FYI WIRZ: NASCAR’s Top 5 Talk Race 14 at Tricky Pocono and More

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) transports its convoy of haulers to Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania for the 5-hour Energy 500. The race should require 200 laps on the 2.5-mile tri-oval track with 14 degree banking and will be broadcast by TNT this Sunday at 1p.m.  The difficult Pocono track is not as likely to be crash-free like last week’s race on the wide and shorter Kansas track. Crashes this year are also likely to be less dangerous in Long Pond owing to improvements to the wall and more. NASCAR driver Gregg Biffle commented on the new Safer Barriers and a catch-fence that have been added to Pocono Raceway.      “Probably 10 years overdue,” Biffle said...

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