NASCAR - Pocono

Pocono - Partying is about the only exciting thing that ever happens at the Pocono Raceway. As always  a long, boring Pocono race... Jimmie Johnson by far dominated this race. No one could even come close to him. I wish they would only have one race at Pocono. I am just not a fan of this track, I refer to it as a road course  with no right turns, which makes it worse than a road course. There was only 1 caution in the first 125 laps and 7 in the last 35. Racing for position and spinning, going all over the place as Kyle Petty mentioned on one of the last restarts when the whole field fanned out trying to get just one more position. "They are 43 wide" LOL.. that is about what it looked liked. Any way another race in books of Sprint Cup.

Congratulations Jimmie Johnson!!! Your 3rd win posted this season. Dominating the race all day leading just about all the laps. Matt Kenseth spun rendering him a 25th place finish. Brad Keslowski had a bit of problems early on getting back up to 16th. Kasey Kahne went out of the race real early with engine problems finishing in 36th.
Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman finished 4th and 5th for Stewart Haas racing. Greg Biffle cracked the top 10 in points with his 2nd place finish, advancing 3 positions.
Top Ten Recap:
1. Jimmie Johnson - started 1 - remains the Leader
2. Greg Biffle - started 13 - up 3 positions to 10th
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr. - started 6 - up 2 positions to 4th
4. Tony Stewart - started 19 - up positions to 13th
5. Ryan Newman - started 23 -  up 2 positions to 18th
6. Kyle Busch - started 8 - up 2 positions to 7th
7. Kurt Busch - started 20 - up 2 positions to 15th
8. Denny Hamlin - started 17 - up 1 positions to 25th
9. Kevin Harvick - started 5 - remains in 5th
10. Joey Lagano - started 21 - up 2 positions to 16th

Race for the Chase:
1. Jimmie Johnson - WINNER
2. Carl Edwards - finished 18th
3. Clint Bowyer - finished 15th
4. Dale Earnhardt Jr. - finished 3rd - up 2 positions
5. Kevin Harvick - finished 9th
6. Matt Kenseth - finished 25th - down 2 positions
7. Kyle Busch - finished 6th - up 1 position
8. Kasey Kahne - finished 36th - down 1 position
9. Brad Keslowski - finished 16th - up 1 position
10. Greg Biffle - finished 2nd - up 3 positions
11. Jeff Gordon - finished 12th
12. Paul Menard - finished 30th - down 2 positions

Tony Stewart advanced 3 positions up to 13th, but has ensured himself the 11th Wild Card position at the moment.

Next Race: Michigan International Speedway - Quicken Loans 400 - Sunday June 16, 2013 - 1pm est.

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