Race 2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400

1 race

1.1 first stage
1.2 second stage
1.3 final stage
1.4 race results

1.4.1 stage results


1.5 final stage results
1.6 race statistics

race
first stage

kyle busch led field green flag @ 3:22 p.m. aside unscheduled pit stop joey logano flat left-rear tire on sixth lap, nothing unusual happened in stage of race. proceeded in orderly fashion, interrupted cycle of green flag stops on lap 14. busch pitted lead on lap 18, followed kyle larson pitted next lap, , lead moved erik jones. pitted on lap 36 , lead cycled busch. during pit cycle, ryan newman , darrell wallace jr. handed pass through penalties speeding on pit road. both served them, wallace hit second penalty – stop , go – speeding while completing pass through.

busch drove on win first stage , caution flew first time in race on lap 50 culmination of stage. ricky stenhouse jr. took lead under caution opting not pit when leaders did.

second stage

when race returned green on lap 57, jones – on fresher tires – took lead stenhouse driving down long pond straightaway. @ start/finish line following lap, dale earnhardt jr. s engine blew result of mis-shift , transmission failure. moments later, clint bowyer tagged wall right-rear corner exiting turn 1. after 2 events , busch retaking lead on lap 62, however, second stage continued first did. broken cycle of green flag stops on lap 91 when busch pitted lead. teammate denny hamlin followed suite subsequent lap, giving lead larson. on 96th lap, jimmie johnson – running seventh – suffered brake failure hurdling down frontstretch. turned car down grass bleed off speed, turned track , slammed wall hard in turn 1. moments later, jamie mcmurray suffered similar brake failure going turn 1 , pounded turn 1 wall. car continued rolling down long pond straightaway when caught fire in engine compartment, prompting mcmurray park on apron , exit burning vehicle. these 2 events brought out second caution, 23-minute , 25-second red flag facilitate cleanup.

rather run out remaining 4 laps of stage under caution, nascar decided run one-lap shootout end it. restarted on lap 99, larson won second stage , caution flew third time conclusion of stage. busch bypassed pit road under caution, having pitted few laps prior, , took lead.

final stage

back green 55 laps go, race settled orderly procession. case in first , second stage, race broken when race leader busch commenced cycle of green flag stops 36 go. martin truex jr. did 4 laps later, handing lead brad keselowski. stayed out 12 laps hoping catch caution, didn t, pitted 20 go. kasey kahne suffered brake failure following lap , belted wall in turn 1, bringing out fourth caution. busch opted not pit , took lead, did keselowski, while rest of field pitted , jones exited pit road first taking 2 tires, followed ryan blaney , else taking 4 tires.

on ensuing restart 13 go, busch bolted ahead keselowski faltered. blaney pounced on , took second keselowski. blaney on fresher tires closed gap busch on worn tires coming 10 go. after crossing start/finish line, blaney dropped down bottom of track pass give himself preferred groove going turn 1, busch blocked move on frontstretch , battle continued. blaney got busch s inside exiting turn 1 , made contact going down long pond straightaway, took battle onto apron. blaney backed out going turn 2, busch left bottom open, letting blaney inside exiting turn 2 , lost lead him on short chute. blaney spent remaining 9 laps holding off charging kevin harvick score first ever victory , first wood brothers since trevor bayne winning daytona 500 in 2011.

race results
stage results

stage 1 laps: 50

stage 2 laps: 50

final stage results

laps: 60

race statistics

lead changes: 9 among different drivers
cautions/laps: 4 18
red flags: 1 23 minutes , 25 seconds
time of race: 2 hours, 48 minutes , 40 seconds
average speed: 142.292 miles per hour (228.997 km/h)




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