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The Nascar-in-season Challenge Seedings will be more than 160 miles at Pocono Raceway on Sunday. This is the last Cup Series event before the start of a first five-racing exhibition for $ 1 million.
Denny Hamlin remains the top seed of the 32-driver field based on his victory at Michigan International Speedway.
Because Shane van Gisbergen, the winner of Mexico City, was unable to qualify for the challenge in the season, the next two seeds are Chris Buescher and Christopher Bell. A qualifying Pocono winner would start the second seed for the tournament of the season, which begins on June 28 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Mexico City was the second of three seed racing for the 2025 tournament of the season.
Here are the updated sowing positions to Mexico City, with one race remaining: pic.twitter.com/urq0xsbqn
– Nascar Insights (@nascarinsights) June 16, 2025
Hamlin, who missed the first race in Mexico City after the birth of his son, will return to Pocono, where he holds the cup record with seven wins. The Joe Gibbs Racing manager, who ended the runner-up of Ryan Blaney last year, is the only recurring winner in the past eight races on Pocono.
Four organizations have combined to win over the past ten cup races on Pocono: JGR (six wins), Hendrick Motorsports (two), Team Penske and the now dissolved Stewart-Haas races.
Denny Hamlin returns to the series this weekend after being missing last weekend’s race in Mexico for the birth of his son.
Details for Sunday’s Cup Race at Pocono Raceway
(All times east)
Start: The command to start engines will be given at 2:09 pm … the green flag will blow at 2:20 o’clock
Prechece: The cup garage will be open at 11am … Manager -introductions are at 1:25 pm … The call will be given at 14:01 … The national anthem is executed by Generald Wilson, Navy Petty Officer 1st class retired at 2:02 p.m.
Distance: The race is 160 rounds (400 miles) on the 2.5 mile track.
Stages: Phase 1 ends on round 30. Phase 2 ends on cloth 95.
Access list, Click here for the 36 cars entered at Pocono Raceway.
TV/Radio: Prime will broadcast the race from 13:00 … Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR radio will have radio coverage.
Forecasting Weatherunderground – A mixture of sunshine and clouds with a high of 86 degrees and winds from the west at 10 to 15 mph. It is expected to be 83 degrees with a 5% chance of chasing for the start of the Cup series.
Last time: Ryan Blaney led a 44 rounds with a race and won with 1.312 seconds on July 14, 2024 over Denny Hamlin.
