After being postponed by rain Sunday, Sprint Cup teams will race today at Pocono Raceway. Here are the details:
(All times are Eastern)
START: Caroline Shaver, daughter of Charlie Shaver, Chairman and CEO of Axalta Coating Systems, Joe McDougall, Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, and Julia McDougall will give the command to start engines at noon. The green flag is schedule to wave at 12:11 p.m.
PRERACE CEREMONIES: Monty Self of Motor Racing Outreach will give the invocation at 11:49 a.m. USAF Full Spectrum Band Singer Technical Sergeant Richard Vasquez will perform the anthem at 11:50 a.m.
DISTANCE: The race is 160 laps (400 miles) around the 2.5-mile tri-oval racetrack.
PRERACE SCHEDULE: Driver introductions begin at 11:20 a.m.
COMPETITION CAUTION: Lap 15
TV/RADIO: Fox Sports 1 will broadcast the race with its coverage beginning at noon ET. Motor Racing Network’s broadcast on radio begins at 11:30 a.m. SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will carry the MRN broadcast.
FORECAST: wunderground.com calls for a temperature of 73 degrees with a 0 percent chance of rain.
LAST TIME: Martin Truex Jr. won the spring race at Pocono last season, while Matt Kenseth won the summer race there.
STARTING LINEUP:
