Fan Fest coming back to Pocono Raceway
Pocono Raceway will host the third annual Pocono Raceway Fan Fest from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. ET on Friday. This year’s event is free for anyone who has a 2019 Gander RV 400 race weekend ticket and for kids, ages 12 and under.
The event, taking place inside ‘The Tricky Triangle’ at the Infield Block Party stage, will feature six Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) drivers.
Alex Bowman – No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports driver; Kyle Busch – No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing driver; Austin Dillon – No. 3 Richard Childress Racing driver; Ty Dillon – No. 13 Ger
main Racing driver; Jimmie Johnson – No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports driver; Corey LaJoie – No. 32 Go Fas Racing driver.
Admission to this event is free for all 2019 Gander RV 400 race weekend ticket holders. This includes Friday Grandstand ticket holders, Saturday Grandstand ticket holders, Sunday Grandstand ticket holders and race weekend Camping/RV ticket holders. Children, ages 12 and under, will receive free admission to Fan Fest with accompaniment of an adult. Fans should have their tickets with them to receive free access to Fan Fest. For fans that do not have tickets, the at-gate cost for Fan Fest will be $10, per car load. Only one person, per car, is required to present a Gander RV 400 race weekend ticket for free entry.
Specific driver pairings and program events will be announced next week. Any future announcements will be made by
way of Pocono Raceway’s official Twitter and Facebook accounts. Fans are encouraged to follow #PoconoFanFest on social media and to visit www.poconoraceway.com/fanfest for the most up-to-date details and information.
The Gander RV 400 race weekend, taking place July 26-28, will include three, action-packed days of racing. The NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series (NGOTS) and ARCA Menards Series (AMS) will be on track on Friday, including the FORTS USA 150 AMS race, prior to Fan Fest. Saturday’s schedule will include two MENCS practices, the Gander RV 150 NGOTS race and MENCS qualifying. The Gander RV 400 MENCS race is schedule to begin at 3:00 p.m. ET on Sunday.
The annual running of the Champion Racing Oil World of Outlaws Nos Energy Drink Sprint Cars Series Summer Nationals set for Williams Grove Speedway, Friday and Saturday, July 26 and 27 at 7:30 pm.
The outlaws sprint cars will invade Williams Grove Speedway for the
two-day summer stand to battle the Pennsylvania Posse sprint car stars.
The July 26 outlawsposse match will feature a 25-lap main event paying $8,000 to win while the July 27 Saturday finale Champion Racing Oil Summer Nationals feature will offer $20,000 to the winner.
The stars of USAC will return to the East, this time taking part in the NOS Energy Drink USAC National Midget Series that will open at the Grandview Speedway on Tuesday night, July 30. The USAC Midgets will share the program with the 358 NASCAR Modifieds in the third event of the 2019 NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series. The USAC National Midget event at Grandview will be the Ken Brenn Midget Masters going 30 laps and paying $3,500 to the winner. Gates open at 5 PM with race time set for 7:30 PM.
The Ken Brenn Midget Masters is dedicated to Ken Brenn Sr., a winning Open-Wheel and DirtTrack Modified StockCar
Racing car owner for some 30 years (19541983) whose accomplishments on the track were accompanied by an unblemished record of integrity and professionalism. And win or lose the resident of Warren, New Jersey, always presented a first-class effort and treated everyone with gentlemanly courtesy and respect.
Also included in the doubleheader show will be the 358 Modifieds featuring standouts such as Craig Von Dohren, Jeff Strunk, Duane Howard and a host of others.
You’d think Christopher Bell would have too many other things to think about than a five day swing through Pennsylvania by the USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget Championship. After all, the Oklahoma native has four wins and is in the thick of the points battle in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and he’s a three-time winner of the prestigious Chili Bowl Midget Nationals in his home state.
The winner of the past three Chili bowl Midget
Nationals will gas a Keith Kunz creation in (at least) the first three events of PA Midget Week. Grandview Speedway kicks off the week on July 30, followed by Championship Energy Action Track USA on July 31. Path Valley Speedway on August 1st, it’s Linda’s Speedway on Friday, August 2nd, and the five race miniseries ends on August 3rd at Lanco’s Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway.
Pit gates open at 4 p.m., with grandstand gates swinging open at 5:00. Warm-ups begin at 6:05 and qualifying activity gets underway right after the hot lap sessions.
General Tire and Dover International Speedway have reached a partnership agreement, making General Tire the entitlement sponsor of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race on Friday, Oct. 4 during the Monster Mile’s 50th Anniversary celebration, track officials announced today.
The “General Tire 125” NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race on Oct. 4 will be the season finale for the 12-race NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season. In recent years, the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East has served as a proving ground for top drivers such as William Byron, Justin Haley and Joey Logano.
The Oct. 4-6 NASCAR tripleheader weekend at Dover International Speedway also includes the NASCAR Xfinity Series playoff race on Saturday, Oct. 5 and the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoff race on Sunday, Oct. 6. Dover International Speedway will be just the 10th track in the United States to host 100 or more NASCAR Cup Series races.
The “General Tire 125” NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race is just part of Dover’s planned events and celebrations during the Oct. 4-6 NASCAR tripleheader weekend. In addition to the special gold Monster trophies given to the race winners, fans can also enjoy free Micro Wrestling Federation matches (Saturday and Sunday) and a Winston Cup Mobile Museum display (all weekend) and much more in our FanZone.