Pocono Cup Race Thread

**MD24** · 30th July 2009, 04:35

These 35 teams have a guaranteed starting position
Tony Stewart 14
Jimmie Johnson 48
Jeff Gordon 24
Kurt Busch 2
Carl Edwards 99
Denny Hamlin 11
Ryan Newman 39
Kasey Kahne 9
Mark Martin 5
Juan Pablo Montoya 42
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Greg Biffle 16
Matt Kenseth 17
David Reutimann 00
Kyle Busch 18
Brian Vickers 83
Clint Bowyer 33
Jeff Burton 31
Marcos Ambrose 47
Joey Logano 20
Jamie McMurray 26
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Casey Mears 07
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 88
Kevin Harvick 29
Martin Truex Jr. 1
Elliott Sadler 19
Reed Sorenson 43
A.J. Allmendinger 44
Bobby Labonte 96
Sam Hornish Jr. 77
David Ragan 6
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Michael Waltrip 55
David Stremme 12
Paul Menard 98
Robby Gordon 7
John Andretti 34

These teams have to earn one of the 8 non-guaranteed starting positions

Scott Speed 82
David Gilliland 71
Sterling Marlin 09
Joe Nemechek 87
Dave Blaney 66
Patrick Carpentier 36
Mike Wallace 64
Tony Raines 37

**call_me_andrew** · 30th July 2009, 05:17

I think you made a typo.

**MD24** · 30th July 2009, 05:35

The first line should be

These 35 teams have a guaranteed starting position

**MD24** · 2nd August 2009, 21:27

The race has been rescheduled for noon ET on Monday

**colinspooky** · 3rd August 2009, 16:10

anyone catch which Sky Sports channel it's on?

**jonv** · 3rd August 2009, 18:12

Originally Posted by colinspooky

anyone catch which Sky Sports channel it's on?

Sky Sports Xtra live now - but you have probably already found it.

**colinspooky** · 4th August 2009, 23:21

Yep - have always said I dislike this track as it's too boring - and once more I am proved completely wrong - very nice racing.
Who changed the rules and told the drivers they can now go two and sometimes three wide through the tunnel turn?

**e2mtt** · 5th August 2009, 15:28

Originally Posted by colinspooky

Yep - have always said I dislike this track as it's too boring - and once more I am proved completely wrong - very nice racing.
Who changed the rules and told the drivers they can now go two and sometimes three wide through the tunnel turn?

Any possibility it's the horrible terrible Car of Tomorrow's fault? :-)

**colinspooky** · 5th August 2009, 15:59

could be - I have nothing against this car - seems ok to me. Looks a bit weird the way they put the bodies on sideways, but other than that......

Poor Denny was pretty cut up at the end. Shame - even the Sky Sports gang were blurry eyed......