Pocono Recap

Welcome back to Captain Josh's Pit Stop. Today I recap the action from Pocono Raceway. Also the truck series raced at Texas Motor Speedway with Christopher Bell taking the victory in a wild finish. Lewis Hamilton won the F1 Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal. And Riley Herbst took home the ARCA race at Pocono in the Joe Gibbs entry. And Brad Keselowski won the Xfinity race at Pocono also. Now onto the Cup race. Photo courtesy of Google images.

The Axalta We Paint Winners 400 ran on Sunday with Kyle Busch on the pole for the second straight week. Martin Truex Jr qualify 2nd, but had to drop to the rear for an engine change. Therefore Matt Kenseth accompanied Busch on the front row. The first and second stages consisted of 50 laps, with the final stage making up the final 60 laps. Photo courtesy of Google images.

Not much action happened in the first stage. Kyle Busch took home the stage 1 win after leading the whole stage from the pole. Photo courtesy of Google images.

Dale Jr cut his day short in stage 2 on lap 58. Jr missed a shift and blew his transmission. Also, Clint Bowyer hit the wall in turn 2 at the same time. No caution for either incident. Photo courtesy of Google images.

Brake failures were a common theme for Hendrick Motorsports as Jimmie Johnson had a failure going into turn 1 and hit the wall hard. Jamie McMurray also had a brake failure in the same corner at the same time as Johnson. The incident occurred in stage 2 with 5 to go in the stage. Photos courtesy of Google images.

The Johnson/McMurray caution set up a one lap shootout to end stage 2. Kyle Larson held off Kyle Busch to win stage 2. Definitely more action than stage 1 for sure. Photo courtesy of Google images.

Kasey Kahne continued the theme for brake failures at Hendrick Motorsports. He had a failure in the same place as Johnson did earlier in the race. The incident occurred with 5 to go in the race in the final stage. Photo courtesy of Google images.

Ryan Blaney passed Kyle Busch with 11 to go and held off Kevin Harvick to win his first Cup race. It was the 99th win overall for the team. That's all for today. Next week, I will recap Michigan. Goodnight everyone. Photos courtesy of Google images.