available. Good … For Now? The four other drivers currently above the bubble are Bubba Wallace (+57), Chase Briscoe (+39), Alex Bowman (+22) and Chris Buescher (+19). All four would be no surprise if they won and all four would be no surprise if they slumped and miss the playoffs. None of these drivers have necessarily been on the verge of consistently winning. Bowman has 110 laps led (of 4,331 this year), Wallace has led 103 laps, Briscoe 92 laps and Buescher 16 laps. Let's take a look at each one: Wallace (+57): Wallace will have the best shot to win at the drafting tracks as well as Pocono and Indianapolis. He has two career victories, one at a drafting track and another at an intermediate. He has three top fives this year. Briscoe (+39): Briscoe has shown speed with three recent poles. He has two career victories, and his best shots will be Pocono and Indianapolis, as he has run his best on intermediate tracks. Of all these four drivers, he has the most top fives (five) this year. Briscoe made the playoffs last year in dramatic fashion by winning the regular-season finale at Darlington (which is the playoff opener this year). Bowman (+22): Bowman has the most career wins of any of these drivers with eight, and he has won at a variety of tracks. He won at Chicago last year to make the playoffs. He has three top fives this year. Buescher (+19): In 2023, Buescher won three of the final five regular-season races, including at two tracks (Richmond and Daytona) that are among the remaining races. The thing is, he has had just two top-five finishes this year. Slight Chance On Points These drivers currently behind the cutoff would need everything to fall their way and a strong final 10 races to make it on points. Their best bet is to win. Let's take a look. Ryan Preece (-19): Preece has never won a Cup race. But he would be above the cutline if he wasn't disqualified from Talladega for too many shims on his spoiler. Preece has shown more consistent speed than all the drivers below the cutoff. Michael McDowell (-43): McDowell has two career Cup wins — one at Daytona and then at the Indianapolis road course. The drafting tracks and road courses remain his best chances. AJ Allmendinger (-45): Allmendinger has one top five this year (at Charlotte) but his best bet will be at the road courses, where all three of his career Cup wins have come. Kyle Busch (-50): The driver with 63 Cup wins but riding a 73-race winless streak could be a threat anywhere. His top-10 finishes this year have come on a variety of tracks. Could they win? Carson Hocevar (-60): Hocevar has had a pair of runner-up finishes this year. His biggest problem is that he has angered too many other drivers. And in the world of give-and-take, he won't be given anything. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (-61): Stenhouse has four career victories but hasn't led a lap this year. The drafting tracks are likely his only shot to win. Erik Jones (-62): Jones has three career wins but is riding a 95-race winless streak. The drafting tracks are likely his best chance, although his two top 10s this year have come on intermediate tracks. John Hunter Nemechek (-72): Nemechek has three top 10s in his last six races. He would need things to fall his way, but he has 24 career wins in Xfinity and trucks. So he shouldn't be flustered if he gets in the position to win. Ty Gibbs (-77): Gibbs is still looking for his first career win, as he enters his 104th career start. He appeared to be the only driver who would possibly challenge Shane van Gisbergen last week at Mexico City. His best finishes this year were a third at Michigan and a third at Bristol. This shows that it could be any track where he threatens for his first career win. Austin Dillon (-89): Dillon, who has five career victories, won at Richmond last year in controversial fashion, but he has always been stronger there. Richmond and the drafting tracks are his best shots. Daniel Suarez (-99): With three top 10s this year, Suarez's two career victories have come on a road course (Sonoma) and a drafting track (Atlanta). Both are on the remaining schedule for the regular season. Brad Keselowski (-140): Keselowski has 36 career win,s and while he hasn't had the season he wanted, if he is in position to win, he knows how to get to the finish line first. But the facts are that he has just one top five this year. Long Shots This group winning would be upset city, as they have yet to show much this season when it comes to challenging for a win: Zane Smith (-86, two top 10s this year), Todd Gilliland (-87, two top 10s), Justin Haley (-126, one top 10), Ty Dillon (-137, no top 10s this year), Noah Gragson (-142, three top 10s), Cole Custer (-169, one top 10), Riley Herbst (-177, no top 10s): Cody Ware (-272, no top 20s). Among them, Haley and Custer each have one career win. Prediction It is hard to say, but beyond the 10 winners already this year … Elliott, Reddick, Wallace, Bowman, Buescher and Gibbs. While other drivers have been more consistent this year, Gibbs has been the strongest lately to show he is close to the win. And he has done it at a variety of tracks. Is this a diss of Briscoe? Maybe, but he hasn't turned his recent poles into race-winning threats. Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR and INDYCAR for FOX Sports. He has spent decades covering motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Scene magazine and The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass.
