NASCAR Sprint Cup Party in the Poconos 400 Picks & Predictions
By ATSSportsline.com
LONG POND, PA (ATS Consultants) - The NASCAR Sprint Cup moves to Long Pond, Pa. for the Party in the Poconos 400. Who will take home the checkered flag?
This is the 14th race on the 2013 Sprint Cup schedule. Pocono Raceway is a 2.5-mile tri-oval with degrees of banking in turn 1, 8 degrees in turn 2 and 6 degrees in turn three. Joey Logano is the defending champ as he became the youngest drive to win a race at Pocono at 22. He comes into this race with 25-1 odds according to oddsmakers from online sports book Bovada.lv.
Denny Hamlin 5-1
Hamlin basically owns this track. He has four wins here and a 10.7 average finish. Last June, he started fifth and finished fifth and led 21 laps. He's led laps in the last seven Pocono races for an average of 51.8 per race.
Carl Edwards 20-1
Edwards has been slumping lately, but he should break out at this track. He has two wins here and last year, had an average finish of 9.0 on the new surface. He also has five top-five finishes and eight top-10 finishes in 16 career races at Pocono.
Long Shot
Ryan Newman 75-1
Newman has one win, seven top-five finishes and 10 top-10 finishes and two poles in his 22 career races at Pocono. He also has the second-most laps run in the top-15 with 2,287 and the sixth-best average finish of 6.
2013 Poconos 400 Race Information
Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup.
Date: Sunday, June 9
Race: Party in the Poconos
Site: Pocono Raceway
Track: 2.5-mile tri-oval.
Start time: 1p.m. ET.
Laps: 160. Miles: 400
2012 Winner: Joey Logano
Runner up: Mark Martin
Television: TNT.
Radio: Performance Racing Network (MRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio.
Race Record: Jeff Gordon, 2011 (145.384 mph)
Qualifying Record: Joey Logano, 2012 (175.598 mph)