Marco Andretti was able to battle back from an early race incident to secure the 2022 SRX Series Championship and Chase Elliott held off a late-charging Tony Stewart for the race win.
Riley Herbst and the No. 98 Monster Energy Ford team persevered through an up-and-down race to finish 12th in Saturday’s Explore The Pocono Mountains 225 at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway.
Saturday afternoon at Watkins Glen International, Porsche customer racing team Wright Motorsports put in a masterful performance in race one of the Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS weekend, beating out not only all of the Pro/Am class competitors, but the Pro/Pro-ranked entries as well.
Sheldon Creed Showcases Fast No. 2 Whelen Chevrolet at Pocono Raceway - “This top-five finish in the Whelen Chevrolet at Pocono Raceway gives us a lot of confidence."
Ty Gibbs finished runner-up in Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Pocono Raceway. Gibbs challenged race-winner Noah Gragson in the closing laps of Saturday’s race but came up just short to earn a second-place result in the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 54 Toyota GR Supra.
Josef Newgarden, driver of the No. 2 Hitachi Team Penske Chevrolet, was highly motivated to win after losing the pole to his teammate Will Power, No. 12 Verizon 5G Chevrolet, earlier today so the two-time NTT INDYCAR Series’ champion took the lead for the final time on lap 80 and never looked back.
The 24-year-old Gragson from Las Vegas, Nevada, led a race-high 43 of 90 laps, including the final 21, to record his third Xfinity victory of 2022 at the Tricky Triangle.
The two-time IndyCar champion from Hendersonville, Tennessee, led all but 42 of 250 laps en route to his fourth IndyCar victory of 2022 in the first of a Iowa Speedway doubleheader feature.
It might be time to change the name of the city where Iowa Speedway is located from Newton to Newgardenton.
Wright on his run at Pocono: “Our No. 44 F.N.B. Corporation Chevrolet Silverado struggled to find the right balance early on, but we continued to work on it every chance we had. We showed solid speed at times. Unfortunately it wasn’t our day and we’ll focus our attention on Indianapolis next weekend.”
Thompson on the No. 40 team’s effort at Pocono: “We faced adversity early today at Pocono following a spin in Stage One, but I’m really proud of the fight from our No. 40 Worldwide Express team to get us back in the hunt for a top-20 finish late in the race."
Alan on his run at Pocono: “Our No. 45 AUTOChargit Chevrolet Silverado showed solid speed and we were able to take advantage of the early cautions to make adjustments to find the right balance. We were trending in the right direction all afternoon as the race went on and we’ll build off of thin heading into Indianapolis.”
Hocevar on closing out the regular season with a third-straight top-five finish: “It’s tough to win these races. We suffered from a little bit of damage to the right rear that hurt our straightaway speed.
Three Chevrolet drivers qualified their Camaro ZL1’s into the top-10, led by Chase Elliott and the No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Camaro ZL1 team in the third position. This marks Elliott’s fifth top-10 start at Pocono Raceway; and his 12th top-10 start of 2022.