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2016 Pennsylvania 400
The 2016 Pennsylvania 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on August 1, 2016, at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Having been delayed from July 31 due to rain, the race – the 21st race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series – was also shortened due to fog, with only 138 out of the scheduled 160 laps of the 2.5-mile (4.0-kilometre) speedway being completed.
At the race's early conclusion, rookie Chris Buescher took his first Cup Series victory and the first win for Front Row Motorsports since 2013. The race had 19 lead changes among different drivers, 7 cautions for 31 laps, and a red flag period.
Pocono Raceway (formerly Pocono International Raceway), also known as the Tricky Triangle, is a superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania at Long Pond. Pocono is one of a very few NASCAR tracks not owned by either Speedway Motorsports, Inc. or International Speedway Corporation, the dominant track owners in NASCAR. It is run by the Igdalsky siblings Brandon and Nicholas, both of whom are third-generation members of the family-owned Mattco Inc, started by Joseph II and Rose Mattioli. Mattco also owns South Boston Speedway in South Boston, Virginia.
Outside of the NASCAR races, Pocono is used throughout the year by Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and motorcycle clubs as well as racing schools. The triangular oval also has three separate infield sections of racetrack – North Course, East Course and South Course. Each of these infield sections use a separate portion of the tri-oval to complete the track. During regular non-race weekends, multiple clubs can use the track by running on different infield sections. Also some of the infield sections can be run in either direction, or multiple infield sections can be put together – such as running the North Course and the South Course and using the tri-oval to connect the two.
The preliminary entry list for the race included 41 cars and was released on July 25, 2016 at 2:55 p.m. Eastern time.
Paul Menard was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 50.722 and a speed of 177.438 mph (285.559 km/h).
Martin Truex Jr. scored the pole with a time of 50.211 and a speed of 179.244 mph (288.465 km/h). “The car felt really good for me today,” Truex said. “We’ve obviously got speed now we’ll use the rest of the weekend to fine tune some things and get ready for Sunday. Love this track and looking forward to having some fun on Sunday and trying to get to Victory Lane.”
Carl Edwards, who qualified second, said as he "crossed the line, I felt like, 'That’s it.' But after seeing what (Truex) ran, I thought 'Well, maybe I could go back and change this or that,' but that was a really good lap for me. It just was. You can always go back and pick your lap apart, but the last two weeks, Indy and here, I was pretty proud of my lap, and they just got us."
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2016 Pennsylvania 400
The 2016 Pennsylvania 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on August 1, 2016, at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Having been delayed from July 31 due to rain, the race – the 21st race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series – was also shortened due to fog, with only 138 out of the scheduled 160 laps of the 2.5-mile (4.0-kilometre) speedway being completed.
At the race's early conclusion, rookie Chris Buescher took his first Cup Series victory and the first win for Front Row Motorsports since 2013. The race had 19 lead changes among different drivers, 7 cautions for 31 laps, and a red flag period.
Pocono Raceway (formerly Pocono International Raceway), also known as the Tricky Triangle, is a superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania at Long Pond. Pocono is one of a very few NASCAR tracks not owned by either Speedway Motorsports, Inc. or International Speedway Corporation, the dominant track owners in NASCAR. It is run by the Igdalsky siblings Brandon and Nicholas, both of whom are third-generation members of the family-owned Mattco Inc, started by Joseph II and Rose Mattioli. Mattco also owns South Boston Speedway in South Boston, Virginia.
Outside of the NASCAR races, Pocono is used throughout the year by Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and motorcycle clubs as well as racing schools. The triangular oval also has three separate infield sections of racetrack – North Course, East Course and South Course. Each of these infield sections use a separate portion of the tri-oval to complete the track. During regular non-race weekends, multiple clubs can use the track by running on different infield sections. Also some of the infield sections can be run in either direction, or multiple infield sections can be put together – such as running the North Course and the South Course and using the tri-oval to connect the two.
The preliminary entry list for the race included 41 cars and was released on July 25, 2016 at 2:55 p.m. Eastern time.
Paul Menard was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 50.722 and a speed of 177.438 mph (285.559 km/h).
Martin Truex Jr. scored the pole with a time of 50.211 and a speed of 179.244 mph (288.465 km/h). “The car felt really good for me today,” Truex said. “We’ve obviously got speed now we’ll use the rest of the weekend to fine tune some things and get ready for Sunday. Love this track and looking forward to having some fun on Sunday and trying to get to Victory Lane.”
Carl Edwards, who qualified second, said as he "crossed the line, I felt like, 'That’s it.' But after seeing what (Truex) ran, I thought 'Well, maybe I could go back and change this or that,' but that was a really good lap for me. It just was. You can always go back and pick your lap apart, but the last two weeks, Indy and here, I was pretty proud of my lap, and they just got us."