Where To Watch NASCAR This Weekend:
Friday, June 20
NCTS Practice & Kennametal Pole Qualifying (FS2 at 12:30 p.m. ET)
NCTS Race: MillerTech Battery 200 (FS1, NRN, SiriusXM at 5 p.m. ET)
Saturday, June 21
NXS Practice & Kennametal Pole Qualifying (CW App at 10 a.m. ET)
NCS Practice & Busch Light Pole Qualifying (Amazon Prime, MRN, SiriusXM at 12:30 p.m. ET)
NXS Race: Explore The Pocono Mountain 250 (CW Network, MRN, SiriusXM at 3:30 ET)
Sunday, June 22
NCS Race: The Great American Getaway 400 (Amazon Prime, MRN, SiriusXM at 2 p.m. ET)
Historical & Significant Events at Pocono Raceway:
- Opened in 1968 as a three-quarter-mile track, Pocono Raceway is operated by the family-owned Mattco Inc, started by Joseph II and Rose Mattioli.
- Pocono Raceway held the first race on the 2.5-mile track in 1971.
- In 1972, Pocono Raceway held Concert 10, a two-day rock music festival that had an estimated attendance of 200,000.
- The first NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway was on August 4, 1974, and the event was won by NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty driving the famous Petty Enterprises’ No. 43 Dodge. The average speed of the 192-lap race was 115.593 mph. Petty led 152 of the 192 laps on his way to the win.
- The 2.5-mile track was repaved during the fall of 2011.
- 2012 marked the first season the NASCAR Cup Series races at Pocono were scheduled for 400 miles. Prior to 2012, all NASCAR Cup Series races were 500 miles at Pocono Raceway.
- There have been 91 NASCAR Cup Series races at Pocono Raceway, one race from 1974 through 1981, and two per year from 1982-2021.
- 2020 marked the first season the NASCAR Cup Series held a doubleheader weekend at Pocono Raceway, with races running Saturday and Sunday.
- Since 2022, Pocono Raceway has hosted the Elements Music Festival, an EDM music and arts festival.
- Since 2022, the NASCAR Cup Series has only competed at Pocono Raceway once a season.