NASCAR Cup Series at Pocono Raceway
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Stock car races in the NASCAR Cup Series have been held at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania since 1974. The 400-mile (640 km) event, currently known as The Great American Getaway 400 for sponsorship reasons, has been held sometime in mid-to-late July or early August each year, except for when it was held in September 1974 when it was held in April, and 2020 and 2021 when it was held in June as a doubleheader event.
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Venue | Pocono Raceway |
Location | Long Pond, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Corporate sponsor | VisitPA.com[1] |
First race | 1974 (1974) |
Distance | 400 miles (643.738 km) |
Laps | 160 Stage 1: 30 Final 2 Stages: 65 each |
Previous names | Purolator 500 (1974–1976) Coca-Cola 500 (1977–1980) Mountain Dew 500 (1981–1982) Like Cola 500 (1983–1984) Summer 500 (1985–1987) AC Spark Plug 500 (1988–1990) Miller Genuine Draft 500 (1991–1995) Miller 500 (1996) Pennsylvania 500 (1997–2007) Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 (2008–2010) Good Sam RV Insurance 500 (2011) Pennsylvania 400 (2012, 2016) GoBowling.com 400 (2013–2014) Windows 10 400 (2015) Overton's 400 (2017) Gander Outdoors 400 (2018)[2] Gander RV 400 (2019) Pocono 350 (2020) Explore the Pocono Mountains 350 (2021) M&M's Fan Appreciation 400 (2022) HighPoint.com 400 (2023) Former second race:
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Most wins (driver) | Denny Hamlin (7) |
Most wins (team) | Hendrick Motorsports (19) |
Most wins (manufacturer) | Chevrolet (34) |
Circuit information | |
Surface | Asphalt |
Length | 2.5 mi (4.0 km) |
Turns | 3 |
From 1982 to 2021, a second race at the track (last held as a 325-mile (523 km) event) was also part of the Cup Series schedule, held every June; it was replaced with a race at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway in 2022.
Ryan Blaney is the defending winner of the event.