Congrats to Elliott Sadler (1) on winning the pole at Pocono. The skies were cloudy and threatening during qualifying, but they managed to squeeze it in with happy results. Elliott says they brought one of their playoffs cars for the race, so he’s quite pleased. The stages for the race are 60-60-130.
Caution on lap 57 of 250 for a spin by Vinnie Miller (01). Chad Finchum (40) has a lot of smoke coming out of his car and he bailed. The safety crew got the fire put out.
They’re cruising across the line under caution for the end of the stage with Cole Custer (00) in the lead.
Restarting on lap 68 of 250.
Daniel Hemric (21) and Ross Chastain (4) got speeding penalties on the pit stops. Daniel is the points leader at this point.
The 39 of Ryan Sieg is headed to the garage after a spin so the green flag stays out.
Christopher Bell (20) passed Cole Custer (00) to win stage two.
Cole Custer is out of the pits first. He will lead the field to green beside Christopher Bell.
Restarting on lap 129 of 250.
The 78 of Tommy Joe Martins had a fire in his pit during the stops. A lugnut ignited some spilled fuel.
Brendan ‘Uncle Brenny’ Gaughan is working as a pit reporter for the race.
Daniel Suarez (19) will start in the pole position of tomorrow’s Cup race due to pole winner Kevin Harvick (4) and outside pole Kyle Busch (18) not passing post-qualifying inspection and being sent to the back of the field.
Green flag pit stops underway on lap 202 of 250.
Chase Briscoe spun on lap 237 of 250 in front of leader Christopher Bell to bring out the caution flag.
Christopher lightly got into Chase during the spin, but seems not to have any damage.
Bell was 4 seconds ahead of the second place car before the caution came out.
Restarting on lap 241 of 250 with Christopher Bell in the lead and Cole Custer on the outside.
Caution on lap 243 of 250 for the 0 of Garrett Smithley spinning into the wall.
Restarting in overtime with Christopher Bell leading the field to green beside teammate Brandon Jones (19). 12 drivers on the lead lap. Cole Custer got into the wall and got some damage.
Caution is out for a wreck involving Max Tullman (26) and Matt Tifft (2). Both cars have a lot of damage.
The field is brought to a stop . The red flag is now out.
The field is moving again as the red flag is withdrawn.
Overtime will continue with Justin ‘Dewy Alligator’ Allgaier (7) and Brandon Jones (19) on the front row.
Christopher Bell passed Justin Allgaier for the win.
Brandon Jones (19) and Daniel Hemric (21) wrecked on the final lap.