Trucks make inaugural visit to Pocono
Autoracing Betting Lines
07/27/2010 -
Long Pond, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Series: NASCAR Camping World Truck. Date:
Saturday, July 31. Race: Pocono Mountains 125. Site: Pocono Raceway. Track:
2.5-mile triangle. Start time: 1:00 p.m. (et). Laps: 50. Miles: 125.
Television: SPEED. Radio: Motor Racing Network(MRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio.
The Camping World Truck Series will compete at Pocono Raceway for the first
time this weekend. The series' inaugural stop at Pocono marks the final track
currently hosting a Sprint Cup race at which trucks have yet to compete.
This will not be the first time the series competes in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania. Truck teams used to run at the now defunct Nazareth Speedway in
Nazareth, PA from 1996-2001.
Saturday's race at the 2.5-mile Pocono track is scheduled to be 125 miles in
length, which means it's a 50-lap shootout.
"I think adding Pocono is great for the series, and by making it a 50-lap
race, you are sure to see a lot of action," said four-time and defending
series champion Ron Hornaday. "I know that going down in to turn one, you
better have a good spot, because we will probably be four or five wide."
Hornaday has previous experience at Pocono, with two Cup starts here during
the 2001 season, when he drove the No.14 car for team owner A.J. Foyt.
Last Friday, Hornaday ended a 22-race winless streak at O'Reilly Raceway Park
at Indianapolis. Hornaday recorded his 46th career truck victory, but his
first since August 1, 2009 at Nashville. He currently is fourth in points
(-212).
Todd Bodine is the current leader, holding a 177-point advantage over Aric
Almirola. Bodine is another driver who has previous experience at Pocono.
"I think you're going to see a heck of a race," Bodine said. "I know everybody
is saying that. The way the trucks are and the drafting that's involved, the
way Pocono is, long straightaways with a little bit slower corner, drafting is
going to be very large, it's going to be critical.
"I think a lot of the veteran drivers like myself and [Mike] Skinner and
Hornaday, guys that have competed there in the Cup Series, we're going to have
a little advantage for a while. But I think that the guys in the Truck Series
are good enough and the teams are good enough that they're going to catch up."
Three Sprint Cup regulars -- Denny Hamlin, Kasey Kahne and Elliott Sadler --
also will compete in the truck race at Pocono.
Kahne is driving the No.18 Toyota for Kyle Busch Motorsports. Busch will be in
Iowa on Saturday for the Nationwide race there. Kahne is undefeated in two
career truck starts. He won the last two races of the 2004 season --
Darlington and Homestead.
"Kyle and I had been talking about it for a while, and I told him I was
interested in running a truck race or two for KBM this year," Kahne said. "He
had another obligation with the NASCAR Nationwide Series race on Saturday, so
he asked if I could race his truck. It's a great opportunity for me to come
back to the series and compete with really good equipment. I've watched Kyle
put the team together, and it's really been impressive how well they've done
this year as a first-year team."
The format for truck qualifying at Pocono will be considerably different. The
qualifying order is set by inverting the times from Friday's final practice
session. Trucks are released in approximately 25-second increments, and
drafting is prohibited.
Thirty-seven teams are on the preliminary entry list for Pocono Mountains 125.
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Super Bowl 2009, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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