21st race of the season at Pocono Raceway

RACE CENTER: Pocono Raceway

The next NASCAR race (CEST):

Timeline Race 21/36 (Regular Season)
Pocono Raceway
Saturday, July 13:
from 18:05: Final Practice I
then: Qualifying, Round 1 (Group A & B)
afterwards: Qualifying, Round 2 (Top 10 for Pole Award)
Sunday, July 14:
from 8:20 p.m.: Pay-TV LIVE on Sport1+
from 20:49: 51st Annual The Great American Getaway 400
160 (30/65/65) rounds

NASCAR Cup standings

TOP 20 (after race 20/36)
Regular Season 2024
(with all bonus points & penalties)
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all winners (races 1-26):
1. (1) Kyle Larson, 671 points (3 wins)
2. (2) Denny Hamlin, 629 points (3 wins)
3. (4) William Byron, 599 points (3 wins)
4. (3) Christopher Bell, 586 points (3 wins)
5. (5) Chase Elliott, 660 points (1 win)
6. (6) Tyler Reddick, 648 points (1 win)
7. (7) Ryan Blaney, 587 points (1 win)
8. (8) Brad Keselowski, 558 points (1 win)
9. (16) Alex Bowman, 553 points (1 win)
10. (9) Joey Logano, 484 points (1 win)
11. (10) Daniel Suarez, 410 points (1 win)
12. (11) Austin Cindric, 389 points (1 win)
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Total points (without win):
13. (12) Martin Truex Jr., 601 points
14. (13) Ty Gibbs, 560 points
15. (14) Ross Chastain, 529 points
16. (15) Chris Buescher, 521 points
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On the bubble:
17. (17) Bubba Wallace, 476 points
18. (18) Chase Briscoe, 433 points
19. (19) Kyle Busch, 423 points
20. (20) Todd Gilliland, 400 points
The first 16 drivers are qualified for the PLAYOFFS

NASCAR Cup PLAYOFF Points

TOP-10 (after race 20/36)
1. (1) Christopher Bell, 24 points (3 wins)
2. (2) Kyle Larson, 23 points (3 wins)
3. (3) Denny Hamlin, 19 points (3 wins)
4. (4) William Byron, 16 points (3 wins)
5. (5) Tyler Reddick, 8 points (1 win)
6. (6) Ryan Blaney, 7 points (1 win)
7. (7) Austin Cindric, 7 points (1 win)
8. (8) Chase Elliott, 6 points (1 win)
9. (9) Joey Logano, 6 points (1 win)
10. (10) Brad Keselowski, 5 points (1 win)
11. (-) Alex Bowman, 5 points (1 win)
12. (10) Daniel Suarez, 5 points (1 win)
All points will be carried over to the final

Race Facts: Preview Race 21

The 21st stop of the regular season on the 2024 NASCAR calendar is Pocono Raceway. The 2.5-mile tri-oval is one of the superspeedways on the NASCAR calendar. 90 races have been held in Long Pond since 1974.

Starting with the 1982 season, a second race date was added per season. The race distance was shortened from 500 to 400 miles in 2012. In 2020 and 2021, the two races in Long Pond were held as a doubleheader. The back-to-back race on Saturday and Sunday was the first event in this format in 2021. Starting with the 2022 season, there will only be one event on the NASCAR calendar.

Pocono Raceway has a unique design. Each corner was designed and built based on three different race tracks. Although it resembles a tri-oval in shape, the corners are much tighter and are hairpin style, so that the track is almost a triangle. Hence the nickname of the track: ‘Tricky Triangle’.

What makes things even more difficult is that the corners are not identical and the straights are also of different lengths. Turn 1 has a banking of 14 degrees, turn 2 of eight degrees and turn 3 is banked by six degrees. The race on Sunday is over 160 laps. The stages are divided into 30, 65 and a further final 65 laps.

Fuel window: 38-42 rounds
Goodyear Tire Notes: 6 sets of tyres (+1 set/qualifying)

Victory Lane: The last polesetters, winners & record winners at Pocono Raceway

After his success last year, Denny Hamlin is the most successful driver of all time on the ‘Tricky Triangle’ with seven victories. Kyle Busch follows with four victories ahead of Martin Truex Junior, who was in Victory Lane twice. Toyota teams have won eight of the last eleven races.

21st race of the season (Regular Season)
51st Annual Great American Getaway 400
Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, PA
2.5 mile tri-oval, superspeedway
160 laps (stages: 30/65/65), 400 miles

All active winners at Pocono Raceway

7 wins: Denny Hamlin
4 wins: Kyle Busch
2 wins: Martin Truex Jr.
1 win: Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano, Chris Buescher, Ryan Blaney, Alex Bowman, Chase Elliott
All-time record winner: Denny Hamlin (7 wins)

Long Pond: The last winners (pole setters)

14.07.2024: ? (Pole Award: ?)
23.07.2023: Denny Hamlin (Pole Award: William Byron)
07/24/2022: Chase Elliott (Pole Award: Denny Hamlin)
27.06.2021: Kyle Busch (P20-Pole: Chris Buescher)
26.06.2021: Alex Bowman (Metric Pole: Kyle Larson)
28.06.2020: Denny Hamlin (P20-Pole: Ryan Preece)
27.06.2020: Kevin Harvick (Draw Pole: Aric Almirola)
28.07.2019: Denny Hamlin (Pole Award: Kevin Harvick)
02.06.2019: Kyle Busch (Pole Award: William Byron)
29.07.2018: Kyle Busch (Pole Award: Daniel Suarez)
03.06.2018: Martin Truex Jr. (Pole Award: Ryan Blaney)
30.07.2017: Kyle Busch (Pole Award: Kyle Busch)
11.06.2017: Ryan Blaney (Pole Award: Kyle Busch)
01.08.2016: Chris Buescher (Pole Award: Martin Truex Jr.)
06.06.2016: Kurt Busch (Pole Award: Brad Keselowski)
02.08.2015: Matt Kenseth (Pole Award: Kyle Busch)
07.06.2015: Martin Truex Jr. (Pole Award: Kurt Busch)
(US data)

Starting list with driver change for the 21st race of the season in Pocono

37 drivers have been registered by the teams for the 21st race of the season at Pocono Raceway. This means that for the 18th time this season there will not be a full starting field of 40 drivers. One open team is on the entry list and is therefore eligible to start.

The 36 charter teams saw the usual two driver changes. Rookie Kaz Grala is replaced by Cody Ware, who is making his third appearance for Cody Ware Racing with the #15. AJ Allmendinger drives the #16 for Kaulig Racing for Shane van Gisbergen.

In the Open teams, JJ Yeley is sitting in the #44 of the NY Racing Team for the third time this year.

21st race of the season: 36 charter teams, 2 driver changes (DC),
1 Open Team (OT) / 3 Rookies (R)

Charter teams:
1. #1 Ross Chastain (Chevrolet) TrackHouse Racing
2. #2 Austin Cindric (Ford) Team Penske
3. #3 Austin Dillon (Chevrolet) Richard Childress Racing
4. #4 (R) Joss Berry (Ford) Stewart-Haas Racing
5. #5 Kyle Larson (Chevrolet) Hendrick Motorsports
6. #6 Brad Keselowski (Ford) RFK Racing
7. #7 Corey LaJoie (Chevrolet) Spire Motorsports
8. #8 Kyle Busch (Chevrolet) Richard Childress Racing
9. #9 Chase Elliott (Chevrolet) Hendrick Motorsports
10. #10 Noah Gragson (Ford) Stewart-Haas Racing
11. #11 Denny Hamlin (Toyota) Joe Gibbs Racing
12. #12 Ryan Blaney (Ford) Team Penske
13. #14 Chase Briscoe (Ford) Stewart-Haas Racing
14. #15 (DC) Cody Ware (Ford) Rick Ware Racing
15. #16 (DC) AJ Allmendinger (Chevrolet) Kaulig Racing
16. #17 Chris Buescher (Ford) RFK Racing
17. #19 Martin Truex Jr. (Toyota) Joe Gibbs Racing
18. #20 Christopher Bell (Toyota) Joe Gibbs Racing
19. #21 Harrison Burton (Ford) Wood Brothers Racing
20. #22 Joey Logano (Ford) Team Penske
21. #23 Bubba Wallace (Toyota) 23XI Racing
22. #24 William Byron (Chevrolet) Hendrick Motorsports
23. #31 Daniel Hemric (Chevrolet) Kaulig Racing
24. #34 Michael McDowell (Ford) Front Row Motorsports
25. #38 Todd Gilliland (Ford) Front Row Motorsports
26. #41 Ryan Preece (Ford) Stewart-Haas Racing
27. #42 John Hunter Nemechek (Toyota) Legacy Motor Club
28. #43 Erik Jones (Toyota) Legacy Motor Club
29. #45 Tyler Reddick (Toyota) 23XI Racing
30. #47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Chevrolet) JTG Daugherty Racing
31. #48 Alex Bowman (Chevrolet) Hendrick Motorsports
32. #51 Justin Haley (Ford) Rick Ware Racing
33. #54 Ty Gibbs (Toyota) Joe Gibbs Racing
34. #71 (R) Zane Smith (Chevrolet) Spire Motorsports
35. #77 (R) Carson Hocevar (Chevrolet) Spire Motorsports
36. #99 Daniel Suarez (Chevrolet) TrackHouse Racing

Open teams:
37. #44 (OT) JJ Yeley (Chevrolet) NY Racing Team
15 Chevrolet / 14 Ford / 8 Toyota

Driver Ranking 20/2024

Top 20 after the 20th race of the 2024 season on the Chicago Street Course

Motorsport-Magazin.com After each race, the current form of all NASCAR drivers is determined based on the results of the last six races.

Christopher Bell was replaced by Tyler Reddick after four weeks at the top of the rankings. Reddick was last number one in April 2023. Reigning champion Ryan Blaney is now second. It is his best placing in 16 races. Bell is now only third. Kyle Larson and teammate Chase Elliott swapped positions. This means that the top five remain among themselves.

Behind them, there were huge changes due to the surprising results of the rain race in Chicago. Todd Gilliland and winner Alex Bowman were the big winners and are now in seventh and eighth place. Daniel Suarez also improved significantly. Ricky Stenhouse Junior, Ty Gibbs and Michael McDowell also managed a comeback in the top 20.

Denny Hamlin and Ross Chastain, who lost ten and eight positions respectively, were the big losers on the street course. Martin Truex Junior, Ryan Preece and rookie Josh Berry were dropped from the rankings. The two Richard Childress drivers Kyle Busch and Austin Dillon are currently only in the disappointing 30th and 32nd places.

Birthdays and anniversaries in July

15.07.1998: Noah Gragson

21.07.2024: Kyle Busch (700th race in Indianapolis)

The next NASCAR race (CEST):

Timeline Race 22/36 (Regular Season)
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Friday, July 19:
from 20:35: Final Practice I
Saturday, July 20:
from 19:05: Qualifying, Round 1 (Group A & B)
afterwards: Qualifying, Round 2 (Top 10 for Pole Award)
Sunday, July 21:
from 8:00 p.m.: Pay-TV LIVE on Sport1+
from 20:49: Brickyard 400
160 (50/50/60) rounds

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