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Pocono Raceway

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Pocono Raceway

Pocono Raceway

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Location:

Long Pond, PA

Ticket Information:

Speedway ticket office 1-800-RACEWAY

Track Layout:

2.5 Miles long

Turn 1: 14 degrees

Turn 2: 8 degrees

Turn 3: 6 degrees

Front stretch: 3,740 ft.

Long Pond Straight: 3,055 ft.

Short Straight: 1,780 ft.

Important Track Dates:

Track Built: 1968

First NASCAR Race: 1974

Owner:

Dr. Joseph Mattioli

First NASCAR Winner:

Richard Petty - 1974

The superspeedway that drives like a road course:

The most unusual track layout on the NASCAR schedule. Pocono Raceway has a massive front straight that often sees cars going four, five and six wide before they funnel down into turn one.

The triangle-shaped track has three different corner lengths and bankings making it very difficult to set up a car and to drive well. Pocono is, in a word, unique.

But for as difficult as it is to set up and drive Pocono frequently hosts some great racing with races often decided within the last couple of laps.

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