The Pennsylvania 400? Geoffrey Bodine, a three-time winner at Pocono, joined the chorus of those calling for the races here to be whacked from 500 to 400 miles. “We’ve always talked about the fact that they should be shorter, but I guess we’re talking to deaf ears because nobody is listening,” he said. “Nobody understands our reasoning behind that, but this is a hard track on your car. It’s hard on a race fan just to sit there for that long but, believe me, inside that car it will wear you down. It’s a lot of work out here so, yeah, we’re all in favor of shortening this race up. If you look back through the years, you’d see a lot of different finishes if it was 100 miles shorter.” John Darby, NASCAR’s Winston Cup series director, said there has been no discussion of shortening the Pocono races.(Richmond Times Dispatch), Jimmy Spencer and Rusty Wallace have also been quoted as saying with the ne-engine rule the races at Pocono should be cut back to 400.(7-28-2002)
