Hamlin wins at Pocono

[candycorn]

Denny Hamlin gets his record 7th victory at Pocono and 50th of his NASCAR Cup Series career

Denny Hamlin returned to victory lane Sunday at Pocono Raceway a year after his first-place finish was thrown out.

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Always enjoyed the Pocono races on TV. Its a tri-oval so there is some strategy involved. Also good to see the large crowd. My late spouse and I used to watch NASCAR quite regularly in the old days. Its hard doing it alone TBH. But it was fun seeing it while eating some pizza.

 

[wamose]

I'm going to take this opportunity to agree with you. That doesn't happen that often. I like the Pocono race on TV too. I just avoid driving up by the track on race weekend. The traffic up there is murder.

 

[odanny]

I can only watch the restrictor plate races these days, and sometimes those are tough to get thru. It certainly has changed from when I loved it 25 years ago. All the colorful characters are gone.

 

[candycorn]

I can only watch the restrictor plate races these days, and sometimes those are tough to get thru. It certainly has changed from when I loved it 25 years ago. All the colorful characters are gone.

I love road races; Watkins Glen and Sonoma. I wish they had more of them. The pit crews are really challenged in them. The big change that I've seen in my superficial (admittedly) viewing of a few races over the last few seasons is how much teamwork is now front and center. They've all but admitted that a driver will assist a team mate who has a better chance of winning instead of first trying to move up himself.