BROADCAST INFORMATION: Sunday’s race at Pocono Raceway will air live on FOX Sports 1 at 3 p.m. ET. Can’t make it to a television? The race can be heard live on MRN and SIRIUSXM NASCAR Radio. Below is the broadcast schedule for the remainder of the weekend.
FRIDAY, JUNE 9
11 a.m. ET: NASCAR Cup Series practice, FOX Sports 1
4 p.m. ET: NASCAR Cup Series qualifying, FOX Sports 1
SATURDAY, JUNE 10
11:30 a.m. ET: NASCAR Cup Series final practice, FOX Sports 1
SUNDAY, JUNE 11
3 p.m. ET: NASCAR Cup Series race, FOX Sports 1
THIS WEEKEND’S PAINT SCHEMES: Kasey Kahne will drive the No. 5 Farmers Chevrolet SS, Chase Elliott will return to the No. 24 SunEnergy1 Chevrolet SS, Jimmie Johnson will pilot the No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet SS and Dale Earnhardt Jr will drive the No. 88 Axalta Chevrolet SS.
HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS AT POCONO: Hendrick Motorsports has accumulated 17 wins at Pocono Raceway, with the four most recent coming as season sweeps in 2013 (Jimmie Johnson and Kasey Kahne) and 2014 (Dale Earnhardt Jr.). In addition, the organization has 12 pole positions, 67 top-five finishes and 116 top-10 finishes at the 2.5-mile triangle
KAHNE'S WINNING WAYS AT POCONO: From the start of his NASCAR Cup Series career, Kahne has had success at the three-turn track. The 37-year-old earned the pole position at Pocono in his first Cup Series visit to the track in 2004. He followed it up with another pole award in June 2008, when he not only started from the first position, he went on to visit Victory Lane for the ninth time in his career after leading 69 laps. In the last 10 years Kahne is one of only two drivers to complete the weekend sweep by winning the pole and the race. Kahne visited Victory Lane for the second time at Pocono Raceway in August 2013 after he led 66 laps while driving the Farmers Insurance Chevy for Hendrick Motorsports
ELLIOTT’S TRICKY TRIANGLE STATS: Elliott is set to make his third NASCAR Cup Series start at Pocono Raceway this weekend. In his previous two starts, Elliott has collected one top-five finish, one top-10 and 51 laps led. The second-year driver averages a starting position of 10.5 and finishing position of 18.5 at the track. According to NASCAR’s loop data, Elliott currently has the fourth-highest driver rating at Pocono with a score of 102.7. The driver rating is a formula that combines wins, top-15 finishes, average running position while on the lead lap, average speed under green, fastest lap, most laps led and lead-lap finishes. The maximum a driver can earn in each race is 150 points.
JOHNSON'S LAST TRIP TO VICTORY LANE: Johnson’s last win at the “Tricky Triangle” was on June 9, 2013, when Johnson dominated, starting first and leading 128 of 200 laps en route to his third win at the 2.5-mile track. In recent outings, Johnson has a pair of sixth-place finishes and two finishes outside the top-35 due to incidents.
EARNHARDT, A FRONT-RUNNER AT POCONO: Earnhardt swept both NASCAR Cup Series events in 2014 to earn his two career victories at Pocono Raceway. The Kannapolis, North Carolina, native has also finished in the top five in a third (33.3 percent) of the races he’s competed in at the “Tricky Triangle,” including his most recent trip to the 2.5-mile facility last spring, when he earned a runner-up finish. The driver of the No. 88 Axalta Chevrolet SS also has one pole at the Pennsylvania track, which he earned in August 2007.