NASCAR PICKS!! Pocono!

[Brer_Papa]

The 21st race this season is the "M&M's Fan Appreciation 400" on SUNDAY, July 24th at Pocono Raceway.

Please make your picks before the start of the race.

Pocono Raceway is a tri-oval track with a lap distance of 2.5 miles. 160 laps are scheduled for a race distance of 400 miles.

This tri-oval is different and more difficult than other tri-ovals because of steeper slopes on the track and the severity of the corners on the 3 turn asphalt surface.

#18 is the defending champion.

The #11 has the most wins of active drivers with 4 victories.

The #18 has 3.

The #45 has 2/ One time winners are the #34 and the #6.

My Pocono picks

D Hamlin - Gunning for #5...

C Elliott - Doing really well...

K Larson - Needs to step it up a bit and this is a great track for him to do it...

M Truex JR!!! - Running pedal to the metal...

K Harvick - Savvy veteran and way past due for a win here....

My spare will be the #18

Picks received

Princess Ariel

#1
#4
#12
#18
#19

Spare is #20

OK! Good Luck EVERYBODY!!

 

[Mexacajun]

11
1
5
4
12

Spare 48

 

[LAB81018]

Blaney
Larson
Truex
Logano
Bowman

Spare: Keselowski

 

[jimmalru80]

#5 - Larson
#9 - Elliott
#11 - Hamlin
#18 - Kyle B.
#24 - Byron

#12 - Blaney (spare)

 

[Dan Murphy]

You're going to have a new one next year, BP. Looks interesting.

https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2...for-2023-cup-series-seasons-july-1-2-weekend/

 

[shoes99]

Shoes99
Chase Elliott
Kyle Busch
Ross Chastain
Martin Truex
Kevin Harvick
Spare Joey Logono

MRETRACC
Kyle Busch
Kurt Busch
Chase Elliott
Kevin Harvick
Denny Hamlin
Spare Joey Logono

 

[somcgregor]

Here are my picks

1. Martin truex Jr 19
2. Kyle busch #18
3. Kyle Larson
4. Chase Elliot #9
5. Kevin harvick #4
spare Joey Logono #22

 

[pogopossum]

48
9
5
24
18

Spare 3

 

[NC Belle]

NC Belle's picks:
1. #19 M. Truex, JR.
2. #48 Alex Bowman
3. #18 Kyle Busch
4. #4 Kevin Harvick
5. #10 Aric Almirola
spare: #24 William Byron

NC Beast's picks:

1. #5 K. Larson
2. #11 Denny Hamlin
3. #9 Chase Elliot
4. #4 Kevin Harvick
5. #22 Joey Logano
spare: #18 Kyle Busch

 

[Brer_Papa]

Taking a look-see....

Who will tackle the Tricky Triangle at Posono and triumph?

We will find out tomorrow...

 

[Brer_Papa]

You're going to have a new one next year, BP. Looks interesting.

https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2...for-2023-cup-series-seasons-july-1-2-weekend/

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Looks pretty interesting Dan Murphy! I reckon it will be a fast and furious race! Thanks!

 

[Brer_Papa]

The current news coming out of NASCAR is that #11 D Hamlin the race time winner and the 2nd place finisher the #18 Kyle Busch failed post race inspections and were both disqualified.

Both drivers were put at the back of the pack. Both raced fr J. D Giibbs Racing. Probably looking at some heavy fines and point deductions.

I am going to hold off scoring the Pocono race until tomorrow to let the smoke clear and ensure an accurate score.

In other news, the #45 was not driven by Kurt Busch, so when I do score, spares will be used. I believe he was picked once.

Meanwhile, I will now go post the Brickyard race for next Sunday.

 

[Mexacajun]

The current news coming out of NASCAR is that #11 D Hamlin the race time winner and the 2nd place finisher the #18 Kyle Busch failed post race inspections and were both disqualified.

Both drivers were put at the back of the pack. Both raced fr J. D Giibbs Racing. Probably looking at some heavy fines and point deductions.

I am going to hold off scoring the Pocono race until tomorrow to let the smoke clear and ensure an accurate score.

In other news, the #45 was not driven by Kurt Busch, so when I do score, spares will be used. I believe he was picjed once.

Meanwhile, I will now go post the Brickyard race for next Sunday.

Looks like Moran said no additional penalties or fines.

 

[Brer_Papa]

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR POCONO WINNER -- POGOPOSSUM!!

PogoPossum scored a (65) 13.0 to take a well deserved trip to our Victory Lane! Nice picking my Friend! WOW!

Results

1. PogoPossum (65) 13.0

2. Brer Papa (75)15.0

3. tie - LAB81018 (76)15.2
SOMcGregor (76) 15.2

5. Disney Detective (84) 16.8 *Used defaults - 4th time

6. NC Beast (88) 17.6

7. JimMalru80 (89) 17.8

8. NC Belle (94) 18.8

9. Shoes99 (103) 20.6

10. MRETRACC (119) 23.8 *Used the spare - Kurt Busch did not drive due to concussion protocol

11. MexaCajun (132) 26.4

12. Princess Ariel (135) 27.0

Kind of a tough week. BUT! Next up is a visit to the Brickyard for the 2nd road course race on the NASCAR schedule ever! The thread is at


www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-brickyard.3890815


See ya there!

 

[pogopossum]

I can't believe that the 18 DQ didn't hurt that bad. But I guess most of us picked him.