Race updates:
Lap 102 – Green for the start of the final stage. 59 laps remaining. No imminent concern for rain.
Lap 100 – Now Briscoe Nemechek Jones Suarez Hamlin Elliott Reddick Byron Preece and McDowell the top 10 on the restart.
Lap 98 – Pit road is open. Pitting: Hocevar, Chastain, Austin Dillon, Gilliland, Stenhouse, Bowman and Allmendinger. Briscoe takes the lead.
Lap 96 – CAUTION for the end of stage 2: Gilliland wins it over Briscoe Nemechek Jones Stenhouse Chastain Hocevar Suarez Hamlin and Elliott.
Lap 94 – Two laps remaining in the stage and pits are closed. Gilliland leads Briscoe Nemechek Jones and Stenhouse.
Lap 93 – Gilliland now leads as some pit stops continue.
Lap 92 – Now Cindric Bell Gilliland Wallace and Stenhouse the top 5. Rain continues to miss the track, now reportedly around an hour out.
Lap 91 – Five laps remaining in stage 2. Hamlin pits along with Elliott Byron and Reddick. Hamlin is off pit road ahead of Elliott.
Lap 89 – Hamlin back to the lead.
Lap 86 – Ten laps to go in stage 2. Elliott leads Hamlin by .3 seconds. Then Byron Reddick and Preece.
Lap 82 – Currently Elliott Hamlin Byron Reddick and McDowell the top 5.
Lap 81 – The race is halfway and official.
Lap 80 – Jones pits from the lead. Elliott now the leader. Hamlin second.
Lap 79 – Nemechek pits from the lead. Jones now out front.
Lap 78 – Briscoe pits from second.
Lap 76 – Nemechek continues to lead. Briscoe a half second back. Then Jones Elliott and Hamlin. Green flag stops are getting started for those that did not pit during the last caution.
Lap 72 – TDillon has lost a lap. Logano has lost a second lap.
Lap 68 – There is some rain in the area, likely 20-30 minutes away. It is not heavy at this time.
Lap 66 – The top 5 are: Nemechek Briscoe Jones Hocevar Chastain. 33 drivers are on the lead lap. Zilisch and Logano a lap down. Gragson and Smith behind the wall. Keselowski out.
Lap 59 – Nemechek has a .9 second lead over Briscoe. Jones Hocevar and Chastain round out the top 5. Hamlin stuck in 10th.
Lap 55 – Keselowski is officially done for the day.
Lap 53 – Green flag back out. Forty three laps left in stage 2, 28 laps to halfway.
Lap 50 – After staying out Nemechek Briscoe Jones Suarez Hocevar Chastain McDowell ADIllon Custer and Preece are the top 10.
Lap 48 – Pit road is open. Many leaders come in. Off pit road: Reddick Hamlin Elliott Byron Blaney Larson Buescher Bowman. All with two tires.
Lap 47 – CAUTION. Accident on the frontstretch involving several drivers, including Berry SVG Zilisch Keselowski Gragson Wallace Logano.
Lap 45 – Back to green. Reddick Nemechek Hamlin Blaney Byron Briscoe Elliott Larson Jones Bowman the top 10.
Lap 42 – Pit road open. Leaders stay out.
Lap 41 – CAUTION for a spin by Smith in the tunnel turn as he was battling Hamlin for fourth place.
Lap 41 – Forty laps are complete. The race is halfway to an official race. There is some rain west of the track but it should be at least an hour out. Reddick leads Nemechek Blaney Hamlin and Smith.
Lap 38 – Reddick leads Nemechek at the line.
Lap 37 – Green flag for the start of the second stage.
Lap 34 – Not pitting during the stage break to move to the front: Nemechek Reddick Smith Blaney Cindric Bowman. Then it is Hamlin Larson Briscoe and Byron.
Lap 33 – Pit road is open and drivers that had not pitted are in for service. Off pit road: Hamlin Larson Briscoe Byron Jone Suarez Buescher Elliott. Gibb’s team has a bad stop and he falls to the back of the pack.
Lap 31 – CAUTION for the end of stage 1. Hamlin wins it over Larson Gibbs Briscoe Buescher Suarez Byron Jones Logano Hill. Free pass is Mears. He was the only driver a lap down.
Lap 29 – Two laps remaining in the stage. Pit road is closed.
Lap 28 – Pitting under green has been Bowman Reddick Blaney Cindric Nemechek Smith and a few others.
Lap 27 – Some drivers hitting pit road prior to the stage end so they can stay out at the stage break.
Lap 26 – Five laps left in stage 1. Hamlin takes the lead from Larson as they cross the start finish line. Mears goes a lap down.
Lap 21 – Hamlin has closed Larson’s lead to .67 second. Gibbs now up to third, with Suarez fourth.
Lap 16 – Halfway through stage 1, no changes up front.
Lap 11 – With 10 laps complete Larson leads Hamlin by 1.8 second. Then Suarez Briscoe Gibbs Buescher Byron Jones Nemechek Blaney round out the top 10. 38th place Mears us 28 seconds back.
Lap 8 – Prime goes silent to honor Kyle Busch.
Lap 6 – Larson leads Hamlin by 1.4 second. Then Suarez Briscoe and Gibbs.
Lap 2 – Larson leads the first lap. Suarez to second. Hamlin back to third.
• 1:22pm/et – Green flag at Pocono.
• NASCAR announces that the adverse conditions time for today’s race will be 8:25pm/et. Once the Race leader has crossed the start/finish line after this time has expired, the next lap will be the white flag, followed by the checkered flag, with no overtime.)
• 1:10pm/et – Engines are fired.
• 1:02pm/et – Pre-race ceremonies are underway.
• 12:21pm/et – One hour from the scheduled green flag and weather still looking good. There are some popup showers but they are staying north of the track for now.
• 12:00pm/et – Amazon Prime now live with pre-race coverage.
• 11:40am/et – NASCAR says Keselowski, Wallace, and Preece will start from the rear for unapproved adjustments.
• After a number of incidents in practice and qualifying, multiple drivers are expected to fall to the rear for the start of the race, but a list has not been released.
• The start of the race has been moved up two hours due to the threat of rain later in the day. The National Weather Service forecast looks good for race time, with rain chances not spiking until evening.
Great American Getaway 400 presented by VISITPA
Broadcast: NASCAR on Prime, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 160 laps / 400 miles
Stages: 30 / 95 / 160
Average time of race: 3:13:08
Pit road speed: 55 mph
Caution car speed: 70 mph
Fuel Window: 42 laps
Timing (all times local & subject to change)
Drivers Meeting: 12:05:00 p.m. (in the NOAPS Garage)
Driver Introductions: 12:30:00 p.m.
Invocation: 1:02:20 p.m.
National Anthem: 1:03:00 p.m.
Command: 1:10:00 p.m.
Green Flag: 1:21:00 p.m.
Paint Schemes
Cars to the rear: #6-Brad Keselowski (unapproved adjustments), #23-Bubba Wallace (unapproved adjustments), #60-Ryan Preece (unapproved adjustments)
Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the Great American Getaway 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway have been made.
Pole winner #11-Denny Hamlin chose pit stall 1.
Outside pole sitter #5-Kyle Larson lost pit selection due to inspection failures. He will be in the 12th stall.
See all pit choices on the Pocono Pit Stall page.
#11-Denny Hamlin won the Busch pole for the Great American Getaway 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway with a speed of 173.250mph for his third pole of the year, sixth at Pocono and 51st of his career.
#5-Kyle Larson will start second followed by #7-Daniel Suarez, #54-Ty Gibbs, #19-Chase Briscoe, #17-Chris Buescher, #43-Erik Jones, #42-John Hunter Nemechek, #24-William Byron, and #12-Ryan Blaney.
See the complete qualifying results and the Great American Getaway 400 Starting Lineup.
Pocono – Qualifying Fast Facts:
Denny Hamlin won the Pole Award for the Great American Getaway 400 presented by VISITPA with a
lap of 51.948 seconds, 173.250 mph.
This is his 52nd pole in 737 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his fourth pole and ninth top-10 start in 2026.
This is his sixth pole in 37 races at Pocono Raceway.
Kyle Larson (second) posted his 10th top-10 start of 2026 and his seventh in 19 races at Pocono Raceway.
Daniel Suarez (third) posted his eighth top-10 start at Pocono Raceway. It is his fifth in 16 races this season.
Connor Zilisch (28th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
Qualifying Order
NASCAR Cup Series pre-race inspection is complete at Pocono Raceway.
- Nos. 5 and 78 failed inspection twice and passed on their third attempt.
- As a result of the multiple inspection failures, the No. 5 will lose pit selection for this event and car chief, Jesse Saunders has been ejected, and the No. 78 will also lose pit selection for this event and Engineer, Chris Stanley has been ejected.
Practice for the Great American Getaway 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway is over. The results:
#5-Kyle Larson 170.706
#11-Denny Hamlin 170.244
#7-Daniel Suarez 170.167
#77-Carson Hocevar 169.994
#17-Chris Buescher 169.846
Slowest: #62-Casey Mears 161.615mph
Most laps run: #54-Ty Gibbs, 24 laps.
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 19 drivers): #5-Kyle Larson, 168.085mph
Notes: #47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr spun but did not hit anything.
The top 10 drivers overall were all in group 2.
See the fastest speeds, best 10 consecutive lap average, laps run on the Great American Getaway 400 Practice speeds page.
Pocono Cup race start time moved up due to threat of rain: The start time for Sunday’s The Great American Getaway 400 presented by VISIT PA NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway has been moved up two hours to 1 p.m. ET due to forecasted inclement weather.[Read More]
Crew Rosters
The entry list for the Great American Getaway 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway is posted, 38 teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed.
Open teams entered: #62-Casey Mears, #78-Daniel Dye.
See the full entry list on the Great American Getaway 400 Entry List page.
Goodyear Fast Facts — Pocono: Goodyear will introduce a new right side tire for this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway that combines technology unique to the “Tricky Triangle” with learnings from its intermediate track tire specifications. The new Goodyear Racing Eagle right-side tire combines the compound run at Pocono last year with the construction used at several intermediate tracks this season.
Statistical Advance: Analyzing The Great American Getaway 400 : A look at some of the top statistical performers at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, going into The Great American Getaway 400.
Race rules and information:
