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| Erik Jones was third and runner-up at Pocono last season. |
That’s right. For the first time, the NASCAR Cup Series will have two races — a doubleheader — on the same weekend.
The new wrinkle in the schedule wasn’t made due to the coronavirus pandemic. It was previously scheduled to try out something new to break up the long season by compacting two races into one weekend at one location to free up another. No practices are scheduled and instead of the normal 400-mile race around the unique layout, Saturday’s race will be 325 miles (130 laps) and Sunday’s will be 350 miles (140 laps).
Due to the lack of practice time, it’s a pretty good bet those who do well Saturday will be the ones to beat Sunday. However, the Sunday starting lineup will be set using Saturday’s results with all the lead lap cars being inverted from where they finished.
As you have probably noticed, the rain has been one of the most common weekly themes since the series re-started May 17 at Darlington Raceway. It seems like a weekly occurence. And without knowing the exact numbers, but watching every Pocono race twice a season for the last 30 years, I would speculate that races at Pocono are rain-delayed or rescheduled more than any other track.
Perhaps this is the June weekend that it doesn’t rain in the Poconos. No fans will be in the stands this week after a small gathering allowed the last two races because of Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 policy which currently forbids large gatherings.
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