Erik Jones matches season-best finish, gains ground in standings at Pocono
Erik Jones was realistic.
Erik Jones was realistic.
With a dominating performance at a track he has learned to love, Kyle Busch cruised to his fourth Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season in Sunday’s Pocono 400.
Cole Custer led 59 laps from the pole and, at one point in Saturday’s Pocono Green 250, held a lead of more than 13 seconds.
Saturday at Pocono Raceway William Byron continued to assert his mastery of pole qualifying in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.
Two years ago, in the June event at Pocono Raceway, Ryan Blaney scored a breakthrough victory in the Pocono 400.
Erik Jones ran one NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race last year, in a substitute role for Noah Gragson at Kyle Busch Motorsports.
Fresh off his third victory of the season last weekend, Martin Truex Jr. could understandably carry a little swagger into Pocono (Pa.) Raceway
Pocono Raceway has long been regarded as one of the most challenging stops on the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series schedule, young drivers have shown a propensity in mastering the challenge.
Martin Truex Jr. survived an early brush with the outside wall and a frenetic restart with five laps left to win Sunday.
It’s almost as if Charlotte Motor Speedway owed something to Tyler Reddick.