Pocono 400

The Pocono 400 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held annually at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The race is the first of two NASCAR Cup Series races at Pocono Raceway, with the other being the Gander Outdoors 400. First held as a 500-mile (804.672 km) race during the 1982 season, it served as a replacement for the 400-mile (640 km) race at Texas World Speedway. Starting in 2012, the race distance was reduced to 400 miles.
==Past winners==
Year 	Date 	No.	Driver 	Team 	Manufacturer	Race distance	Race distance 	Race time	Average speed(mph)	Report
Year 	Date 	No.	Driver 	Team 	Manufacturer	Laps 	Miles (km) 	Race time	Average speed(mph)	Report
1982 	June 6 	88 	Bobby Allison 	DiGard Motorsports 	Buick 	200 	500 (804.672) 	4:24:08 	113.579 	Report
1983 	June 12 	22 	Bobby Allison 	DiGard Motorsports 	Buick 	200 	500 (804.672) 	3:53:13 	128.636 	Report
1984 	June 10 	28 	Cale Yarborough 	Ranier-Lundy 	Chevrolet 	200 	500 (804.672) 	3:37:08 	138.164 	Report
1985 	June 9 	9 	Bill Elliott 	Melling Racing 	Ford 	200 	500 (804.672) 	3:35:48 	138.974 	Report
1986 	June 8 	25 	Tim Richmond 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	200 	500 (804.672) 	4:24:50 	113.279 	Report
1987 	June 14 	25 	Tim Richmond 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	200 	500 (804.672) 	4:05:57 	122.166 	Report
1988 	June 19 	5 	Geoffrey Bodine 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	200 	500 (804.672) 	3:58:21 	126.147 	Report
1989 	June 18 	11 	Terry Labonte 	Junior Johnson & Associates 	Ford 	200 	500 (804.672) 	3:48:27 	131.32 	Report
1990 	June 17 	33 	Harry Gant 	Leo Jackson Racing 	Oldsmobile 	200 	500 (804.672) 	4:08:25 	120.6 	Report
1991 	June 16 	17 	Darrell Waltrip 	DarWal, Inc. 	Chevrolet 	200 	500 (804.672) 	4:04:34 	122.666 	Report
1992 	June 14 	7 	Alan Kulwicki 	AK Racing 	Ford 	200 	500 (804.672) 	3:28:18 	144.023 	Report
1993 	June 13 	42 	Kyle Petty 	SABCO Racing 	Pontiac 	200 	500 (804.672) 	3:37:23 	138.005 	Report
1994 	June 12 	2 	Rusty Wallace 	Penske Racing 	Ford 	200 	500 (804.672) 	3:52:55 	128.801 	Report
1995 	June 11 	5 	Terry Labonte 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	200 	500 (804.672) 	3:37:50 	137.72 	Report
1996 	June 16 	24 	Jeff Gordon 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	200 	500 (804.672) 	3:35:40 	139.104 	Report
1997 	June 8 	24 	Jeff Gordon 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	200 	500 (804.672) 	3:34:33 	139.828 	Report
1998 	June 21 	12 	Jeremy Mayfield 	Penske Racing 	Ford 	200 	500 (804.672) 	4:14:39 	117.809 	Report
1999 	June 20 	18 	Bobby Labonte 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Pontiac (2) 	200 	500 (804.672) 	4:12:19 	118.898 	Report
2000 	June 19*	12 	Jeremy Mayfield 	Penske Racing 	Ford 	200 	500 (804.672) 	3:34:41 	139.741 	Report
2001 	June 17 	28 	Ricky Rudd 	Robert Yates Racing 	Ford (7) 	200 	500 (804.672) 	3:43:14 	134.389 	Report
2002 	June 9 	88 	Dale Jarrett 	Robert Yates Racing 	Ford 	200 	500 (804.672) 	3:29:10 	143.426 	Report
2003 	June 8 	20 	Tony Stewart 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Chevrolet 	200 	500 (804.672) 	3:42:24 	134.892 	Report
2004 	June 13 	48 	Jimmie Johnson 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	200 	500 (804.672) 	4:27:33 	112.129 	Report
2005 	June 12 	99 	Carl Edwards 	Roush Racing 	Ford 	201* 	502.5 (808.695)	3:53:24 	129.177 	Report
2006 	June 11 	11 	Denny Hamlin 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Chevrolet 	200 	500 (804.672) 	3:47:52 	131.656 	Report
2007 	June 10 	24 	Jeff Gordon 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	106* 	265 (426.476) 	1:57:15 	135.608 	Report
2008 	June 8 	9 	Kasey Kahne 	Gillett Evernham Motorsports	Dodge 	200 	500 (804.672) 	3:59:36 	125.209 	Report
2009 	June 7 	14 	Tony Stewart 	Stewart-Haas Racing 	Chevrolet 	200 	500 (804.672) 	3:36:35 	138.515 	Report
2010 	June 6 	11 	Denny Hamlin 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Toyota 	204* 	510 (820.765) 	3:44:30 	136.303 	Report
2011 	June 12 	24 	Jeff Gordon 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	200 	500 (804.672) 	3:26:21 	145.384 	Report
2012*	June 10 	20 	Joey Logano 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Toyota 	160 	400 (643.737) 	3:03:12 	131.004 	Report
2013 	June 9 	48 	Jimmie Johnson 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	160 	400 (643.737) 	2:46:26 	144.202 	Report
2014 	June 8 	88 	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	160 	400 (643.737) 	2:52:07 	139.44 	Report
2015 	June 7 	78 	Martin Truex Jr. 	Furniture Row Racing 	Chevrolet 	160 	400 (643.737) 	2:58:45 	134.266 	Report
2016 	June 6* 	41 	Kurt Busch 	Stewart-Haas Racing 	Chevrolet 	160 	400 (643.737) 	3:11:15 	125.49 	Report
2017 	June 11 	21 	Ryan Blaney 	Wood Brothers Racing 	Ford 	160 	400 (643.747) 	2:48:40 	142.292 	Report
===Notes===
*2000 and 2016: Race was moved back from Sunday to Monday due to rain
*2005 and 2010: Race was extended due to a NASCAR overtime finish
*2007: Race was shortened due to rain and darkness
*2012: Race distance was reduced from 500 miles to 400 miles
===Multiple winners (drivers)===
No. of wins	Driver 	Years won
4 	Jeff Gordon 	1996, 1997, 2007, 2011
2 	Bobby Allison 	1982, 1983
2 	Tim Richmond 	1986, 1987
2 	Terry Labonte 	1989, 1995
2 	Jeremy Mayfield	1998, 2000
2 	Tony Stewart 	2003, 2009
2 	Denny Hamlin 	2006, 2010
2 	Jimmie Johnson 	2004, 2013
===Multiple winners (teams)===
No. of wins	Team 	Years won
11 	Hendrick Motorsports	1986, 1987, 1988, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014
5 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	1999, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2012
3 	Penske Racing 	1994, 1998, 2000
2 	DiGard Motorsports 	1982, 1983
2 	Robert Yates Racing 	2001, 2002
2 	Stewart-Haas Racing 	2009, 2016
===Manufacturer wins===
No. of wins	Manufacturer	Years won
18 	Chevrolet 	1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
10 	Ford 	1985, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2017
2 	Buick 	1982, 1983
2 	Pontiac 	1993, 1999
2 	Toyota 	2010, 2012
1 	Oldsmobile 	1990
1 	Dodge 	2008
==Notable races==
*1982: Dale Earnhardt flipped over Tim Richmond going into turn one, and suffered a neck injury that he hid until the end of the season. Because of a 1984 Busch Clash crash involving Ricky Rudd where he hid his injuries, NASCAR changed the rules later that season mandating medical clearance from NASCAR officials before racing.
*1988: Bobby Allison reported a flat tire before the race, tried to complete a lap, but he did not. Driving into the tunnel turn, Allison blew the tire and slammed the outside wall. Then, Jocko Maggiacomo T-boned Allison in the driver's side door and Allison suffered career-ending injuries.
*2009: Tony Stewart became the first owner-driver to win since Ricky Rudd at Martinsville in 1998. It was also the first race in NASCAR's history to introduce double-file restarts.
*2010: On the Long Pond straightaway, Kasey Kahne spun across the track on the last lap and went airborne, collecting Greg Biffle, Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr., Ryan Newman and others. Denny Hamlin won the race, which had been delayed for several hours due to rain.
*2012: Twenty-two-year-old Joey Logano muscled his way past his mentor, 53-year-old Mark Martin, to score his second win (first in a race that was not truncated), on a newly repaved Pocono Raceway, snapping a 104-race winless streak. Logano started on the pole with a new track record, led 49 of the 160 laps, and won by about a second.
*2014: Brad Keselowski dominated the race, leading 95 of 160 laps, but Earnhardt Jr. passed him with four laps to go to take the victory when Keselowski tried to use the lapped car of Danica Patrick to clean trash from his grille. 
*2015: Martin Truex, Jr. dominated the race, leading 97 of 160 laps en route to his victory. The race was aired on Fox Sports Television for the first time on FS1 after eight years on TNT, Brad Keselowski, running seventh, made an unscheduled stop on lap 21. Matt Kenseth, Joey Logano and Paul Menard were tagged for speeding on pit road. Kenseth and Logano were forced to serve drive-through penalties. Menard was given a stop-go penalty for speeding in the pits, then had to come a second time for speeding again. He cut down his left-front tire and came down pit road for a third time. Truex, Jr. made his first pit stop on lap 29 and handed the lead to Edwards. Edwards pitted on lap 30 and handed the lead to Kasey Kahne, who made his stop on lap 32. Then the lead was given back to Kevin Harvick.
*2017: Ryan Blaney won his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race after passing Kyle Busch with 10 laps to go and holding off Kevin Harvick for the final nine laps of the race.
==Television broadcasters==
Year	Network 	Lap-by-lap 	Color commentator(s)
1982	Mizlou 	Dave Despain 	Dick Brooks
1983	Mizlou 	Ken Squier 	Donnie Allison
1984	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Larry Nuber
1985	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Larry Nuber
1986	SETN 	Mike Joy 	Jerry Punch
1987	SETN 	Eli Gold 	Jerry Punch
1988	FNNSCORE 	Pat Patterson 	Bob Latford
1989	ShowtimePPV	Dave Despain 	Gary NelsonLyn St. James
1990	ShowtimePPV	Dave Despain 	Gary NelsonLyn St. James
1991	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Ned Jarrett
1992	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny Parsons Ned Jarrett
1993	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny Parsons Ned Jarrett
1994	TNN 	Mike Joy 	Buddy BakerDick Berggren
1995	TNN 	Mike Joy 	Buddy BakerDick Berggren
1996	TNN 	Eli Gold 	Buddy BakerDick Berggren
1997	TNN 	Eli Gold 	Buddy BakerDick Berggren
1998	TNN 	Eli Gold 	Buddy BakerDick Berggren
1999	TNN 	Eli Gold 	Buddy BakerDick Berggren
2000	TNN 	Eli Gold 	Buddy BakerDick Berggren
2001	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2002	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2003	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2004	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2005	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2006	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2007	TNT 	Bill Weber 	Wally DallenbachKyle Petty
2008	TNT 	Bill Weber 	Wally DallenbachKyle Petty
2009	TNT 	Bill Weber 	Wally DallenbachKyle Petty
2010	TNT 	Adam Alexander	Wally DallenbachKyle Petty
2011	TNT 	Adam Alexander	Wally DallenbachKyle Petty
2012	TNT 	Adam Alexander	Wally DallenbachKyle Petty
2013	TNT 	Adam Alexander	Wally DallenbachKyle Petty
2014	TNT 	Adam Alexander	Wally DallenbachKyle Petty
2015	FS1 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2016	FS1 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripJeff Gordon
2017	FS1 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripJeff Gordon
2018	FS1 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripJeff Gordon
==References==
==External links==
*Ratings and viewership for Pocono 500 since 2000