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Ten races remain ahead of the playoffs, as the Nascar Cup series goes to Pocono Raceway this weekend.
Four organizations won the last 10 Pocono Cup races: Joe Gibbs Racing (six wins), Hendrick Motorsports (two), Penske (one) and Stewart-Haas Racing (one).
Here’s a look at the good news and bad news for cup drivers who are on the road at Pocono on Sunday’s race.
23xi Racing – Good news: Tyler Reddick finished the runner-up in two of the last three Pocono races. … Reddick’s average finish of 3.3 at Pocono in the next Genera (since 2022) is the best among all drivers. … Bubba Wallace has three consecutive finishes of the 12th or better. Bad news: Reddick finished 13th or worse in seven of the last eight races. … Riley Herbst is one of three drivers without a top finish who started each season with each race and joined Ty Dillon and Cody.
Teams must be requested to the fourth Court of Appeal by Thursday.
Pre -drive Motorport – Good News: Todd Gilliland finished 18th or better in six of the last 10 races. … Zane Smith has five top 20 finishes in the last seven races. Bad news: Noah Gragson finished 27th or worse in each of the last three races.
Haas Factory Team – Good News: Cole Custer ended last weekend in Mexico City and earned his first top 10 result of the year. Bad news: Custer is 35th place in the points.
Hendrick Motorsports – Good News: Chase Elliott comes from a season-best third place in Mexico. … Elliott scored the most points of all drivers at Pocono in the next Gen Car (since 2022). … Elliott ran anything but one shot this season. … William Byron’s average finish of 9.36 at Pocono is the best full time there. … Byron’s 604 points scored by 16 races are most at this point in the season in the next Genera (since 2022). … Alex Bowman finishes fourth on Mexico and ends a line of three consecutive finishes of 29th or worse. … Bowman has four top 10 finishes in his last six Pocono-Begin. … Kyle Larson’s nine top five finishes this season are most in the series. … Larson led a series-high 851 rounds this year. Bad news: Elliott has achieved 43 races since his last cup victory.
Alex Bowman scored only his third top 10 final in the last 10 races.
Hyak Motorsports – Good News: Ricky Stenhouse jr. Have five top 20 finishes in the last seven races. … Stenhouse started to be 380 consecutive cup third on the active list. Bad news: Stenhouse had his second incident with Carson Hcevar for the past three weeks and confronted the driver after the Mexico race.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ‘s comments were caught in the car after the race by Carson Hocevar’s camera.
Joe Gibbs Racing – Good News: Denny Hamlin returns after missing last weekend’s race in Mexico after the birth of his son. … Hamlin finished second on Pocono last year. … Hamlin’s seven Pocono victories are the most times on the track. … Hamlin won three of the last eight Pocono races. … Christopher Bell has seven top three finishes in 16 races after his runner-up in Mexico. … Chase Briscoe has three finishes of fourth or better in the last eight races. … Ty Gibbs was in the velocity and the long -term speed in each of the last two Pocono races. … Gibbs started this past weekend in Mexico. Bad news: Briscoe has never started better than 15th in five Pocono.
Kaulig Racing – Good News: AJ Allmender scored four consecutive top 20 finals, his longest streak of the season. Bad news: Ty Dillon has not started better than 17th place in 12 Pocono cup yet.
Legacy Motor Club – Good News: Erik Jones has four top 15 finishes in the last six races. … Jones has five top five finishes in 13 Pocono-start, with Darlington linked to his most on any cup. … Jones has two top 10 finishes in the last three Pocono races. … John Hunter Nemecheek’s sixth place finishes three top 10s in the last six races and also a best career in the season. Bad news: Nemechek has three finishes of 27th or worse in the last six races.
Richard Childress Racing – Good News: Kyle Busch has four wins and four poles at Pocono. Bad news: Austin Dillon finished 19th or worse in the last five races. … Busch finishes last and tied up for the final play -off game to 50 points behind with Shane van Gisbergen’s victory who moved up the cutting line. … Busch’s average finish of 29.7 at Pocono in the next Gen Car (since 2022) is the worst among drivers who started all three Pocono races at that time.
Rick True Racing – Good News: Cody real has the best finish of 25th in five cup at Pocono. Bad news: Ware is last among the 36 full -time managers in the points.
RFK Racing – Good News: Chris Buescher holds the last play -off game with 10 races left in the ordinary season. … Buescher is the only driver to end up in the top -10 in each of the past two races. … Brad Keselowski finished in the top -10 in 11 of the last 16 Pocono races. … Ryan Preece has three top 10 finishes in the last five races. Bad news: With Shane van Gisbergen winning a play -off match and winning a playoff game, Preece fell out of a play -off match and he is 19 points from the last playoff position. … Keselowski failed to finish three of the last seven races.
Spire Motorsports – Good News: Michael McDowell posted the best fifth season in Mexico. … McDowell has two top -10s in the last four races. … Carson Hocevar scored points in 12 of the last 17 phases. Bad news: Justin Haley has not yet started in the top 20 at Pocono in four cups. … Haley has achieved 157 races since winning a cup race, the longest line among active drivers who won in the series. … Hocevar has five finishes of 24th or worse in the last seven races.
Spire motorsports that also require Carson Hcevar to take cultural sensitivity and prejudice awareness training.
Team Penske – Good News: Ryan Blaney won the Pocono race last year. Bad news: Austin Cindric’s Talladega victory is his only top 10 final in the last 11 races. … Joey Logano’s average finish at Pocono is 17.5, the worst among oval that has not been set up.
Trackhouse Racing – Good News: Shane van Gisbergen put himself on a play -off place with his win this past weekend in Mexico. … Ross Chastain finished seventh in six of the last 10 races. Bad news: Chastain has never won a top 10 final at Pocono in nine. … Chastain’s average finish of 28.6 at Pocono is its worst under active tracks. … Daniel Suarez has one top 10 final in his last eight Pocono-Begin.
Wood Brothers Racing – Good News: Josh Berry finished in three of the last five races in the top -12. Bad news: Berry finished outside the top 25 in six of the last 10 races.
