From the June, 2006 issue of Stock Car Insider
Upcoming Events in the World of NASCAR
| Next week, the NASCAR Nextel Cup teams head to the "Tro-Val", as Darrell Waltrip affectionately refers to Pocono Raceway, for the Pocono 500. Pocono is always a challenging track that offers amazing racing. It boasts 3 straightaways, including the longest in NASCAR, with 3 sharp, road course like turns. Like the Coca-Cola 600 of 2 weeks ago, the Pocono 500 is particularly stressful on the engines and transmissions. Drivers have to down shift going into the sharp, flat turns. Often times, drivers will use down-shifting to help brake and lose the enormous speeds they carry coming off the long straightaways. This creates more stress on the transmissions thus causing a few failures by the end of the race. Next week at the "Troval", expect Carl Edwards to continue to make his move to qualify for the Chase for the Championship. In two starts at Pocono, Carl has 2-top 5 finishes with one of those top 5's being a win. Also expect the following drivers to do well next week: Other drivers to note: Jimmie Johnson - Average Finish 8th Jeff Gordon - Average Finish 10th Mark Martin - Average Finish 11th Brian Vickers - Average Finish 11th Next Week's Schedule: (all times CST) Nextel Cup: @ Pocono Raceway 6/10/06 - 11:05pm NASCAR Nextel Cup Pocono 500 Practice 6/09/06 - 01:45pm NASCAR Nextel Cup Pocono 500 Qualifying 6/11/06 - 02:10pm NASCAR Nextel Cup Pocono 500 Busch Series: @ Nashville Superspeedway 6/10/06 - 10:30pm NASCAR Busch Series FEDERATED AUTO PARTS 300 Practice 6/10/06 - 04:05pm NASCAR Busch Series FEDERATED AUTO PARTS 300 Qualifying 6/10/06 - 07:05pm NASCAR Busch Series FEDERATED AUTO PARTS 300 Craftsman Truck Series off until 6/17 @ Michigan International Speedway
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