Where is pocono race track

Pocono Raceway is located in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania, in the sparsely populated, rural area of Long Pond. The construction of the Pocono Raceway started in , and the venue was opened in The beginning was very hard for the track owners, but in the s, Pocono raceway was quietly and slowly developed to become what it is now. The design is definitely what makes this track so famous and unique. Each turn on this 4 km long track is modeled after turns at three different tracks. Turn 1 was modeled after the old Trenton Speedway that was closed in The capacity of the stands is about One of the things that also makes Pocono Raceway so interesting is that it is the largest solar-powered sports facility in the world.

Energy made of almost The fact that these turns are different makes this track very tricky for the drivers. On 19 June , Rose Mattioli, Doc's wife who was ever present at Pocono, cut the ribbon to open the track for practice. Two hours later Jim Malloy's Eagle-Ford made a few, tentative laps for the benefit of the television cameras. Official qualifying trials for the took place on the weekend of June, Mark Donohue qualifying on pole in a Penske-entered McLaren Mffenhauser.

The race itself was on 4 July and Donohue was in strong form, leading the majority laps before being challenged in the final stages by the Colt-Ford of Joe Leonard. A late yellow flag caution period bunched the field and when the green 'all-clear' was given, the Colt flashed by the McLaren through Turn Two. For three laps Leonard remained ahead, but he could not fend off the blue McLaren when Donohue surged by on the main straight to take the win by just 1.

The crowd went wild with excitement, invading the pit area after the race. USAC racing was to be an early mainstay of the calendar at Pocono, hosting mile races right through to the split with the team owners and formation of CART in , continuing under this new banner until The majority of the road races ran in a clockwise direction, opposite to the oval course.

Pocono Raceway's very existence was threatened by the economic and energy crisis and by the end of the decade, the Mattiolis seriously considered selling up. Only the intervention of the Bill France Sr changed their minds, convincing them to stick it out and personally attending the races for two years in a row as a show of solidarity.

Shortly thereafter he and his son, Bill Jr. Into the mids, the first changes began to occur, when a revised road course was opened, which by passed the old quarter-mile oval altogether, with a new stretch of tarmac leading from the start-finish straight and rejoined the old road course at the esses. At the same time, a new south course was established, inside oval Turn One. This could be combined with the main road course to form an alternate layout bypassing the final oval turn altogether.

This was used by the SCCA for a number of years until concerns over run-off areas saw them switch back to the original road course, albeit with a chicane ahead of the final banked turn.

By the early s, the facility was looking generally careworn. The track surface was extremely bumpy — so much so that the Indycars dropped it from their calendar — and safety measures did not match up to modern expectations. Ride-Along participants do not need to acquire Track Insurance. Our cars are not limited or governed in any way. Other products may also be excluded from offers. Xtreme Xperience retains the right to change or modify discounts at any time.

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