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Good day! Welcome to race day.
A couple of interesting notes from the Sprint Cup Series drivers’ meeting here at Pocono Raceway.
Dale Earnhardt Junior - watched the Nationwide Race at Nashville on Direct TV in his Motor Home Saturday night - well until Direct TV mysteriously went to a network logo and dropped the broadcast for the final laps of the race. The broadcast - out for an estimated ten laps - picked up with Brad Keselowski in Victory Lane - so Dale Junior did not get to see his driver race to the win as he too watched the broadcast go to a logo while watching the Nationwide race from his motor home. “Yea, Pretty frustrating,” he said when I asked him about it. He also said, heading into the driver’s meeting, that he was proud of the entire Junior Motorsports team and that the team’s win would accomplish some great things for his team. “It really makes us a legitimate contender for the championship this year,” Dale Junior said today at the entrance to the drivers’ meeting. “From an owner’s standpoint it puts us in a Winner’s Circle Program and there’s a lot of different things that it will change for our program and (it will) help our program. I think it really gives us a stronger footing in the series and our ability to be there and compete for a few more years.
No questions at the driver’s meeting from the drivers - and the usual information noted by Race Director David Hoots. Specifics to Pocono and the Pocono 500:
Pit Road Speed Pocono: 55 mph
Caution Car Speed Pocono: 70 mph
Pit Road Speed Begins: 165 feet before the first pit box
Pit Road Speed Ends: 75 feet past the last pit box
Minimum Speed: 60.08 seconds
After the drivers’ meeting, with no questions and the drivers ready to go, we prayed. Amen!
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