It’s NASCAR Sunday, fans! Today’s race will be at Pocono, and Denny Hamlin will be on the pole position. Hamlin placed above Chris Buescher (second place) with a lap of 52.144 seconds, placing him at the front of the starting lineup for today. There definitely were some eventful moments during qualifying, from cars not starting to major crashes, which have shaken up today’s lineup quite a bit!

Today’s NASCAR Cup Series race will be at Pocono Raceway, and the weather is looming already with a possible impact on the start time. Currently, the start time is 2 p.m. ET, and due to thunderstorms, the Fan Stage and Victory Lane Stage Q&A Sessions have been canceled. Today’s track is known as “The Tricky Triangle,” and one driver has had seven career victories at this specific location! That would be none other than Hamlin, and while this is not his hometown, he seems to maneuver Pocono better than others, for sure!

Pocono is a 2.5-mile tri-oval track and has three extremely different turns, each having a different degree. Turn One is banked at 14 degrees, while Turn Two is banked at eight degrees. Turn Three banks in at at six degrees – so you can understand why Pocono is known as “The Tricky Triangle.” Last week, NASCAR had another interesting track while in Mexico, so we have two weeks of high trill racing! Let’s check out today’s lineup:

The Great American Getaway 400 @ Pocono Starting Lineup

1. #11 Denny Hamlin – Joe Gibbs Racing
2. #17 Chris Buescher – Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford
3. #77 Carson Hocevar – No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
4. #42 John Hunter Nemechek – Legacy Motor Club Toyota
5. #41 Cole Cluster – Haas Factory Team Ford
6. #19 Chase Briscoe – Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
7. #54 Ty Gibbs – Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
8. #45 Tyler Reddick – 23XI Racing Toyota
9. #20 Christopher Bell – Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
10. #99 Daniel Suárez – Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
11. #43 Erik Jones – Legacy Motor Club Toyota
12. #22 Joey Logano – Team Penske Ford
13. #60 Ryan Preece – RFK Racing Ford
14. #6 Brad Keselowski – Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford
15. #38 Zane Smith – Front Row Motorsports Ford
16. #3 Austin Dillon – Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
17. #4 Noah Gragson – Front Row Motorsports Ford
18. #9 Chase Elliot – Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
19. #2 Austin Cindric – Team Penske Ford
20. #12 Ryan Blaney – Team Penske Ford
21. #1 Ross Chastain – Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
22. #7 Justin Haley – Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
23. #88 Shane Van Gisbergen – Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
24. #5 Kyle Larson – Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
25. #48 Alex Bowman – Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
26. #8 Kyle Busch – Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
27. #10 Ty Dillon – Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
28. #71 Michael McDowell – Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
29. #35 Riley Herbst – 23XI Racing Toyota
30. #47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet
31. #24 William Byron – Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
32. #34 Todd Gilliland – No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford
33. #16 AJ Allmendinger – Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
34. #23 Bubba Wallace – 23XI Racing Toyota
35. #21 Josh Berry – Wood Brothers Racing Ford
36. #51 Cody Ware – Rick Ware Racing Ford
37. #44 Brennan Poole – NY Racing Team Chevrolet

Pocono On Amazon Prime

Today’s NASCAR Cup Series race will consist of 160 laps, with three different stages. Stage 1 will be 30 laps, while Stage 3 and 3 will consist of 65 laps. Fans can watch today’s race on Amazon Prime, or of course in person if you’re lucky! You can still tune in and listen to the race on MRN radio, and you can check out in car cameras on MAX. Happy NASCAR Sunday, it’s almost time to get those engines revved up!