Twitter Mystery: Which turn is really missing from Pocono?

It’s been just another typical Thursday on NASCAR Twitter.

Everyone was minding their own business when a certain parody account – yes, that parody account – went and threw this Pocono Raceway-themed thought into the discourse like a Christopher Nolan movie condensed into Tweet form.

I don’t mean to mess with everyone’s head but what if turn 3 at @poconoraceway is actually turn 4 and turn 2 is actually turn 3 and it’s been turn 2 that’s been missing this whole time. #NASCAR #MakesYouThink

— nascarcasm (@nascarcasm) May 30, 2019

In case you forgot Pocono Raceway has three turns, a fact the track plays on with its “What Turn 4?” slogan.

But man, like, what if @nascarcasm is right? What if we’ve had it all wrong for more than 40 years?

Of course it didn’t end there.

Xfinity Series driver Kaz Grala has a counterargument. If Pocono were a traditional four-turn track, maybe it’s Turn 1 that’s missing.

I disagree. If you were to imagine a “complete” Pocono as similar to the shape of Indy, it would in fact be turn 1 that is missing. Instead, turn 4 takes the hypotenuse straight to turn 2 bypassing the imaginary first turn. https://t.co/9I1cKX7vmk pic.twitter.com/fSGjLKmbnR

— Kaz Grala (@KazGrala) May 30, 2019

That’s two knowledge bombs in one day and one NASCAR driver who knows how to properly use hypotenuse in a sentence and as a visual aid.

But Tyler Reddick isn’t sure what’s going on.

My brain hurts. https://t.co/6dLRXrPAKU

— Tyler Reddick (@TylerReddick) May 30, 2019

So what does this all mean?

Probably that A) It’s been a really long week and B) We need mid-week races.

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