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    The 1977 Pocono 500, the 7th running of the event, was held at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, June 26, 1977. Branded as the...
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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...
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    The Pocono 500 was an IndyCar Series race held at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, located in the Pocono Mountains. The first Indy car race at...
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  • The 1981 Pocono 500, the 11th running of the event, was held at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, June 21, 1981. Branded as the...
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    Pocono Raceway (formerly Pocono International Raceway), also known as The Tricky Triangle, is a superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains in Long...
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    The 1979 Pocono 500, the 9th running of the event, was held at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, on Sunday June 24, 1979. A. J. Foyt won the...
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    The 1978 Pocono 500, the 8th running of the event, was held at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, June 25, 1978. Branded as the...
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  • 500 may refer to the following NASCAR races: Coca-Cola 500 (Pocono) (1977–1980), race held at Pocono Raceway, now named the Pocono 350 Coca-Cola 500 (Atlanta)...
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    Andretti, who was chasing the 1977 Formula One championship. Two months earlier, Sneva and Andretti finished 1–2 in the Pocono 500. Practice began on Sunday...
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    victory. He would ride this momentum by winning the Pocono 500 later in the season, and won the 1977 USAC National Championship. His brother Jerry Sneva...
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    Al Unser (category Indianapolis 500 drivers)
    the three 500-miles races (Indianapolis, Michigan, Pocono). Unser appeared headed for a third Pocono 500 victory during the 1988 Pocono 500 until he suffered...
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  • Larry McCoy (racing driver) (category Indianapolis 500 drivers)
    the 1975 and 1976 Indianapolis 500. His best finish was 12th place at Pocono Raceway in 1974. His career ended in 1977 following the death of his father...
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    2023. "1976 Old Dominion 500". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023. "1977 Old Dominion 500". Racing-Reference. NASCAR...
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    Tim Richmond (category Indianapolis 500 drivers)
    Diamond Mine 500 at Pocono in June 1986. After two straight second-place finishes at Charlotte and Riverside, Richmond started the Pocono event in third...
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    Triple Crown of Motorsport (category Indianapolis 500)
    1980 it consisted of the three 500-mile events on the calendar: the Indianapolis 500, Pocono 500, and California 500. Ontario Motor Speedway was closed...
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  • 2024 Indianapolis 500, branded as the 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge for sponsorship reasons, was a 500-mile (804.5 km, 200...
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    Mario Andretti (category Indianapolis 500 drivers)
    August 1986, Andretti won the Pocono 500, in his 14th attempt to win at the track near his Pennsylvania home. It gave Andretti 500-mile Indy car wins at Indianapolis...
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    to his win at Richmond back in May. The Pocono 500 was scheduled for June 18 but was held June 19 at Pocono Raceway due to rain. Rusty Wallace won the...
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    Bill Elliott (category Daytona 500 winners)
    Atlanta, Pocono, Michigan, and Darlington) and 11 poles, with three of those 11 wins being in the Daytona 500, the Winston 500, and the Southern 500, earning...
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    the first driver to win a 500-mile race in under three hours. He drove Bud Moore's Ford to the win in 2 hours 56 minutes. 1977: The race produced 63 official...
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    The YellaWood 500 is a NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama, hosting an event in the NASCAR playoffs....
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    Davey Allison (category Daytona 500 winners)
    fired and engine builder Robert Yates replaced him. Then on June 19, at Pocono International Raceway came his father's near-fatal, career-ending crash...
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    Rick Mears (category Indianapolis 500 drivers)
    winning the 1985 Pocono 500. In 1986, he won the pole position for the Indianapolis 500, but finished 3rd. He also won the 1987 Pocono 500. In 1988, after...
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  • qualify for the Indianapolis 500 but failed to do so, then competed in the USAC "Gold Crown" Championship Car race at Pocono Raceway where he finished 5th...
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  • Indianapolis, Rick Mears would drive the car starting at the Schafer's 500 at Pocono International Raceway. Mears would get a best finish of fifth place...
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    The Alsco Uniforms 500 was a NASCAR Cup Series race that is held annually at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, United States, with...
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  • Jerry Sneva (category Indianapolis 500 drivers)
    his best finish in 4th position in 1979 at Pocono. Jerry was the younger brother of 1983 Indianapolis 500 winner Tom Sneva. He died January 27, 2018,...
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    Petty and Rusty Wallace on NASCAR's all-time win list. The Pocono 500 was held June 17 at Pocono Raceway. Ricky Rudd won the pole. Top Ten Results 28 - Ricky...
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    Janet Guthrie (category Indianapolis 500 drivers)
    Indianapolis 500, or the Daytona 500, both of which she competed in during 1977. She had first attempted to enter the Indianapolis 500 in 1976 but failed...
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    November 25, 2023. "1976 Atlanta 500". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023. "1977 Atlanta 500". Racing-Reference. NASCAR...
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