RFK Weekly Advance | Pocono
07/21/2022

RFK Weekly Advance | Pocono

NASCAR Cup Series Race at Pocono Raceway

Sunday, July 24 | 3 p.m. ET

USA, MRN, SiriusXM Channel 90

  • Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Kohler Generators Ford Mustang
  • Chris Buescher, No. 17 Wyndham Rewards Ford Mustang

 

 

It’s Tricky, it’s Tricky (Tricky) Tricky (Tricky)
RFK has run 218 Cup races at ‘The Tricky Triangle’ dating back to 1988. An RFK Ford has visited victory lane on four occasions in the Cup series, with the first coming in 2005 with Carl Edwards. Kurt Busch followed with a win in the July race of that same year, one of his three victories for Jack Roush in 2005. Three years later, Edwards found winners circle again in 2008, and Greg Biffle carded the organization’s most recent win at the 2.5-mile track back in 2010.

 

Runner-Up

RFK has finished in the second position 13 times at Pocono with six different drivers. All in all, RFK has finished first or second 17 times at the triangular track.

 

Tale of the Tape

Overall RFK has 73 top-10 and 45 top-five results at Pocono along with three poles and the four wins. Mark Martin earned back-to-back poles in 1990 and 1991, before capturing his third in 1996.

 

RFK Pocono Wins

 

2005-1   Edwards               Cup

2005-2   Busch                    Cup

2008-2   Edwards               Cup

2010-2   Biffle                     Cup

 

 

By the Numbers at Pocono Raceway

Race      Win       T5           T10         Pole       Laps       Led        AvSt      AvFn     Miles

 218         4              45           73           3              38768    1053       17.8        16.8        96920

6              0              0              0              0              448         0              21.3        20.8        1120

0              0              0              0              0              0              0              0              0              0

224         4              45           73           3              39216    1053       17.9        16.8        98040

 

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