Pocono Results: July 23, 2023 (NASCAR Cup Series)

William Byron and Martin Truex Jr set the front row. 160 laps of stock car racing are up next…

Pocono
Stage 1 – Report

Laps: 30 (1-30 / 160)

Green flag, Byron noses ahead of Truex Jr into turn one.

Lap 2, Ty Gibbs brushes the wall off turn one.

Lap 6, JJ Yeley spins and makes contact with the inside wall. The caution is out.

Green, Logano wins the race to bottom in turn one. He slides Byron to take the lead away.

Lap 24, Kyle Larson is all over the bumper of Logano but he can’t find a way by.

3 to go in stage one, Larson, Byron, Harvick, Bell and others dives for the pit lane. They’ll flip the stage.

Joey Logano stays out to grab the stage one win at Pocono Raceway!

Pocono Results (Stage 1) : 1. Joey Logano; 2. Martin Truex Jr; 3. Denny Hamlin; 4. Tyler Reddick; 5. AJ Allmendinger; 6. Michael McDowell; 7. Bubba Wallace; 8. Justin Haley; 9. Chris Buescher; 10. Erik Jones;

Pocono
Stage 2 – Report

Laps: 65 (31-95 / 160)

Logano and the rest head for the pit lane. Byron cycles to the race lead.

Green flag on stage two, Byron and Larson run side by side into turn one. Logano is backwards into turn one! Suarez is collected by Bubba Wallace. Logano and Suarez both slam the outside wall. They run four wide and ran out of room as Reddick came down the track.

Logano gets a tow back to the pit lane. He doesn’t have significant damage but he’ll lose several laps as the crew makes quick repairs.

Green, Byron and Larson run side by side into turn one. Austin Dillon spins behind them with help from BJ McLeod and the caution is back out.

Green, Larson gets loose after a late bump draft from Christopher Bell! Larson spins and backs it into the outside wall! Light damage for Larson and the caution is out once more.

Green, Byron is clear before turn one. He leads Blaney into turn two.

Lap 80, Byron pits from the race lead. He’ll try to make it with one more stop from here. Larson takes over the lead.

4 to go in stage two, Christopher Bell spins off turn one! The yellow is out.

This stage will finish under the caution. Kyle Larson wins stage two at Pocono Raceway.

Pocono Results (Stage 2) : 1. Kyle Larson; 2. Ty Dillon; 3. William Byron; 4. Denny Hamlin; 5. Alex Bowman; 6. Tyler Reddick; 7. Ty Gibbs; 8. Ryan Blaney; 9. Bubba Wallace; 10. Martin Truex Jr;

Pocono
Stage 3 – Report

Laps: 65 (96-160 / 160)

Larson and others head for the pit lane. William Byron is handed the lead.

Green flag on stage three, Truex Jr shoves Blaney to the lead.

Lap 101, Truex Jr has a run on Blaney off turn three. Blaney has lost power with a mechanical issue and he quickly drops outside the top 5. Martin Truex Jr leads William Byron.

Lap 106, Austin Dillon comes down on Tyler Reddick. Dillon is turned and he slams the outside wall. The caution is out.

Austin Dillon throws his NASCAR helmet at Tyler Reddick (Video)

Green, Truex Jr leads Byron out of turn one.

40 to go

40 to go, Kyle Larson hits the pit lane. It’s a two tire call as the No. 5 needs far less fuel.

39 to go, Truex Jr pits from the race lead.

19 to go, Corey LaJoie leads Aric Almirola and Todd Gilliland. All three have yet to pit. Larson, Hamlin and Truex Jr trail them, all of those three have pitted.

18 to go, Chase Briscoe is turned by Ty Dillon and Briscoe in the wall off turn three, caution.

LaJoie and others head for the pit lane. Larson is handed the race lead.

Green, Larson clears Hamlin to hold the lead off turn one. Martin Truex Jr takes 2nd away. Kyle Busch bounces off the wall exiting turn three, no caution.

12 to go, Alex Bowman spins from 3rd into turn three and the caution is out.

Green with 7 to go, Hamlin shoves Larson clear into turn one. Hamlin dives inside of Larson, Hamlin doors Larson and runs him wide off the corner.

Justin Haley is turned in turn two! He slams the outside wall and the caution is back out.

Larson passes a bunch of cars and runs into the side of Hamlin under the yellow flag.

Green with 3 to go, Hamlin is clear into turn one. Truex Jr holds 2nd off the corner.

2 to go, Ryan Preece spins and stalls.

1 to go, Hamlin leads by 5 car lengths. Reddick dives inside of Truex Jr in the battle for 2nd.

The caution is out for Preece. Denny Hamlin wins at Pocono Raceway!

Denny Hamlin crashes Kyle Larson to win Pocono (Video)

Ryan Preece attacks Corey LaJoie after Pocono Raceway (Video)

Pocono Raceway
July 23, 2023
NASCAR Cup Series

Pos | Driver

1. Denny Hamlin

2. Martin Truex Jr

3. Tyler Reddick

4. Kevin Harvick

5. Ty Gibbs

6. Christopher Bell

7. Ricky Stenhouse Jr

8. Harrison Burton

9. Erik Jones

10. Chase Elliott

11. Aric Almirola

12. Bubba Wallace

13. Ross Chastain

14. William Byron

15. Todd Gilliland

16. Brad Keselowski

17. AJ Allmendinger

18. Chris Buescher

19. Michael McDowell

20. Noah Gragson

21. Kyle Larson

22. Kyle Busch

23. Alex Bowman

24. Austin Cindric

25. Cole Custer

26. JJ Yeley

27. Corey LaJoie

28. Ty Dillon

29. Chase Briscoe

30. Ryan Blaney

31. Ryan Preece

32. BJ McLeod

33. Justin Haley

34. Austin Dillon

35. Joey Logano

36. Daniel Suarez

NASCAR Cup Series
Point Standings

Pos | Driver | Wins | Points | Playoff Points

1. William Byron
4 Wins | 22PP

2. Martin Truex Jr
3 Wins | 18PP

3. Kyle Busch
3 Wins | 17PP

4. Denny Hamlin
2 Wins | 14PP

5. Kyle Larson
2 Wins | 13PP

6. Ross Chastain
1 Win | 10PP

7. Ryan Blaney
1 Win | 8PP

8. Joey Logano
1 Win | 8PP

9. Tyler Reddick
1 Win | 8PP

10. Christopher Bell
1 Win | 7PP

11. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
1 Win | 5PP

12. Kevin Harvick
+163

13. Brad Keselowski
+122

14. Chris Buescher
+111

15. Bubba Wallace
+26

16. Michael McDowell
+17

— Playoff Cutline —

17. AJ Allmendinger
-17

18. Daniel Suarez
-23

19. Ty Gibbs
-28

20. Alex Bowman
-45

Pocono Raceway
Video Highlights
July 23, 2023

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