EARNHARDT JR. WINS POCONO 400
Dale Earnhardt Jr. got his first career victory at Pocono yesterday adding to perhaps his best season since 2004. “I feel like I’m such a lucky guy to have this second opportunity again to be competitive,” Earnhardt said.
Earnhardt beat out Brad Keslowski whose engine overheated as the race wore on. “It was definitely a mistake because the engine made it,” Keselowski said, rubbing his face. “It probably shouldn’t have.”
Kurt Busch, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson rounded out the top five.
RESULTS
| Race Results | ||||||||||
| POS | DRIVER | CAR | MANUFACTURER | LAPS LED | PTS | |||||
| 1 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. |  |
Chevrolet | 11 | 47 | |||||
| 2 | Brad Keselowski |  |
Ford | 95 | 44 | |||||
| 3 | Kurt Busch |  |
Chevrolet | 5 | 42 | |||||
| 4 | Denny Hamlin |  |
Toyota | 4 | 41 | |||||
| 5 | Kyle Larson |  |
Chevrolet | 7 | 40 | |||||
| 6 | Jimmie Johnson |  |
Chevrolet | 5 | 39 | |||||
| 7 | Ryan Newman |  |
Chevrolet | 0 | 37 | |||||
| 8 | Jeff Gordon |  |
Chevrolet | 2 | 37 | |||||
| 9 | Martin Truex Jr. |  |
Chevrolet | 0 | 35 | |||||
| 10 | Jamie McMurray |  |
Chevrolet | 0 | 34 | |||||
| 11 | Clint Bowyer |  |
Toyota | 0 | 33 | |||||
| 12 | Kyle Busch |  |
Toyota | 0 | 32 | |||||
| 13 | Tony Stewart |  |
Chevrolet | 24 | 32 | |||||
| 14 | Kevin Harvick |  |
Chevrolet | 0 | 30 | |||||
| 15 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |  |
Ford | 0 | 29 | |||||
| 16 | Greg Biffle |  |
Ford | 0 | 28 | |||||
| 17 | Austin Dillon |  |
Chevrolet | 0 | 27 | |||||
| 18 | David Ragan |  |
Ford | 0 | 26 | |||||
| 19 | Brian Vickers |  |
Toyota | 1 | 26 | |||||
| 20 | Michael Annett |  |
Chevrolet | 0 | 24 | |||||
| 21 | AJ Allmendinger |  |
Chevrolet | 0 | 23 | |||||
| 22 | Aric Almirola |  |
Ford | 0 | 22 | |||||
| 23 | Casey Mears |  |
Chevrolet | 0 | 21 | |||||
| 24 | Marcos Ambrose |  |
Ford | 0 | 20 | |||||
| 25 | Matt Kenseth |  |
Toyota | 0 | 19 | |||||
| 26 | Paul Menard |  |
Chevrolet | 0 | 18 | |||||
| 27 | Justin Allgaier |  |
Chevrolet | 6 | 18 | |||||
| 28 | David Gilliland |  |
Ford | 0 | 16 | |||||
| 29 | Travis Kvapil |  |
Ford | 0 | 15 | |||||
| 30 | Cole Whitt |  |
Toyota | 0 | 14 | |||||
| 31 | Alex Bowman |  |
Toyota | 0 | 13 | |||||
| 32 | Ryan Truex |  |
Toyota | 0 | 12 | |||||
| 33 | Landon Cassill |  |
Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 34 | Reed Sorenson |  |
Chevrolet | 0 | 10 | |||||
| 35 | Josh Wise |  |
Ford | 0 | 9 | |||||
| 36 | Timmy Hill |  |
Toyota | 0 | 8 | |||||
| 37 | Danica Patrick |  |
Chevrolet | 0 | 7 | |||||
| 38 | J.J. Yeley | 44 | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 39 | Alex Kennedy |  |
Chevrolet | 0 | 5 | |||||
| 40 | Joey Logano |  |
Ford | 0 | 4 | |||||
| 41 | Carl Edwards |  |
Ford | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 42 | Kasey Kahne |  |
Chevrolet | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 43 | Dave Blaney | 77 | Ford | 0 | 1 | |||||