The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is live from Pocono Raceway on Sunday and the race is live from ESPN and WatchESPNonline starting up past 1 pm ET and has Jeff Gordon coming in after his win and Kyle Larson in the pole position ahead of Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski, Kurt Busch and Gordon for the upstate NY event with just a few more races left until the Chase.
Gordon comes in after his win at the Brickyard and now he is in position ahead in the standings and he is there in the top five to start with Larson, who set a track record at Pocono. Denny Hamlin previously set the record back in June and now Larson is first and is in position for a strong day, while Gordon continued his strong run and was fast once again and Logano comes in behind after being the first one in the first two rounds of qualifying before Larson pulled ahead.
Brad Keselowski is in position in Pocono and he made the most of his trip to the Nationwide Series race at Iowa Speedway, winning the race before heading back for this event on Sunday. The rest of the lineup had Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Jamie McMurray, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Danica Patrick in the top 10 in qualifying behind Larson and the rest of the group and and he comes into the race in the top 15 in the point standings.
Gordon has been the most consistent driver this season and is first place in points and he has two wins on the season after getting another last week at the Brickyard. Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been driving very well this season also and he is second in points and also has two wins and those two each have 14 top 10 finishes this year and and Dale has nine in the top five and he now is looking for another win.
Keselowski is looking to get back into things after winning the Cup two years ago and he now has the chance to pull double duty after winning in Iowa. Matt Kenseth is fourth in the standings ahead of Jimmie Johnson and with the Chase coming up all the drivers will be looking to stay in top positions into the postseason. Kyle Busch is next in the standings and he has the lead ahead of Ryan Newman, Carlo Edwards and Joey Logano, while Clint Bowyer rounds out the top 10.
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