The 14th race of the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season is set to take place at Pocono Raceway this Sunday, so let’s look back at the last five races at the track.
The drivers of the NASCAR Cup Series are set to race at Pocono Raceway this weekend in the Pocono 400. This weekend’s visit to the three-turn, 2.5-mile triangle oval in Long Pond, Pennsylvania is the first of two visits to the track on the 2018 Cup Series schedule. The other is set to take place at the end of July.
Before the 2018 Pocono 400, which is set to start shortly after the live broadcast of it begins on Fox Sports 1 at 2:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, June 3, let’s look back at what has happened in the last five races at Pocono Raceway, which have featured five different winners.
August 2015
Matt Kenseth started the race in seventh place and went on to win it after leading only two of its 160 laps. He won the race by 9.012 seconds over Brad Keselowski in second after race leader Joey Logano, who led more laps than anybody else in the field with 97 laps led after he started in third, ran out of fuel with three laps to go, allowing race polesitter Kyle Busch, who led 19 laps of the race, to take the lead. Busch then ran out of fuel on the final lap of the race, allowing Kenseth to take the lead and then the win. The race featured 18 lead changes among 13 drivers and eight caution flag periods for 32 laps.
June 2016
Kurt Busch started the race in ninth place and went on to win it after leading 32 of its 160 laps. He won the race by 1.126 seconds over Dale Earnhardt Jr. in second. Race polesitter Brad Keselowski, who failed to lead a single lap of the race, finished in third. Chase Elliott, who finished in fourth, led more laps than anybody else in the field with 51 laps led. The race featured 14 lead changes among 10 drivers and 10 caution flag periods for 40 laps.
August 2016
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Chris Buescher started the postponed and then fog-shortened race in 22nd place and went on to win it after leading 12 of its 138 laps thanks to a strategy call that paid off due to the wet weather.
He won the race under caution over Brad Keselowski in second. Race polesitter Martin Truex Jr., who led 16 laps of the race, finished in 38th after a crash on lap 83. Joey Logano, who finished in 37th a total of 23 laps off the lead, led more laps than anybody else in the field with 38 laps led. The race featured 19 lead changes among 11 drivers and seven caution flag periods for 31 laps.
June 2017
Ryan Blaney started the race in fourth place and went on to win it after leading 10 of its 160 laps. He won the race by 0.139 seconds over Kevin Harvick in second. Race polesitter Kyle Busch, who led more laps than anybody else in the field with 100 laps led, finished in ninth. The race featured 13 lead changes among nine drivers and four caution flag periods for 18 laps.
July 2017
Kyle Busch started the race from the pole position and went on to win it after leading a field-high 74 of its 160 laps. He won the race by 6.178 seconds over Kevin Harvick in second. The race featured 16 lead changes among nine drivers and five caution flag periods for 21 laps.
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Tune in to Fox Sports 1 at 2:00 p.m. ET this Sunday, June 3 to watch the live broadcast of the Pocono 400 from Pocono Raceway.