Martin Truex Jr. won the
Pocono 400 from Pocono Raceway on Sunday afternoon.
Truex had a strong car
and ran up front for most of the day.
After winning Stage 1, a pit road miscue forced him to restart in the
back of the pack.
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Truex was able to work
his way through the field throughout the second segment, and took the lead away
from Kevin Harvick in the final segment.
After staying out on a
late pit stop, Truex took the lead and had to hold off Harvick, Kyle Larson and
Kyle Busch over multiple late-race restarts.
Truex’s crew chief Cole Pearn
said there was some concern when most of the field pitted under the late
caution.
“When only four of us
stayed out, it was a little bit more of a concern at that point,” Pearn
said. “In practice we were able to
re-fire really well on older tires…that kind of gave us some optimism at least.”
11 of the first 14 races
this season have been won by Truex, Busch and Harvick, and Truex said he was
excited to beat the best drivers for the victory at Pocono.
“It’s always fun to win,
but especially when you beat the best guys out there,” Truex said. “Once we got in clean air, this thing was a
rocket ship.”
Unofficial results:
1. Martin Truex Jr.
2. Kyle Larson
3. Kyle Busch
4. Kevin Harvick
5. Brad Keselowski
6. Ryan Blaney
7. Aric Almirola
8. Jimmie Johnson
9. Joey Logano
10. Chase Elliott
11. Paul Menard
12. Austin Dillon
13. Matt Kenseth
14. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
15. Jamie McMurray
16. David Ragan
17. Chris Buescher
18. William Byron
19. Kurt Busch
20. Clint Bowyer
21. Michael McDowell
22. AJ Allmendinger
23. Ty Dillon
24. Daniel Suarez
25. Ryan Newman
26. Cole Custer
27. Alex Bowman
28. Ross Chastain
29. Erik Jones
30. Cole Whitt
31. Landon Cassill
32. JJ Yeley
33. Gray Gaulding
34. Derrike Cope
35. Denny Hamlin
36. Kasey Kahne
37. Matt DiBenedetto
38. Darrell Wallace Jr.
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