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Kurt Busch will not drive his 23XI Racing Toyota on Sunday afternoon at Pocono Raceway as doctors have not cleared the former series champion to compete ...

Busch will not earn points from Pocono by not starting the race. “I’m still having concussion-like symptoms from yesterday’s impact in qualifying. Ty Gibbs will make his Cup Series debut as Busch’s substitute.

There are just two spots remaining for drivers to make the NASCAR Playoffs on points. Ty Gibbs is making his Cup debut as an injury fill-in for Kurt Busch, who ...

The green flag returned on Lap 41, but it didn't last long, as Hamlin went for a spin in Turn 2. The green flag was back out again on Lap 35, where Christopher Bell and Bubba Wallace challenged Burton for the lead. It drew a huge caution.

The Cup Series race will be contested over 160 laps at the 'Tricky Triangle,' where Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Denny Hamlin and defending race champion Kyle ...

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Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 18 M&Ms Toyota, drives during the NASCAR Cup Series M&M's Fan Appreciation 400 at Pocono Raceway.

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Kyle Larson nearly registered his first NASCAR Cup Series victory at Pocono Raceway in the first of two races at the track last year, but suffered a flat ...

You can only see who it is and get the rest of Roberts' NASCAR at Pocono picks at SportsLine. Larson will attempt to record that elusive win at NASCAR at Pocono when he takes part in the 2022 M&M's Fan Appreciation 400 on Sunday. Larson is 7-1, while Kyle Busch is the 6-1 favorite in the latest 2022 NASCAR at Pocono odds from Caesars Sportsbook. Bowman is hoping to turn his season around at Pocono Raceway, where he has notched top-10s in his last three outings, including one of his career-high four victories of 2021. You'll want to check out the NASCAR at Pocono predictions from Micah Roberts, the legendary Vegas bookmaker who pioneered wagering on racing, before locking in any 2022 M&M's Fan Appreciation 400 picks of your own. In fact, Roberts says Larson, who was runner-up in his last start at Pocono, barely even cracks the top 10. Kyle Larson nearly registered his first NASCAR Cup Series victory at Pocono Raceway in the first of two races at the track last year, but suffered a flat tire while leading on the final lap and finished ninth.

Kurt Busch was not cleared by NASCAR's medical staff to compete in Sunday's race at Pocono Raceway.

I'm going to very disciplined in these situations.'' Gibbs also thanked Jordan for the opportunity -- "I always looked up to him'' -- but had not talked to NASCAR's most famous team owner. 23XI selected Gibbs, grandson of Joe Gibbs Racing owner and former NFL coach Joe Gibbs, to make his first start. "I'm very thankful just to come into this whole thing,'' he said at his hauler.

There is only one NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway on the 2022 schedule, something that hasn't been the case in over four decades.

However, in 2022, Pocono Raceway has just one race date. From 1982 to 2021, it hosted two races per season. There is only one NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway on the 2022 schedule, something that hasn’t been the case in over four decades.

Nick Giffen of The Action Network gives you his best bets for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway.

In practice, Bowman had the ninth-fastest time while Logano was 0.6 seconds slower in 16th place. The Bet: Erik Jones -120 over Aric Almirola Jones starts 34th thanks to a brush of the wall in his qualifying lap, which is the only thing keeping this matchup close at DraftKings. In this battle, one Erik should prevail over the other Aric pretty clearly. Erik Jones (-120) Over Aric Almirola The Bet: Bowman +120 over Logano

The NASCAR Cup Series has unloaded in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The 2.5-mile triangle of Pocono Raceway is set to host the M&M's Fan Appreciation 400.

1 Win 1 Win 1 Win 1 Win Playoff Points Wins / Points 37 to go, Kyle Busch pits under green. Kyle Larson; Kyle Busch; 2. Bell to the lead. Kyle Busch; 5. Kyle Larson; 2.

Jeb Burton flips at Pocono Raceway. Watch the video. Brad Keselowski comments on the time it takes to roll a car back over after the crash.

I was having a lot of fun.” To tear up another car, two weeks in a row, isn’t good.” “Being part time, it’s really hard to judge the air coming off these cars. Not how I wanted my home race to go.” The car landed on it’s door and then rolled onto it’s roof. He stomped the gas in an attempt to spin it away from the outside wall.

A strong run in the final stage led Denny Hamlin to a victory in Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway.

… Ross Chastain went from challenging for the win to a 34th-place finish after a late-race altercation with winner Denny Hamlin. … Kevin Harvick lost another shot at a strong finish in the aftermath of the Hamlin-Chastain incident and dropped through the finish order to 29th. The top-10 run was his ninth of the year and fifth in the past six races. Chastain and Hamlin were first and second on a restart in the closing miles. Hamlin didn’t push Chastain into the wall on the restart, but he limited Chastain’s room to race. The race scenario changed with 23 laps to go when Ryan Blaney slid through turn three and sailed into the outside pit wall, bringing out a caution flag. His pit crew’s work was about two seconds faster than Busch’s, and Chastain returned to the track in first place.

The Joe Gibbs Racing driver won for the third time this season and passed Hall of Fame driver Jeff Gordon for most wins at Pocono with seven. Hamlin swept two ...

“We had a couple of companies, we thought (were in) that wound up to be disappointments for us,” Gibbs said. “We’ve just been good friends and he’s certainly someone that I look up to from a talent standpoint,” Hamlin said. Chastain wrecked Hamlin two times in a month earlier this season — Hamlin counted two more times from last season — and was fed-up with the aggressive driving of the watermelon farmer. “It was just cool being next to them on the track. “It’s hard for me to kind of believe because there’s so much that goes into winning at this track,” Hamlin said. Hamlin won for the third time this season and passed Hall of Fame driver Jeff Gordon for most wins at Pocono with seven.

LONG POND — Denny Hamlin knocked his season-long nemesis out of the race during a late battle for the lead, then streaked ahead Sunday in the No.

Chastain wrecked Hamlin two times in a month earlier this season, prompting Hamlin to spew he had “reached my peak” with the aggressive driving of the watermelon farmer. “I’m very thankful just to come into this whole thing,” he said. I’m going to very disciplined in these situations.” Busch was not cleared Sunday morning by NASCAR’s medical staff to compete. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver won for the third time this season and passed Hall of Fame driver Jeff Gordon for most wins at Pocono with seven. Chastain slammed the wall and triggered a wreck that collected several drivers, including winless Kevin Harvick, who is fighting for a playoff spot.

A strong run in the final stage led Denny Hamlin to a victory in Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway.

… Ross Chastain went from challenging for the win to a 32nd-place finish after a late-race altercation with winner Denny Hamlin. … Kevin Harvick lost another shot at a strong finish in the aftermath of the Hamlin-Chastain incident and dropped through the finish order to 27th. The top-10 run was his ninth of the year and fifth in the past six races. Chastain and Hamlin were first and second on a restart in the closing miles. The race presented a series of spins virtually from the beginning. Hamlin didn’t push Chastain into the wall on the restart, but he limited Chastain’s room to race. Chastain hit the outside wall, was hit by Kevin Harvick and slid into the inside wall and out of the race.

After the race, race winner Denny Hamlin and runner-up finisher Kyle Busch each failed post-race inspection. However, the contact with Chastain wasn't the ...

“And, there’s some areas that the teams are aware, we cannot be going down the path that we had in the past, with the other car. We are bringing the vehicles back for further evaluation. But, the teams and owners are well aware that this new car was going to be kept with some pretty tight tolerances.” “We can’t go into all the details of what the issues were. They’ll go back to the R&D Center.” Instead, Hamlin and Busch will be regulated to the finish two spots on the results sheet.

The Joe Gibbs Racing driver won for the third time this season and passed Hall of Fame driver Jeff Gordon for most wins at Pocono with seven. Hamlin swept two ...

Elliott, who had finished third, was given his fourth win of the season.MORE NEWS: Hamlin lost his record seventh victory at Pocono and his third win of the season. LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — First-place finisher Denny Hamlin was disqualified when his No. 11 Toyota failed inspection, giving Chase Elliott the NASCAR Cup Series victory Sunday at Pocono Raceway. Joe Gibbs Racing had Hamlin’s car and runner-up Kyle Busch’s No. 18 Toyota both disqualified.

"Winner, winner Joe Gibbs Racing are cheaters!'' the Dawsonville Pool Room tweeted. In an extraordinary decision for a NASCAR Cup Series race, Joe Gibbs Racing ...

"We had a couple of companies, we thought [were in] that wound up to be disappointments for us,'' Gibbs said. Chastain wrecked Hamlin two times in a month earlier this season -- Hamlin counted two more times from last season -- and was fed up with the aggressive driving of the watermelon farmer. "We've just been good friends and he's certainly someone that I look up to from a talent standpoint,'' Hamlin said. Hamlin's young daughter burst into tears of joy, and he sent her to retrieve the checkered flag. "What did you expect me to do?" There's some areas that all the teams are well aware that we can not go down the path that we had in the past with the other car." "What did you want me to do?" "We plan to review every part of the process that led to this situation.'' Hamlin had plenty to handle from the start, when the pole sitter tagged the wall on the opening lap. "There was some issues discovered that affect aero in the vehicle," NASCAR Cup Series managing director Brad Moran said. The penalties can be appealed, and both Toyotas were sent to NASCAR's research and development center in North Carolina for further evaluation. He never led a lap in the No. 9 Chevrolet -- and his car also was inspected by NASCAR.

NASCAR driver Ty Gibbs talks to reporters before an auto race at Pocono Raceway, Sunday, July 24, 2022 in Long Pond, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) ...

"We had a couple of companies, we thought (were in) that wound up to be disappointments for us," Gibbs said. Chastain wrecked Hamlin two times in a month earlier this season — Hamlin counted two more times from last season — and was fed-up with the aggressive driving of the watermelon farmer. "It was just cool being next to them on the track. "We've just been good friends and he's certainly someone that I look up to from a talent standpoint," Hamlin said. Busch suffered a head injury during a hard hit Saturday in qualifying and was not cleared to race by NASCAR's medical staff. Hamlin's young daughter burst into tears of joy and he sent her to retrieve the checkered flag. There's some areas that all the teams are well aware that we can not go down the path that we had in the past with the other car." "We were shocked to learn of the infraction that caused our two cars to fail NASCAR's post-race technical inspection," Joe Gibbs said in a statement. Hamlin had plenty to handle from the start, when the pole sitter tagged the wall on the opening lap. "There was some issues discovered that affect aero in the vehicle," NASCAR Cup Series managing director Brad Moran said. The penalties can be appealed and both Toyotas were sent to NASCAR's research and development center in North Carolina for further evaluation. He never led a lap in the No. 9 Chevrolet — and his car also was inspected by NASCAR.

NASCAR disqualified the cars of winner Denny Hamlin and runner-up Kyle Busch after Sunday's post-race inspection at Pocono Raceway.

But the teams and the owners and everybody is well aware that this new car was going to be kept with some pretty tight tolerances, and there’s some areas that all the teams are well aware that we cannot be going down the path that we had in the past with the other car. “We saw enough that the DQ was warranted and we are bringing the vehicles back for further evaluation,” Moran said. They were relegated to the last two spots on the 36-driver results sheet. The last thing we want to do is meet here afterwards and talk about this problem. “We were shocked to learn of the infraction that caused our two cars to fail NASCAR’s post-race technical inspection,” team owner Joe Gibbs said in a statement. “There was some issues discovered that affect aero of the vehicle.

Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson, and Chase Elliott are the 2022 NASCAR at Pocono Raceway favorites.

Check out the latest 2022 NASCAR at Pocono odds below, then visit SportsLine now to see the full projected 2022 M&M's Fan Appreciation 400 leaderboard, all from the model that correctly predicted five of Kyle Larson's wins last season. He also has a NASCAR at Pocono win on his resume from back in 2012, and Logano also won at the track in his final race on the ARCA Menards Series. Pocono is a 2.5-mile intermediate track, as is Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and counting the two, Logano has top-10 finishes in his last three starts. The model is also targeting one other driver with 2022 NASCAR at Pocono odds of 12-1 or longer to make a serious run at the checkered flag. He's winless in 12 career starts at "The Tricky Triangle" and has finished outside the top 10 in four of his last five starts there. Before scouring the 2022 M&M's Fan Appreciation 400 starting lineup and making any 2022 NASCAR Pocono predictions, be sure to see the latest NASCAR at Pocono picks from SportsLine's proven projection model. Logano sits in seventh place in NASCAR's standings and is projected to finish in the top 10 for the ninth time in the last 10 years.

Denny Hamilton earns his third win of the season and the seventh of his career at Pocono.

“We had a couple of companies, we thought (were in) that wound up to be disappointments for us,” Gibbs said. Chastain wrecked Hamlin two times in a month earlier this season – Hamlin counted two more times from last season – and was fed-up with the aggressive driving of the watermelon farmer. “It was just cool being next to them on the track. “We’ve just been good friends and he’s certainly someone that I look up to from a talent standpoint,” Hamlin said. Busch suffered a head injury during a hard hit Saturday in qualifying and was not cleared to race by NASCAR’s medical staff. Hamlin’s young daughter burst into tears of joy and he sent her to retrieve the checkered flag. Perhaps not, as the wife of Chastain’s race team owner Justin Marks tweeted, “Game. On.” There’s some areas that all the teams are well aware that we can not go down the path that we had in the past with the other car.” Hamlin had plenty to handle from the start, when the pole sitter tagged the wall on the opening lap. He never led a lap in the No. 9 Chevrolet – and his car also was inspected by NASCAR. Hamlin swept two races at Pocono in his rookie season in 2006, and added wins in 2009, 2010, 2019 and 2020. The penalties can be appealed and both Toyotas were sent to NASCAR’s research and development center in North Carolina for further evaluation.

Chase Elliott was declared winner at Pocono after Hamlin's Toyota and that of his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Kyle Busch, were disqualified for failed ...

O’Ward made the pass for the win on pit road with a speedy stop by his Arrow McLaren SP team and held off Penske teammates Will Power and Scott McLaughlin for the win. Chevrolet’s initial diagnosis was that the suspension broke on Newgarden’s car. But something on his Team Penske car broke with 64 laps remaining and he spun hard into the outside wall — creating an opening for Pato O’Ward of Arrow McLaren SP to win the race. There really was no reason why there was some material that was somewhere it shouldn’t have been, and that does basically come down to a DQ” for both Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota and Busch’s No. 18 Toyota, where were impounded and transported back to NASCAR’s research and development center for further inspection. The JGR driver had won for the third time this season and had passed Hall of Fame driver Jeff Gordon for most wins at Pocono with seven. But that was before his car was disqualified.

Ty Gibbs got the call to replace Busch in the No. 45 Toyota for 23XI Racing and started in the back of the field for the 3 p.m. race.

“I’m very thankful just to come into this whole thing,” he said at his hauler. That opened the door for Gibbs to make his debut. I’m going to very disciplined in these situations.”

NASCAR disqualified Hamlin and Busch for failing post-race inspection, giving the win to Elliott.

The NASCAR Cup Series hits the bricks next weekend, as they head to the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the second-ever race around the track's infield road course. Wallace's fourth top 10 of the year exceeds the amount he scored in all of 2021, and just one more will tie his career-high set in 2020. Gibbs ran up inside the top 15 late in the race before settling in to finish a respectable 16th. - Harrison Burton is starting to make a regular appearance in this section of our recap. As a result, Harvick is now 83 points back of Martin Truex Jr. for the final spot in the playoffs on points with five races to go. At a disadvantage on the bottom of the track in Turn 1, Hamlin got an angle off the corner by force, leaning into Chastain's door as the two exited the corner side-by-side for the lead. A statement by Busch released on Sunday suggested that he was targeting a return to competition next week at Indianapolis. This marks the first time that the winner of a Cup Series race has been disqualified for failing post-race inspection since NASCAR resumed the practice of stripping wins from cars deemed illegal in 2019. After a crash in qualifying on Saturday left him suffering from concussion-like symptoms, Kurt Busch was not cleared to race by NASCAR on Sunday morning. In an April 1960 race at Wilson Speedway, Emanuel Zervakis was disqualified for having a fuel tank that was too large, leading to NASCAR awarding the win to Joe Weatherly. That pitted Chastain and Hamlin side-by-side on the ensuing restart, which is where things got really interesting. After Hamlin took the checkered flag in Sunday's race with Kyle Busch just behind him in second, both Joe Gibbs Racing cars failed post-race inspection, resulting in both drivers being disqualified from Sunday's race.

The NASCAR Cup Series is back at Pocono Raceway today, and as much as I'm looking forward to the race at the "Tricky Triangle," I can't help but wonder if ...

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The families of service members killed in action were honored Sunday before the NASCAR race at Pocono.

Chase Elliott was declared the winner at Pocono Raceway after top two finishers Ross Chastain and Joe Gibbs failed post-race inspection.

“They have the opportunity to appeal it and it will be all sorted out next week. “There were some issues discovered that affected aero in the vehicles. The part was the front fascia.

“Who?” Hamlin said. You know, the driver that stoked Hamlin's ire with multiple incidents over the last two seasons that prompted the Joe Gibbs Racing driver to ...

“I'm very thankful just to come into this whole thing,” he said at his hauler. That opened the door for Gibbs to make his debut. I'm going to very disciplined in these situations.”

First-place finisher Denny Hamlin was disqualified when his No. 11 Toyota failed inspection, giving Chase Elliott the NASCAR Cup Series victory Sunday at ...

“We had a couple of companies, we thought (were in) that wound up to be disappointments for us,” Gibbs said. Chastain wrecked Hamlin two times in a month earlier this season — Hamlin counted two more times from last season — and was fed-up with the aggressive driving of the watermelon farmer. “It was just cool being next to them on the track. “We’ve just been good friends and he’s certainly someone that I look up to from a talent standpoint,” Hamlin said. Busch suffered a head injury during a hard hit Saturday in qualifying and was not cleared to race by NASCAR’s medical staff. Hamlin’s young daughter burst into tears of joy and he sent her to retrieve the checkered flag. There's some areas that all the teams are well aware that we can not go down the path that we had in the past with the other car.” Hamlin had plenty to handle from the start, when the pole sitter tagged the wall on the opening lap. “We were shocked to learn of the infraction that caused our two cars to fail NASCAR’s post-race technical inspection," Joe Gibbs said in a statement. Hamlin swept two races at Pocono in his rookie season in 2006, and added wins in 2009, 2010, 2019 and 2020. The penalties can be appealed and both Toyotas were sent to NASCAR's research and development center in North Carolina for further evaluation. He never led a lap in the No. 9 Chevrolet — and his car also was inspected by NASCAR.