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.
