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Rain Forces Postponement of Pocono Truck Series Race until Sunday

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LONG POND, PENNSYLVANIA – JUNE 27: Pocono Raceway on June 27, 2020, in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

Because of the weather, Pocono Raceway gets a NASCAR tripleheader on Sunday.

Saturday’s Pocono Organics 150 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series race at the 2.5-mile triangular track has been postponed until Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ET because of rain.

The Pocono Green 225 NASCAR Xfinity Series race will follow at 12:30 p.m. ET Sunday, with the Pocono 350 NASCAR Cup Series race scheduled to start at 4 p.m. All three races will be broadcast on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

The Pocono Organics 325 NASCAR Cup Series race is still scheduled for 3:30 p.m. ET Saturday on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. The storm system that forced postponement of the Truck Series event is expected to abate on Saturday afternoon.

Post Talladega Power Ranking

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Post Talladega Power Ranking for the NASCAR Cup Series takes a look at the drivers as they head into a doubleheader weekend at Pocono Raceway.
TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – JUNE 22: Ryan Blaney, driver of the #12 Menards/Sylvania Ford, Brad Keselowski, driver of the #2 Dent Wizard Ford, and Bubba Wallace, driver of the #43 Victory Junction Chevrolet, lead a pack of cars during the NASCAR Cup Series GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on June 22, 2020 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

Post Talladega Power Ranking for the NASCAR Cup Series takes a look at the drivers as they head into a doubleheader weekend at Pocono Raceway.

The past few weeks have brought a very diverse group of race tracks. NASCAR went from Bristol, one of the shortest tracks in the sport, to Homestead, a 1.5-mile oval, to Talladega, the sport’s longest and fastest superspeedway. This Talladega race was a bit different from most. Not a ton of wrecks, but still suspense, as most cars were low on fuel coming down to the wire. It ended with another margin of victory smaller than one-hundredth of a second, with Ryan Blaney edging out Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Aric Almirola crossing the line backward in third place, as Erik Jones and John Hunter Nemechek get sandwiched into the wall. A crazy weekend led to some shake-ups in the power ranking leading into the Pocono double-header.

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NASCAR Investigation Confirms Noose at Talladega was No Hoax

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NASCAR Investigation Confirms Noose in the No. 43 garage of Petty Motorsports driver Bubba Wallace was not a hoax before the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – JUNE 22: Bubba Wallace, driver of the #43 Victory Junction Chevrolet, takes a selfie with NASCAR drivers that pushed him to the front of the grid as a sign of solidarity with the driver prior to the NASCAR Cup Series GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on June 22, 2020, in Talladega, Alabama. A noose was found in the garage stall of NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace at Talladega Superspeedway a week after the organization banned the Confederate flag at its facilities. Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images

NASCAR Investigation Confirms Noose in the No. 43 garage of Richard Petty Motorsports driver Bubba Wallace was not a hoax before the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.

During an update Thursday on NASCAR’s investigation into a noose found in Bubba Wallace’s garage stall on Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, NASCAR president Steve Phelps quickly dispelled any insinuation that the incident was a hoax.

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Pocono and Utah NASCAR Weekend Preview with Hot Topics Sound Off on Fan4Racing Radio

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Pocono with Utah NASCAR Weekend Preview is presented by host Sharon Burton and co-host Jay Husmann. Join us as rev up NASCAR fans for the upcoming weekend of racing. Then stick around for Hot Topics Sound Off with co-host Andy Laskey and the Fan4Racing crew.

Pocono and Utah NASCAR Weekend Preview are presented by host Sharon Burton and co-host Jay Husmann. Join us as rev up NASCAR fans for the upcoming weekend of racing. Then, stick around for Hot Topics Sound Off with co-host Andy Laskey and the Fan4Racing crew!

Pocono with Utah NASCAR Weekend Preview with Hot Topics Sound Off

The Agenda

This episode centers around Pocono Raceway for the NASCAR Cup, Xfinity, and Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series along with Utah Motorsports Campus for the ARCA Menards Series West. As time permits, we’ll include some pre-race audio from drivers and teams. 

  • First up is the preview of the doubleheader for the ARCA Menards Series West at Utah Motorsports Campus. Then, we preview the ARCA Menards Series at Pocono
  • Next, we preview the NASCAR Gander & RV Outdoors Truck Series at Pocono
  • Then, our preview continues with the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Pocono
  • Then, we preview the NASCAR Cup Series doubleheader at Pocono
  • Next is Hot Topics Sound Off with the Fan4Racing Crew.

As always…Thanks for listening!