Complete schedule for Pocono and Texas

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Staff Report

Plan your NASCAR weekend with these on-track times for Pocono and Texas

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NASCAR heads to Pocono Raceway for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pocono 400, and to Texas Motor Speedway for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series WinStar World Casino & Resort 400.

SUNDAY, JUNE 8:

PRE-RACE SHOW
7:40:00: Pace Car Rides (1 hour).
8:00:00: Ambassador Garage Tours Begin.
9:45:00: Pocono Raceway Pace Car Rides.
11:00:00: NSCS Driver/Crew Chief Meeting (ARCA garage).
11:20:00: Concert: Tim Dugger Band (30 min).
11:50:00: Pedal Car Race (10 min front stretch).
12:00:00: TNT Live on Air.
12:04:00: Bugle Call.
1:00:00: Intro Colors & Invocation: ROTC University of Scranton.
1:00:20: Invocation by: MRO.
1:00:45: Intro National Anthem.
1:01:00: National Anthem by: Master Sergeant Naomi Scott, USAF Dover Air Force Base with Edward Racht, Signer from Scranton School of the Deaf.
1:02:30: Flyby: 1 T-28 & 1 SNJ-5 Vintage Warbirds piloted by Joe Scrobola and Lou DeFazio from PA. (Turns 3 to 1).
1:07:30: "Drivers, Start Your Engines" by: Channing Tatum & Jonah Hill from the movie "22 Jump Street."
1:18:30: Green Flag — Pocono 400 (160 laps, 400 miles).

ON TRACK
— 1 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pocono 400 (160 laps, 400 miles), TNT (Get results)

PRESS CONFERENCES (Watch live)
— 3 p.m. (approximately): Post Sprint Cup Series race

THURSDAY, JUNE 5:

ON TRACK
— 6-7 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice (Get results)
— 7:30-9 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series final practice (Get results)

FRIDAY, JUNE 6:

ON TRACK
— Noon-1:20 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice, FOX Sports 1 (Get results)
— 4:40 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, FOX Sports 1 (Get results)
— 5:10 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Qualifying (Get results)
— 9 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series WinStar World Casino & Resort 400 (167 laps, 250.5 miles), FOX Sports 1 (Get results)

GARAGECAM PRESENTED BY MOBIL 1
— 11:30 a.m.: Sprint Cup Series GarageCam (Watch live)

PRESS CONFERENCES (Watch live)
— 10:30 a.m.: Kurt Busch with The NASCAR Foundation, Armed Forces Foundation and Pocono Raceway President Brandon Igdalsky
— 11 a.m.: Jimmie Johnson
— 11:15 a.m.: Matt Kenseth
— 1:30 p.m.: Carl Edwards
— 1:45 p.m.: Kasey Kahne
— 5:45 p.m. (approximately): Post Sprint Cup Series qualifying

SATURDAY, JUNE 7:

ON TRACK
— 9-10 a.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice, FOX Sports 1 (Get results)
— 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series final practice, FOX Sports 1 (Get results)

PRESS CONFERENCES (Watch live)
— 11 a.m.: Google announcement
— 11:15 a.m.: Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs announcement

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Jordan Taylor to test in France, cut hair before Watkins Glen

DETROIT — Jordan Taylor and Richard Westbrook were soaked in champagne after claiming the top two spots in Saturday’s TUDOR United SportsCar Championship Chevrolet Sports Car Classic at Detroit Belle Isle, but they didn’t have much time to enjoy it.

Both were due at the airport hours after leaving the podium.

Jordan Taylor teamed with older brother Ricky to win the Prototype class. Westbrook and teammate Michael Valiante were a close second. The post-race press conference was cut short because Jordan Taylor and Westbrook had to dash to Detroit Metropolitan Airport for flights to Paris.

"I leave Detroit at 6:09 p.m. and I’ll be in Paris at 8:20, then it’s a ride to Le Mans to get there at 11:27," Jordan Taylor said of the trip to test for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

He’ll be back sometime Monday but said he won’t mind the hassle.

"It’s a rough trip, but we’re race car drivers," he said. "This is what we love doing."

Only two TUDOR Championship classes ran this weekend at the 2.36-mile Belle Isle street circuit. Drivers in the Prototype Challenge and GT Le Mans classes had the weekend off with several GTLM teams in Le Mans and the PC class racing next weekend at Kansas Speedway.

The 24 Hours of Le Mans is June 14-15. All four TUDOR Championship classes will compete in the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen June 27-29 at Watkins Glen, N.Y.

Bye Bye Mullet
Jordan Taylor will be at Watkins Glen, but a lot of his hair won’t.

He’s cutting off the mullet he’s been cultivating since January 2013 to support a pair of charities.

"It’s not going to be at Watkins Glen," Taylor said when asked about the mullet’s fate.

Before he shears it off, however, he’s hoping to raise at least $10,000 to support a pair of charities. Camp Boggy Creek in Eustis, Fla., provides summer activities for seriously ill children and Camp Anokijig in Plymouth, Wisc., offers positive influences for teens.

"It took so long to get some serious length out of it but now I’m pretty tired of it," he said of his hair. "Why not do something good with it."

A check of the fundraising website showed $1,900 has been raised through Saturday for the camps.

That’s not to say Taylor still isn’t having fun with his mane. On Thursday, he sent out the following tweet: "My life is compete. Roger Penske just touched/pulled my mullet."

Donors can learn more about the camps at Taylor’s Twitter handle, @jordan10taylor.

Smooth Sailing
An 80-foot section of the course between turns 12 and 13 was replaced and sealed earlier in the week but it didn’t seem to affect conditions for drivers.

The worst problem for TUDOR Championship drivers actually came from a prior race, which left debris and water near a section of turn 6. The race briefly was yellow-flagged while the mess was cleaned up.

Drivers can expect a new surface on even more sections of the track when they return next spring. Race organizers announced they’ll spend $4 million before the 2015 Detroit Grand Prix to replace aging pavement on the Belle Isle circuit.

The island park recently came under the control of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources under a deal with the city, which is seeking federal bankruptcy protection.

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‘Rowdy’ has shot at tripleheader sweep at Dover

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DOVER, Del. – Kyle Busch’s dominant weekend at the Monster Mile continued on Saturday.

Hours after leading 150 laps to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, Busch led the final 124 to capture Saturday’s Buckle Up 200 presented by Click It or Ticket in the Nationwide Series.

Already the only driver to win all three NASCAR national series events in a single weekend, Busch will attempt to duplicate the feat he accomplished in August 2010 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Busch starts alongside pole-sitter Brad Keselowski in Sunday’s Sprint cup race, the FedEx 400 benefitting Autism Speaks.

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"Our (Sprint Cup) car has been really fast here," said Busch after climbing from the driver’s seat in victory lane. "We unloaded fast. I think we’ll be all right tomorrow. Our guys gave me a great piece (to drive) today."

With a record 66 victories in the Nationwide Series, 39 in the truck series and 29 in Sprint Cup, Busch has taken 134 checkered flags at NASCAR’s elite levels. He says his weekend sweep at Bristol remains the pinnacle of his accomplishments to date.

"I’ve won the Southern 500 at Darlington, but I don’t have a Daytona 500. I don’t have a Coke 600, no All-Star race, no (win at the) Brickyard, so essentially, I got nothing," Busch said, tongue-in-cheek. "Hopefully, someday, the big ones come. We’ll keep working toward all that.

"But the Bristol sweep ranks right up there. I’d say one here would rank right up there, too. The magnitude of stress put on your body, your car and your equipment due to this race track is high up there."

Busch’s dominance on Saturday foiled Joey Logano’s attempt to win a record-tying fifth consecutive Nationwide race at Dover International Speedway.

"Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end," said Logano, who finished third. "It was kind of frustrating out there today. I felt like we had the winning car, but we were too loose that last run and couldn’t pass anyone. We never really had good enough restarts on the inside."

To prevail, Busch had to survive three restarts with the lead. He also needed to fend off the challenge of Trevor Bayne, whose AdvoCare Ford stalked his Monster Energy Toyota for the final 35 laps, pulling to within three-tenths of a second with 15 laps to go as both drivers wound their way through lapped traffic.

"With 20 to go, I started making some pretty good gains on him," said Bayne, who this week picked up a full-time Sprint Cup ride beginning in 2015. "His car was really loose and if he missed it a little bit it would wiggle up the race track. That’s what allowed me to catch him as much as I did.

"I thought I was going to be able to get to him and make a move. But he got through lap traffic a little bit better than I did and that separated us a little bit. He said he was giving it everything he had when I talked to him in victory lane. I said, ‘I promise you, that was all I had to try to catch you.’"

Busch never doubted that.

"At the end the 6 (Bayne) certainly gave us a run for the money and closed in on us when we got in to a little traffic," he said.

Despite the hard racing, the order of the first six finishers remained unchanged throughout the final 35 laps as the race remained green for the final 42 miles. Matt Kenseth, rookie Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson finished fourth, fifth and sixth. It was Kenseth’s eighth consecutive top-10 Nationwide finish without a win this season.

Regan Smith retained his series points lead despite his struggles at Dover. Smith, who finished 10th, has never been better than ninth in a combined 19 Cup Series and Nationwide starts at the Monster Mile.

Elliott Sadler finished ninth on Saturday, gaining one point to remain four points back. Chase Elliott, who has won twice this season, is 22 points behind Smith.

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