Travel Tips: Pocono Raceway – August 1-3, 2014

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NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series is joined by the Camping World Truck Series and ARCA Racing Series during its second trip to the “The Tricky Triangle,” Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania, Friday through Sunday, August 1-3, for the GoBowling.com 400 weekend.

The third annual Pocono Celebrity Charity Poker Showdown is Thursday night, July 31 from 6-10 p.m. at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs in Wilkes-Barre, PA. The event benefits the NASCAR Foundation and the Armed Forces Foundation and will featured appearances from NASCAR president Mike Helton, Cup drivers Kurt Busch, Greg Biffle and Alex Bowman, and Truck Series drivers Jennifer Jo Cobb and Joey Coulter among others (subject to change). Find out more about the Poker Showdown here.

Key on-track times:

Friday, August 1 –
  • Camping World Truck Series practice – 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. ET
  • Sprint Cup Series practice – 11 a.m. ET
  • ARCA Racing Series qualifying – 12:35 p.m. ET
  • Sprint Cup Series qualifying – 3:40 p.m. ET
  • ARCA Racing Series ModSpace 125 – 5:15 p.m. ET

Saturday, August 2
  • Sprint Cup Series practice – 9 and 11:30 a.m. ET
  • Camping World Truck Series qualifying – 10:10 a.m. ET
  • Camping World Truck Series Pocono Mountains 150 – 1 p.m. ET

Sunday, August 3
  • Sprint Cup Series GoBowling.com 400 – 1 p.m. ET

Find out more about the event and purchase tickets at www.poconoraceway.com.


Travel Tips: Pocono Raceway – August 1-3, 2014 Travel Tips: Pocono Raceway – August 1-3, 2014 Reviewed by Paula on Monday, July 28, 2014 Rating: 5