Dale Earnhardt Jr Wins at Pocono

It is a happy day in JR Nation as Dale Earnhardt Jr won his first race at Pocono. He won the Pocono 400 taking the lead with just a handful of laps to go as Brad Keselowski was overheating due to debris on his grille. Dales previous best finish was 2nd which he has done twice. With this victory it guarantees Dale Jr will be in the chase. This is Dale Jr’s 21st time in Victory lane but his first at Pocono.

It was a strange day at Pocono as many teams were on different pit schedules and many drivers were dealing with tight race cars. Kasey Kahne has a bad crash which also took Carl Edwards out of the race. This is Earnhardt’s first multiple-win season since 2004, when he won six times.

Brad Keselowski (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in nine races at Pocono Raceway. It is his seventh top-10 finish in 2014. Kurt Busch (third) posted his 15th top-10 finish in 26 races at Pocono Raceway. Kyle Larson (fifth) was the highest finishing rookie. Jeff Gordon leads the point standings by 16 points over Matt Kenseth. Jimmie Johnson overcame an accident with Marcos Ambrose on pit road to finish 6th.

Unofficial Race Results Pocono Raceway – 33rd Annual Pocono 400
UNOFFICIAL Provided by NASCAR Statistics Sunday, 6/8/2014 @ 4:26 PM Eastern UNOFFICIAL
Fin Car Driver Team
1 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard Chevrolet
2 2 Brad Keselowski Redd’s Ford
3 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation Chevrolet
4 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota
5 42 Kyle Larson # Target Chevrolet
6 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet
7 31 Ryan Newman Wix Filters Chevrolet
8 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet
9 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Chevrolet
10 1 Jamie McMurray Cushman/Cessna Chevrolet
11 15 Clint Bowyer RK Motors Charlotte Toyota
12 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Peanut Butter Toyota
13 14 Tony Stewart Mobil 1/Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet
14 4 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet
15 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Zest Ford
16 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford
17 3 Austin Dillon # Dow Chevrolet
18 34 David Ragan Taco Bell Ford
19 55 Brian Vickers Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota
20 7 Michael Annett # Pilot Flying J Chevrolet
21 47 AJ Allmendinger Clorox Chevrolet
22 43 Aric Almirola Nathan’s Famous Ford
23 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevrolet
24 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford
25 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota
26 27 Paul Menard Moen/Menards Chevrolet
27 51 Justin Allgaier # BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet
28 38 David Gilliland Long John Silver’s Ford
29 32 Travis Kvapil Corvetteparts.net Ford
30 26 Cole Whitt # Burger King Toyota
31 23 Alex Bowman # Dr.Pepper Toyota
32 83 Ryan Truex # Burger King Toyota
33 40 Landon Cassill(i) Newtown Building Supplies Inc. Chevrolet
34 36 Reed Sorenson Theme Park Connection Chevrolet
35 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Ford
36 66 Timmy Hill Land Castle Title Toyota
37 10 Danica Patrick GoDaddy Chevrolet
38 44 JJ Yeley(i) All City Leasing & Warehousing Chevrolet
39 33 Alex Kennedy Dream Factory Chevrolet
40 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford
41 99 Carl Edwards Kelloggs/Cheez-It Ford
42 5 Kasey Kahne Great Clips Chevrolet
43 77 Dave Blaney AmyRFochlerVtrnsLawAttrnyLLC/valor4vets.com

# = Rookie, Fin Average Speed: 139.440 MPH Time of Race: 02 Hrs, 52 Mins, 07 Secs. Margin of Victory: 0.439 Seconds
Lead Changes: 21 among 10 drivers Cautions: 7 for 26 laps