Winners, losers from NASCAR Cup race at Pocono won by
LONG POND, Pa.– A look at the winners and losers from Sunday’s Cup race at Pocono Raceway.WINNERS Chase Briscoe
— Scored his very first Cup
win with Joe Gibbs Racing and shed the weight he felt of having not yet won in his very first season with the organization. He led a race-high 72 laps in scoring his third profession series triumph.< img alt="NASCAR Cup Series The Great American Vacation 400 "width ="500"height
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Denny Hamlin– He made the No. 1 seed in the upcoming In-Season Obstacle with a runner-up surface at Pocono. He’s on a roll. He finished third at Nashville, won Michigan before avoiding Mexico for the birth of his child, and finished second at Pocono.
The 32-driver, five-race occasion, which will pay the winner $1 million, begins this weekend at EchoPark Speedway.
RFK Racing– 2 weeks ago the group positioned three automobiles in the top 10 for the first time since July 2016. Sunday, they repeated the accomplishment. Chris Buescher completed fourth, Ryan Preece was eighth and Brad Keselowski placed ninth.Ryan Blaney
— Twice needed to come through the field to finish third. He took the green flag at the rear since the team had to change the vehicle’s starter. A pit roadway speeding charge throughout the race dropped him to the back. He has four top-five finishes, including a win, in the last seven races.Chase Elliott– His fifth-place surface gave him back-to-back leading fives for the very first time this season.John Hunter Nemechek– He finished sixth for the second week in a row.
It is his 4th top 10 in the last seven races.LOSERS 23XI Racing– No team car completed better than 32nd. Brake problems led to Riley Herbst( 37th)and Bubba Wallace(36th)crashing.Tyler Reddick (32nd)went to the garage briefly throughout the race for an issue.William Byron– The points leader was the fastest in practice but then crashed in qualifying, forcing him to begin at the back. The cars and truck was fixed.
He moved up through the field to score points in each stage but wound up finishing 27th.