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| The next stop on the 2026 schedule will see the NASCAR Cup and O’Reilly Auto Parts Series tackle the track most famously known as the “Tricky Triangle” – Pocono Raceway. Nestled in the mountains of Pennsylvania, the 2.5-mile, three-turn circuit is steeped in stock car tradition, including playing host for NASCAR’s premier series for over 50 years. Fresh off its first off-weekend of the season, the O’Reilly Series will resume its regular season schedule on Saturday with the MillerTech Battery 250 presented by KOA. The Cup Series will culminate the doubleheader weekend in Sunday’s Great American Getaway 400 presented by VISITPA – the series’ 16th points-paying race of the season. |
| Chevrolet at the “Tricky Triangle”: In the NASCAR Cup Series 92-race history at Pocono Raceway, Chevrolet leads the series with 34 all-time victories – sitting just shy of a double-digit advantage over the next leading manufacturer, Ford, with 25 wins. In over 50 years of competition at the “Tricky Triangle”, 41 different drivers have visited victory lane in NASCAR’s premier series, with Benny Parsons becoming the first driver to win under the Chevrolet banner at the track in July 1977. Among the drivers entered in Sunday’s race are eight past Pocono winners, including Chevrolet’s two most recent winners at the track with Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott (2022) and Alex Bowman (2021). |
 STEADY IN THE STANDINGSA strong day in “Motor City” saw the NASCAR Cup Series reigning champion, Kyle Larson, and the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team earn its fifth top-five finish of the season. The effort culminated with a strong points day, including a pair of top-seven results in each stage to maintain his sixth position in the rankings heading into the Pocono race weekend. While he’s still looking to post his first Pocono triumph, the “Tricky Triangle” has turned into a rather strong track, statistically, for the California native. In 18 career Cup Series starts at the track, Larson has produced an average finish of 11.5 – enough to rank him fourth-best in the field. He’s also accumulated 10 top-10 finishes, five of which have come in his past seven appearances at the track. |
 HOCEVAR CONTINUING TO COLLECT CAREER STATSCompeting in just his third full-time campaign in NASCAR’s premier series, Carson Hocevar is continuing to build upon an already career season. A visit to his home track of Michigan International Speedway saw the Spire Motorsports driver start the weekend by earning his second front-row qualifying effort of the season. The Portage, Michigan, native went on to tally top-seven points in each stage and 21 laps led en route to a top-five finish. Putting together a 45-point day, second just behind the race winner, Hocevar made yet another two-position gain in the points standings to seventh and just one point shy of a triple-digit cushion over the cutline. Hocevar has scored four top-five finishes thus far this season, already surpassing his career total during the 15-race stretch. |
 TARGETING TWENTY TRIUMPHSAmong the 26 different organizations that have earned a NASCAR Cup Series victory at Pocono Raceway, Hendrick Motorsports leads the way with 19 all-time victories – all of which have been recorded under the Chevrolet banner. NASCAR Hall of Famer, Jeff Gordon, contributed to six of those triumphs – a feat that also places him second on the series’ all-time wins list at the track. Hendrick Motorsports’ two most recent trips to victory lane at the track came with a pair of its current drivers including Alex Bowman in 2021, with Chase Elliott following suit the next year in the debut season of the Next Gen car (2022). |
| REGULAR SEASON RESUMES FOR THE O’REILLY SERIESAfter a grueling 16-race stretch to open the season, the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series will make its return to the track from its first idle weekend to face the “Tricky Triangle”. The 2026 campaign has fared well for the Bowtie brand thus far with eight drivers earning a combined 14 trips to victory lane. From a points perspective, the manufacturer will head into the series’ next stretch of races with eight of the top-10 positions in the standings – led by the 2024 champion and series veteran, Justin Allgaier. His numbers already this season makes him an arguable favorite for the shot at another championship title. On top of his 179-point lead over the series reigning champion, Jesse Love, the Illinois native paces the field in every major statistical category including: four wins, which doubles the second-highest, Corey Day, 422 laps led, 11 top-fives, 13 top-10s and 225 stage points earned. |
 PAST POCONO WINNERSThe NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series has a much shorter history at the “Tricky Triangle”, with the track first welcoming the second-level series 10 years ago – an event that saw now two-time Cup Series champion, Kyle Larson, drive Chevrolet to the inaugural race win. The Bowtie brand has visited victory lane four times throughout that tenure, including the most recent event in June 2025 when Connor Zilisch, under the leadership of interim crew chief and car owner, Dale Earnhardt Jr., drove to his first career oval victory in the NASCAR national ranks. Attempting to defend his race winning title, Zilisch will return to the JR Motorsports camp this weekend to pilot the Rodney Childers-led No. 1 Chevrolet. The North Carolina native is one of three past Pocono winners entered in Saturday’s event, joining the likes of fellow Team Chevy drivers Austin Hill (one win; 2023) and Cole Custer (two wins; 2019 and 2024). |
| BOWTIE BULLETS:· Chevrolet will serve as the official pace vehicle for the doubleheader weekend at Pocono Raceway, with the Corvette Stingray pacing the NASCAR Cup and O’Reilly Auto Parts Series in their respective events. · Victories by active Chevrolet drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series at Pocono Raceway: Chase Elliott – one win (2022)Alex Bowman – one win (2021) · In 92 NASCAR Cup Series races held at Pocono Raceway, Chevrolet has recorded 34 victories and 35 poles – both of which are series-leading records. · Daniel Suarez’s Coca-Cola 600 win marked Chevrolet’s fourth consecutive trip to victory lane in NASCAR’s premier series, setting the season record for the longest points-paying win streak by a single manufacturer. · At Talladega Superspeedway, Chevrolet tallied six top-10 finishes, marking the second time this season a manufacturer has placed six cars in the top-10 of a Cup Series event. The Bowtie brand took it one step further by achieving the highest representation of different organizations within those results with five Chevrolet organizations placing drivers in the top-10. · With seven-straight victories to start the 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series season, Chevrolet set the record for the longest season-opening streak by a single manufacturer in the division’s history. · In 159 points-paying races in the NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen era, Chevrolet leads all manufacturers with 72 victories – a winning percentage of 45.3%. · Chevrolet is coming off its 29th all-time sweep of the NASCAR Cup Series championship titles – capturing its 34th driver championship and 44th, and fifth consecutive, manufacturer championship in 2025. · With its 44 NASCAR Cup Series manufacturer championships, 34 NASCAR Cup Series driver championships, and 886 all-time NASCAR Cup Series wins, Chevrolet continues to hold the title as the winningest brand in NASCAR Cup Series history. FOR THE FANS: Fans can visit the Team Chevy Racing Display in the Fan Midway at Pocono Raceway, which features a variety of vehicles including: Blazer EV SS, Silverado 1500 TB, Traverse Z71, Corvette Stingray, Silverado EV TB, Equinox RS, Colorado Z71, Tahoe Premier, 1973 Laguna, NASCAR Cup Series Camaro ZL1 show car. Chevrolet Display Hours of Operation:Friday, June 12: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Saturday, June 13: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Sunday, June 14:: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Team Chevy Driver Appearances at the Display:Saturday, June 13Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Justin Allgaier and Sammy Smith: 1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.Jesse Love: 1:25 p.m. – 1:40 p.m. Corey Day: 1:45 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.Carson Kvapil: 2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Sunday, June 14Ross Chastain: 10:55 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. Alex Bowman: 11:10 a.m. – 11:25 a.m. Cody Ware: 11:25 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. Austin Dillon: 12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m. Michael McDowell: 12:30 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. |
| TUNE-IN:NASCAR Cup Series Great American Getaway 400 presented by VISITPASunday, June 14, at 3 p.m. ETAmazon Prime, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts SeriesMillerTech Battery 250 presented by KOASaturday, June 13, at 4 p.m. ETCW, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90 |
| QUOTABLE QUOTES:Daniel Suarez, No. 7 Spire Motorsports ChevroletPocono Raceway has been a good track for you in the past. You won the pole in 2018 and have several solid finishes. What are you looking forward to heading into this weekend?“Pocono is a really unique and challenging track. The speeds are very high, and with three completely different corners, it’s hard to put together a perfect lap. You’re always trying to find a balance, because what works in one turn might hurt you in the next. That’s what makes it such a tough place, but also a fun one to race. I feel like we’ve been bringing competitive cars lately and improving each week, and that’s given us good momentum. The team has been working hard, and I’m looking forward to getting to Pocono, continuing that progress and seeing what we can do.” Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing ChevroletIs this an important weekend for you and your team as you race for a spot and seeding in the NASCAR In-Season Challenge?“Having a solid run at Pocono this weekend is massive, whether it’s gaining positions in the In-Season Challenge or just making sure we’re in it. Being one of the biggest stories in 2025 — if not the biggest — in the in-season tournament, we want to make sure we’re back competing in it and giving ourselves a shot when we get to Sonoma.” Sonoma is one of the tracks where we created one of the most fun storylines, moving Alex Bowman on the last lap to advance. If there’s any team and driver that believes anything can happen in that tournament, it’s certainly us. As long as we’re in it, we feel like we can make it to the end and hopefully beat one more driver this year.” Describe Pocono Raceway…“Pocono is probably our most unique track. It has three corners, all with different banking angles and different shapes. It’s really tough to get all three of them set up perfectly.” Away from the track, it’s a pretty cool place. One of the things I like most about Pocono Raceway is the family atmosphere. The infield has lots of entertainment, dog parks and just a lot of fun things to do.” AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing ChevroletIs there anything from Michigan that you can carry into Pocono or anything from the Indy test?“We can take some of what we learned from the Indy (Indianapolis Motor Speedway) test, especially a few of the things we were able to try. It’s not going to correlate perfectly, but in our situation, any information we can gain from a test is valuable since it’s really the only opportunity we have to experiment. Without SIM or anything really, we have to take advantage of the opportunity and try different things. I think we can apply some of what we learned there. It was a good test.” What’s the biggest challenge drivers face at Pocono?“It’s about getting your car through the bumps there and, you know, it’s so hard because you want to run this car as low as you can for downforce. But if it starts touching the bump stops, I mean, it’s evil. You just carry so much speed in. It’s not like the old car or the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series car or even a truck where it’s like, it starts to slide and you just kind of drive into it. If it steps out, I’d say at least 80% or 85% of the time, you don’t catch it and you hit big there.” There’s also got to be some give and take, but everybody’s just super aggressive. If the guy leans on you or doesn’t want to give any room, it’s a challenge. There’s not much give and take now. The field is so close and it’s so hard to pass that if you lose that spot or maybe it checks you up, you may lose another spot that could kill your run.” Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet“Pocono is always a tough place because every corner is so different, but we’ve been building good momentum lately. Hopefully we can keep that going this weekend and have a solid run with Pylon Aviation back on the car.” Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing ChevroletWhat makes a lap at Pocono so challenging? “You’ve got three wildly different corners for all three turns of the racetrack. You have a kind of traditional, almost mile-and-a-half-type of high-banked turn one. You have a super-high-commitment, very fast but sharp, very bumpy turn two, and then turn three is a very flat, long, sweeping corner, and how you get through three, off of turn three basically just dictates how your whole lap’s going to go because that carries you onto the longest straightaway that we have on the schedule.” Everyone seems to talk about the tunnel turn, in particular. What makes it so difficult to navigate?“It’s everything. It’s a corner where we’re downshifting, so we’re grabbing gears. We’re having to make a lot of very quick adjustments as we get in turn two. The bumps unload and upset the car a lot, but at the same time, turn two is a lot of times a great passing opportunity. So having to be very aggressive and try to set up passes through the most difficult part of the racetrack makes for a pretty challenging corner.” How big of a role do aerodynamics play at Pocono?“You’re doing a lot of drafting, a lot of strategy. You see a lot of just trying to stay in line, getting sucked up to the car in front of you, timing your passes well. You’ve got to really think about and play your cards right on when you’re going to get out of line and get that clean air and make those moves. But aero is extremely important. Your balance through (turns) one and two is very aero-dependent, especially when you have to run the car as free as you do to get the car rotating well through turn two. So trying to find that balance of what’s comfortable and what’s fast can be very tough because typically you’re going to be setting up the best balance that you possibly can for turn three and just trying to make do with that through turns one and two.” Do you concede other corners of the track to put an emphasis on turn three so you get off that corner and pull down that long straightaway?“Absolutely. I’d say that setting up and prioritizing what you need to make the best run possible off turn three is going to be paramount to make sure that we have the best race that we can have there. You think turn one is kind of on its own little island, but turns two and three – you get shot out of turn two very quickly and into turn three, so they do affect each other a lot more. Turn one is kind of on its own little island over there by itself, so I think a lot of times you’re going to make sure that you’re making some consolations to get the best turn three every lap, especially in race conditions.” Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports ChevroletThe next few tracks play to your strengths, Pocono and a few road courses. What do you need this weekend to regroup after a tough day at Michigan?“I always look forward to Pocono. It is a great atmosphere. When it comes to racing, Pocono is pretty technical and unique given how narrow the track gets over the tunnel turn. So, getting though there is important because you can lose track position if you’re not aggressive enough and then it is important to be able to keep your speed in Turn 3 to set up a good passing zone on the frontstretch. Pocono has been a place where we’ve had good speed, and we didn’t get the result we deserved but I’m optimistic with the speed we have in 2026. This weekend is a place where we need to have a solid day to set us up for success at Coronado and Sonoma.” Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports ChevroletComing off a strong showing at Michigan, how do you carry that momentum into Pocono this weekend?“I obviously wanted to finish better last week, but it just shows our expectations for our team. We have been really fast on the intermediates and bigger tracks. Coming off a good finish, you get a little bit of momentum to carry through the week until you get to the racetrack. We qualified third last year and ran up front for most of the race, so we expect to be up there again this weekend.” Connor Zilisch, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletDo you think Pocono drives like a road course?“Pocono is a place that I really like and I get to do double duty this weekend with Roto-Rooter on both cars this weekend so I’m excited. It’s somewhat true that Pocono drives like a road course. You have to drive all three corners differently, which is a little untraditional, and when I say differently, I mean polar opposite. All three corners are very different. I’d consider it closer to being like an oval than a road course but some of the tendencies do apply.” What is the most important turn at Pocono?“I would say getting off Turn 3 is most important because that leads onto the longest straightaway and it opens up some passing opportunity. You can kind of struggle a little bit in the Tunnel Turn (Turn 2) if you can make it back in Turn 3. It’s very hard to pass out of the Tunnel Turn especially in a Cup car with the air deficiencies and just how hard it is to pass. I feel like if you can get off of three and get some runs on guys from the top, make something happen, that’s the best way to do it.” You won the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race last year at Pocono. What do you remember most about that day?“That day was awesome and the part I remember the most was Dale Jr. having his family there. His daughters got to see victory lane for the first time and honestly that was the coolest part of the day. Seeing the joy that he had bringing his daughters and Amy to victory lane was awesome.” |
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| The next stop on the 2026 schedule will see the NASCAR Cup and O’Reilly Auto Parts Series tackle the track most famously known as the “Tricky Triangle” – Pocono Raceway. Nestled in the mountains of Pennsylvania, the 2.5-mile, three-turn circuit is steeped in stock car tradition, including playing host for NASCAR’s premier series for over 50 years. Fresh off its first off-weekend of the season, the O’Reilly Series will resume its regular season schedule on Saturday with the MillerTech Battery 250 presented by KOA. The Cup Series will culminate the doubleheader weekend in Sunday’s Great American Getaway 400 presented by VISITPA – the series’ 16th points-paying race of the season. |
| Chevrolet at the “Tricky Triangle”: In the NASCAR Cup Series 92-race history at Pocono Raceway, Chevrolet leads the series with 34 all-time victories – sitting just shy of a double-digit advantage over the next leading manufacturer, Ford, with 25 wins. In over 50 years of competition at the “Tricky Triangle”, 41 different drivers have visited victory lane in NASCAR’s premier series, with Benny Parsons becoming the first driver to win under the Chevrolet banner at the track in July 1977. Among the drivers entered in Sunday’s race are eight past Pocono winners, including Chevrolet’s two most recent winners at the track with Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott (2022) and Alex Bowman (2021). |
| STEADY IN THE STANDINGSA strong day in “Motor City” saw the NASCAR Cup Series reigning champion, Kyle Larson, and the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team earn its fifth top-five finish of the season. The effort culminated with a strong points day, including a pair of top-seven results in each stage to maintain his sixth position in the rankings heading into the Pocono race weekend. While he’s still looking to post his first Pocono triumph, the “Tricky Triangle” has turned into a rather strong track, statistically, for the California native. In 18 career Cup Series starts at the track, Larson has produced an average finish of 11.5 – enough to rank him fourth-best in the field. He’s also accumulated 10 top-10 finishes, five of which have come in his past seven appearances at the track. |
| HOCEVAR CONTINUING TO COLLECT CAREER STATSCompeting in just his third full-time campaign in NASCAR’s premier series, Carson Hocevar is continuing to build upon an already career season. A visit to his home track of Michigan International Speedway saw the Spire Motorsports driver start the weekend by earning his second front-row qualifying effort of the season. The Portage, Michigan, native went on to tally top-seven points in each stage and 21 laps led en route to a top-five finish. Putting together a 45-point day, second just behind the race winner, Hocevar made yet another two-position gain in the points standings to seventh and just one point shy of a triple-digit cushion over the cutline. Hocevar has scored four top-five finishes thus far this season, already surpassing his career total during the 15-race stretch. |
| TARGETING TWENTY TRIUMPHSAmong the 26 different organizations that have earned a NASCAR Cup Series victory at Pocono Raceway, Hendrick Motorsports leads the way with 19 all-time victories – all of which have been recorded under the Chevrolet banner. NASCAR Hall of Famer, Jeff Gordon, contributed to six of those triumphs – a feat that also places him second on the series’ all-time wins list at the track. Hendrick Motorsports’ two most recent trips to victory lane at the track came with a pair of its current drivers including Alex Bowman in 2021, with Chase Elliott following suit the next year in the debut season of the Next Gen car (2022). |
| REGULAR SEASON RESUMES FOR THE O’REILLY SERIESAfter a grueling 16-race stretch to open the season, the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series will make its return to the track from its first idle weekend to face the “Tricky Triangle”. The 2026 campaign has fared well for the Bowtie brand thus far with eight drivers earning a combined 14 trips to victory lane. From a points perspective, the manufacturer will head into the series’ next stretch of races with eight of the top-10 positions in the standings – led by the 2024 champion and series veteran, Justin Allgaier. His numbers already this season makes him an arguable favorite for the shot at another championship title. On top of his 179-point lead over the series reigning champion, Jesse Love, the Illinois native paces the field in every major statistical category including: four wins, which doubles the second-highest, Corey Day, 422 laps led, 11 top-fives, 13 top-10s and 225 stage points earned. |
| PAST POCONO WINNERSThe NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series has a much shorter history at the “Tricky Triangle”, with the track first welcoming the second-level series 10 years ago – an event that saw now two-time Cup Series champion, Kyle Larson, drive Chevrolet to the inaugural race win. The Bowtie brand has visited victory lane four times throughout that tenure, including the most recent event in June 2025 when Connor Zilisch, under the leadership of interim crew chief and car owner, Dale Earnhardt Jr., drove to his first career oval victory in the NASCAR national ranks. Attempting to defend his race winning title, Zilisch will return to the JR Motorsports camp this weekend to pilot the Rodney Childers-led No. 1 Chevrolet. The North Carolina native is one of three past Pocono winners entered in Saturday’s event, joining the likes of fellow Team Chevy drivers Austin Hill (one win; 2023) and Cole Custer (two wins; 2019 and 2024). |
| BOWTIE BULLETS:· Chevrolet will serve as the official pace vehicle for the doubleheader weekend at Pocono Raceway, with the Corvette Stingray pacing the NASCAR Cup and O’Reilly Auto Parts Series in their respective events. · Victories by active Chevrolet drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series at Pocono Raceway: Chase Elliott – one win (2022)Alex Bowman – one win (2021) · In 92 NASCAR Cup Series races held at Pocono Raceway, Chevrolet has recorded 34 victories and 35 poles – both of which are series-leading records. · Daniel Suarez’s Coca-Cola 600 win marked Chevrolet’s fourth consecutive trip to victory lane in NASCAR’s premier series, setting the season record for the longest points-paying win streak by a single manufacturer. · At Talladega Superspeedway, Chevrolet tallied six top-10 finishes, marking the second time this season a manufacturer has placed six cars in the top-10 of a Cup Series event. The Bowtie brand took it one step further by achieving the highest representation of different organizations within those results with five Chevrolet organizations placing drivers in the top-10. · With seven-straight victories to start the 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series season, Chevrolet set the record for the longest season-opening streak by a single manufacturer in the division’s history. · In 159 points-paying races in the NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen era, Chevrolet leads all manufacturers with 72 victories – a winning percentage of 45.3%. · Chevrolet is coming off its 29th all-time sweep of the NASCAR Cup Series championship titles – capturing its 34th driver championship and 44th, and fifth consecutive, manufacturer championship in 2025. · With its 44 NASCAR Cup Series manufacturer championships, 34 NASCAR Cup Series driver championships, and 886 all-time NASCAR Cup Series wins, Chevrolet continues to hold the title as the winningest brand in NASCAR Cup Series history. FOR THE FANS: Fans can visit the Team Chevy Racing Display in the Fan Midway at Pocono Raceway, which features a variety of vehicles including: Blazer EV SS, Silverado 1500 TB, Traverse Z71, Corvette Stingray, Silverado EV TB, Equinox RS, Colorado Z71, Tahoe Premier, 1973 Laguna, NASCAR Cup Series Camaro ZL1 show car. Chevrolet Display Hours of Operation:Friday, June 12: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Saturday, June 13: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Sunday, June 14:: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Team Chevy Driver Appearances at the Display:Saturday, June 13Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Justin Allgaier and Sammy Smith: 1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.Jesse Love: 1:25 p.m. – 1:40 p.m. Corey Day: 1:45 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.Carson Kvapil: 2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Sunday, June 14Ross Chastain: 10:55 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. Alex Bowman: 11:10 a.m. – 11:25 a.m. Cody Ware: 11:25 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. Austin Dillon: 12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m. Michael McDowell: 12:30 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. |
| TUNE-IN:NASCAR Cup Series Great American Getaway 400 presented by VISITPASunday, June 14, at 3 p.m. ETAmazon Prime, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts SeriesMillerTech Battery 250 presented by KOASaturday, June 13, at 4 p.m. ETCW, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90 |
| QUOTABLE QUOTES:Daniel Suarez, No. 7 Spire Motorsports ChevroletPocono Raceway has been a good track for you in the past. You won the pole in 2018 and have several solid finishes. What are you looking forward to heading into this weekend?“Pocono is a really unique and challenging track. The speeds are very high, and with three completely different corners, it’s hard to put together a perfect lap. You’re always trying to find a balance, because what works in one turn might hurt you in the next. That’s what makes it such a tough place, but also a fun one to race. I feel like we’ve been bringing competitive cars lately and improving each week, and that’s given us good momentum. The team has been working hard, and I’m looking forward to getting to Pocono, continuing that progress and seeing what we can do.” Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing ChevroletIs this an important weekend for you and your team as you race for a spot and seeding in the NASCAR In-Season Challenge?“Having a solid run at Pocono this weekend is massive, whether it’s gaining positions in the In-Season Challenge or just making sure we’re in it. Being one of the biggest stories in 2025 — if not the biggest — in the in-season tournament, we want to make sure we’re back competing in it and giving ourselves a shot when we get to Sonoma.” Sonoma is one of the tracks where we created one of the most fun storylines, moving Alex Bowman on the last lap to advance. If there’s any team and driver that believes anything can happen in that tournament, it’s certainly us. As long as we’re in it, we feel like we can make it to the end and hopefully beat one more driver this year.” Describe Pocono Raceway…“Pocono is probably our most unique track. It has three corners, all with different banking angles and different shapes. It’s really tough to get all three of them set up perfectly.” Away from the track, it’s a pretty cool place. One of the things I like most about Pocono Raceway is the family atmosphere. The infield has lots of entertainment, dog parks and just a lot of fun things to do.” AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing ChevroletIs there anything from Michigan that you can carry into Pocono or anything from the Indy test?“We can take some of what we learned from the Indy (Indianapolis Motor Speedway) test, especially a few of the things we were able to try. It’s not going to correlate perfectly, but in our situation, any information we can gain from a test is valuable since it’s really the only opportunity we have to experiment. Without SIM or anything really, we have to take advantage of the opportunity and try different things. I think we can apply some of what we learned there. It was a good test.” What’s the biggest challenge drivers face at Pocono?“It’s about getting your car through the bumps there and, you know, it’s so hard because you want to run this car as low as you can for downforce. But if it starts touching the bump stops, I mean, it’s evil. You just carry so much speed in. It’s not like the old car or the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series car or even a truck where it’s like, it starts to slide and you just kind of drive into it. If it steps out, I’d say at least 80% or 85% of the time, you don’t catch it and you hit big there.” There’s also got to be some give and take, but everybody’s just super aggressive. If the guy leans on you or doesn’t want to give any room, it’s a challenge. There’s not much give and take now. The field is so close and it’s so hard to pass that if you lose that spot or maybe it checks you up, you may lose another spot that could kill your run.” Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet“Pocono is always a tough place because every corner is so different, but we’ve been building good momentum lately. Hopefully we can keep that going this weekend and have a solid run with Pylon Aviation back on the car.” Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing ChevroletWhat makes a lap at Pocono so challenging? “You’ve got three wildly different corners for all three turns of the racetrack. You have a kind of traditional, almost mile-and-a-half-type of high-banked turn one. You have a super-high-commitment, very fast but sharp, very bumpy turn two, and then turn three is a very flat, long, sweeping corner, and how you get through three, off of turn three basically just dictates how your whole lap’s going to go because that carries you onto the longest straightaway that we have on the schedule.” Everyone seems to talk about the tunnel turn, in particular. What makes it so difficult to navigate?“It’s everything. It’s a corner where we’re downshifting, so we’re grabbing gears. We’re having to make a lot of very quick adjustments as we get in turn two. The bumps unload and upset the car a lot, but at the same time, turn two is a lot of times a great passing opportunity. So having to be very aggressive and try to set up passes through the most difficult part of the racetrack makes for a pretty challenging corner.” How big of a role do aerodynamics play at Pocono?“You’re doing a lot of drafting, a lot of strategy. You see a lot of just trying to stay in line, getting sucked up to the car in front of you, timing your passes well. You’ve got to really think about and play your cards right on when you’re going to get out of line and get that clean air and make those moves. But aero is extremely important. Your balance through (turns) one and two is very aero-dependent, especially when you have to run the car as free as you do to get the car rotating well through turn two. So trying to find that balance of what’s comfortable and what’s fast can be very tough because typically you’re going to be setting up the best balance that you possibly can for turn three and just trying to make do with that through turns one and two.” Do you concede other corners of the track to put an emphasis on turn three so you get off that corner and pull down that long straightaway?“Absolutely. I’d say that setting up and prioritizing what you need to make the best run possible off turn three is going to be paramount to make sure that we have the best race that we can have there. You think turn one is kind of on its own little island, but turns two and three – you get shot out of turn two very quickly and into turn three, so they do affect each other a lot more. Turn one is kind of on its own little island over there by itself, so I think a lot of times you’re going to make sure that you’re making some consolations to get the best turn three every lap, especially in race conditions.” Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports ChevroletThe next few tracks play to your strengths, Pocono and a few road courses. What do you need this weekend to regroup after a tough day at Michigan?“I always look forward to Pocono. It is a great atmosphere. When it comes to racing, Pocono is pretty technical and unique given how narrow the track gets over the tunnel turn. So, getting though there is important because you can lose track position if you’re not aggressive enough and then it is important to be able to keep your speed in Turn 3 to set up a good passing zone on the frontstretch. Pocono has been a place where we’ve had good speed, and we didn’t get the result we deserved but I’m optimistic with the speed we have in 2026. This weekend is a place where we need to have a solid day to set us up for success at Coronado and Sonoma.” Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports ChevroletComing off a strong showing at Michigan, how do you carry that momentum into Pocono this weekend?“I obviously wanted to finish better last week, but it just shows our expectations for our team. We have been really fast on the intermediates and bigger tracks. Coming off a good finish, you get a little bit of momentum to carry through the week until you get to the racetrack. We qualified third last year and ran up front for most of the race, so we expect to be up there again this weekend.” Connor Zilisch, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletDo you think Pocono drives like a road course?“Pocono is a place that I really like and I get to do double duty this weekend with Roto-Rooter on both cars this weekend so I’m excited. It’s somewhat true that Pocono drives like a road course. You have to drive all three corners differently, which is a little untraditional, and when I say differently, I mean polar opposite. All three corners are very different. I’d consider it closer to being like an oval than a road course but some of the tendencies do apply.” What is the most important turn at Pocono?“I would say getting off Turn 3 is most important because that leads onto the longest straightaway and it opens up some passing opportunity. You can kind of struggle a little bit in the Tunnel Turn (Turn 2) if you can make it back in Turn 3. It’s very hard to pass out of the Tunnel Turn especially in a Cup car with the air deficiencies and just how hard it is to pass. I feel like if you can get off of three and get some runs on guys from the top, make something happen, that’s the best way to do it.” You won the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race last year at Pocono. What do you remember most about that day?“That day was awesome and the part I remember the most was Dale Jr. having his family there. His daughters got to see victory lane for the first time and honestly that was the coolest part of the day. Seeing the joy that he had bringing his daughters and Amy to victory lane was awesome.” |
| Chevrolet NASCAR Cup Series Statistics Manufacturer Championships:Total (1949-2025): 44First title for Chevrolet: 1958Highest number of consecutive titles: 13 (2003-15)Most recent: 2025 Years Won: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Driver Championships:Total (1949-2025): 34First Chevrolet champion: Buck Baker (1957)Highest number of consecutive titles: 7 (2005-11)Most recent: Kyle Larson (2025)Driver and Manufacturer Championship Sweeps: 29 Years Won: 1957, 1960, 1961, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2025 Event Victories:Record for total race wins in single season: 26 (2007) 2026 STATISTICS: Wins: 5Poles: 3Laps Led: 1,251Top-Fives: 28Top-10s: 54Stage Wins: 13 CHEVROLET IN NASCAR CUMULATIVE STATISTICS:Total Chevrolet race wins: 886 (1949 to date)Poles won to date: 769Laps led to date: 257,985Top-fives to date: 4,464Top-10s to date: 9,205 Total NASCAR Cup Wins by Corporation, 1949 to Date: General Motors: 1,220 Chevrolet: 886 Pontiac: 154 Oldsmobile: 115 Buick: 65 Ford: 848 Ford: 748 Mercury: 96 Lincoln: 4 Fiat Chrysler Automobiles: 467 Dodge: 217 Plymouth: 191 Chrysler: 59 Toyota: 212 |