The Associated Press perceived a lot of whining about extended periods of boredom at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway last weekend, with NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers grousing over their inability to pass other cars during the Brickyard 400 and raising the silly notion of putting in a second banked lane.
But there’s little chance of a snooze fest this weekend, with two NASCAR races and an ARCA event scheduled at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa., a venue that offers plenty of passing opportunities for impatient drivers. The Trackside crews from CV Products will be on hand at these three races — and three more — this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, offering trailer loads of race equipment for drivers and others who hold coveted pit passes.
Here’s what the racing card holds for this weekend:
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Jimmy Johnson is a 3-to-1 favorite for this event — most likely because he’s already won three Pocono races in his career, and a sweep this year at the 2.5-mile track would come as no surprise. After all, he swept the season at Pocono back in 2004. Then add in this factoid: Johnson also had the best car at Indianapolis last weekend, leading 73 of 160 laps.
- Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
- When: Sunday, Aug. 4
- Racetrack: Pocono Raceway
- Location: Long Pond, Pennsylvania
- Watch the race on TV: 1 p.m. (ET) on ESPN
- Note: CV’s trailer is in the pits and available for people with pit passes
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In the light of the fact that Brad Keselowski’s will be racing at Iowa Speedway this weekend, the Speedway is contributing $8,000 to the reining NASCAR champion’s Checkered Flag Foundation. Joining Keselowski as a somewhat infrequent driver in a Nationwide Series race will be Richard Harriman, who competed in four Nationwide Series races in 2009, along with Brett Butler, Danny Efland and J.J. Yeley.
- Series: NASCAR Nationwide Series
- When: Saturday, Aug. 3
- Racetrack: Iowa Speedway
- Watch the race on TV: 8 p.m. (ET) on ESPN2
- Location: Newton, Iowa
- Note: CV’s trailer is in the pits and available for people with pit passes
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Fans of the truck series will have the opportunity to meet their favorite Camping World Trucking Series drivers at an autograph session scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. (ET) on Friday behind Turn 3 at the Tricky Triangle. And if you can’t make the trip to the track, the race will be broadcast live starting at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday on SPEED. The race can also be heard live on Continue reading…
The Top 10 racers appearing at this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race have had mixed results at Pocono, with six of those competitors yet to win at “
Iowa Speedway hosts the NASCAR Nationwide Series on Saturday night, with the DuPont Pioneer 250 sharing track over the weekend with the annual NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West face-off (more info on that race appears at the end of today’s post). 
Racers will be aligned for Saturday night’s heats by their best lap time turned during the multi-car time trials run on both Thursday and Friday. Each night’s qualifying results will also split the field into two groups that will then compete in separate cards of heat races. 
