Recap the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series race from Pocono Raceway in this week's Race Rewind.
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00:00Now rocketing down the front stretch into turn one.
00:21They all stay two by two.
00:23Peeking out just a bit there is Ross Chastain.
00:28A bit surprising.
00:29Very much more organized than we've seen here in the past.
00:31Maybe not so much in the back half.
00:32Now we see three wide trying to get figured out off of turn one.
00:36Everybody gets through that first turn and now they head toward the tunnel turn.
00:40There's a tunnel underneath turn two and it is rough.
00:44Side-by-side for the lead still through turn two.
00:51Really nice job by the 54 and the 24.
00:54Pretty difficult to run two wide through turn two.
00:56They did it successfully.
01:00Use that top lane to maybe carry the momentum down this extremely long front stretch.
01:05Really the second longest and he does.
01:06He clears the 24.
01:08That swerves down to try to get away from that draft.
01:11Wow.
01:12Big, big hit for nor Gregson.
01:15And it looks as though he backed into the wall.
01:17The first caution has come out.
01:22Off of turn one.
01:23He's running to that 24th position.
01:28Gets it fired back up again.
01:32Looks like he's going to try to drive it back in.
01:33This is what happened.
01:34Looks like he got too loose.
01:35Byron on the inside as he comes back to the restart zone.
01:36About to get underway with lap 17.
01:37I was waiting for somebody to be the first one to make it three wide.
02:00I thought Larson was going to make a move to do it.
02:02That was a pretty calm restart.
02:05The racetrack went the 24.
02:08Byron went up there.
02:09Also the 4 of Josh Barry is up there.
02:12Now look at martin Truex Jr.
02:13Taking over the lead.
02:14Barry has a problem.
02:15I don't know if he's got a tire down or what it is, but he's way off pace.
02:1954 as well.
02:20Ty Gibbs just overcooked the entry.
02:21He got up there three wide.
02:22Take a look at the top of your screen.
02:26I guess it was loose.
02:27Looked a little wiggled, Jeff, maybe for the 54?
02:30Yeah.
02:31It's hard to tell there.
02:32It's hard to imagine he went that far up the racetrack at that part of the racetrack
02:35without the back of the car being the problem.
02:40It was tame on the straightaway, but it wasn't tame when it got to the corner.
02:45Now it's Denny Hamlin who's settled into second.
02:47Right behind him, Tyler Reddick, then William Byron, and Gibbs has settled into fifth now
02:52after starting on pole.
02:56Even losing fifth, so Ryan Blaney gets by, and chase Elliott also trying to take spots
03:02away from the young driver of the 54.
03:06Coming into this race, two playoff points for martin Truex Jr.
03:09Now as you had mentioned, he has about a one-second lead over Denny Hamlin, and he is going to
03:16win stage one at Pocono.
03:18It's the third stage win of 2024, so that means one more playoff point and his third
03:23stage win at Pocono.
03:24The pace car will put the fuel back in the hands of Logano up in front, and here's Brett
03:29Anderson.
03:30Still just too wide underneath you.
03:45Top of three, top of three, top of three, top of three, top of three, 12 in line with
03:57you.
03:58Still top of three.
03:59Problem for Ross Chastain.
04:00And he's going to get into the wall.
04:01So the 1 of Chastain has had a problem.
04:09You see the right rear is wrinkled on that.
04:12It looks like that happened prior to this most recent run in with the wall, but the
04:16caution has come out.
04:17It's the third caution of the day.
04:18He was running 25th.
04:19Man, I think this is information I would give my driver to try to motivate him to manage
04:31this thing.
04:32That's a big shot for the 1, Jeff.
04:33Yeah, he was out of the groove when he came into the picture, obviously, just sideways
04:39and trying to catch it.
04:41That's turn three.
04:42Wow.
04:43That thing, when you he's turning the car, trying to save it, the right rear hooks the
04:48wall.
04:49When it does, it just slings the right front into it.
04:53And yeah, I'm with you, Steve.
04:55That is big damage.
04:56Marty?
04:57Rick, an interesting comment from Ross Chastain just a moment ago.
05:00You see him coming down pit road, he said he lost steering before he lost the right
05:05front.
05:06You got to wonder if there was contact even before that.
05:08Yeah, you can see that right front definitely not tracking the right way for Ross Chastain,
05:12who was near the cut line.
05:13This is going to be big for this one team.
05:15All right.
05:16We're listening in now to Tim Betois, who is the spotter for Ryan Blaney.
05:20Ten away.
05:21Five.
05:22Ready.
05:23Ready.
05:24All rolling here.
05:25One in front.
05:26Still half in front.
05:27First two aren't pushing either.
05:28He's on you.
05:29Tight when you get there now.
05:30All two by two.
05:31Still inside.
05:32Still inside.
05:33Top of three.
05:34Top of three.
05:35Top of three.
05:36Tight.
05:37Top of three.
05:38Still top of three.
05:39Still top of three tight here.
05:40He's going to push you, though.
05:41Still top of three.
05:42Top of three.
05:43Top of three.
05:44Still top of three.
05:45Still top of three.
05:46Still top of three.
05:47Two left.
05:48Nine's off.
05:49You by one.
05:50Top of three.
05:5143 on the bottom.
05:52You in the six.
05:53Bumper clear.
05:54Clear.
05:55Clear.
05:56Two wide.
05:57Half back.
05:58Clear.
05:59Here's an interesting statistic.
06:00The seven-time winner, Hamlin, this is the first stage he's ever won at Pocono.
06:04And he wins stage two.
06:06So Denny Hamlin grabbing another playoff point as chase Elliott will finish second in stage
06:12two.
06:14As we get ready for the start of stage three, the final stage here at Pocono, Buescher,
06:20Barry making up row one.
06:30There's that three and four wide we were expecting as they come into turn one.
06:36Very tight and close calls there.
06:38He stayed out and only took two tires.
06:42He was running about 24th.
06:44He came out and restarted ninth.
06:47Big block by Truex on Ryan Blaney.
06:50Forcing him to the middle.
06:51That puts Truex on the bottom.
06:52He's going to race Blaney into the corner.
06:54He's going to lose two spots there.
06:58He'll fall back to fourth.
06:59And he's going to lose fourth also now as Larson is looking to his inside.
07:05You can see nobody's giving anybody any room whatsoever.
07:14Caution has come out.
07:15It's Todd Gilliland who got into the wall.
07:17Not sure if it was a tire that went down or maybe a brake rotor.
07:20Let's listen.
07:21Trying to get the car slowed down.
07:22Light tap of the wall here.
07:23Not a lot of damage from that.
07:36What caused this?
07:37If a rotor exploded...
07:38He just shifted and went across the start-finish line when we started hearing that.
07:43It's just obviously something in the right front.
07:46If a rotor exploded, that would be the end of your day.
07:50It does so much damage.
07:53When you're trying to get a little too much on pit road, you get caught.
07:58These four all got caught for speeding in the same section, section 7 on pit road, Steve.
08:04The 5 of Larson, the 9 of Elliott, the 54 of Gibbs, the 99 of Suarez.
08:09Let's take a look at pit road.
08:10You mentioned section 7.
08:12It's the very small section just past the start-finish line, kind of right here.
08:17That is section 7.
08:18It's a very short section, and when they checked their tacks earlier in the race, we
08:22heard that, hey, everybody was closer in that section.
08:26Sometimes it's the distance, the angle of the lines.
08:29The 8 of Kyle Busch was the one who went down and came back up.
08:53Harrison Burton sliding down.
08:55It's very close there.
08:58A lot of race cars got caught up in this.
09:05It looked as though the 8 was the one who was initially involved, the 16 of Allmendinger
09:10there.
09:11Kyle Busch on the bottom of the racetrack, then a block from LaJoy.
09:18LaJoy gets into him.
09:21Kyle Busch blocked him, and LaJoy just ran into him, to be honest with you.
09:25I'm not saying he meant to do it, but either a misjudgment.
09:31See right there, big block, then he goes, and then LaJoy trying to get back on the racetrack.
09:38That yellow line.
09:47We see him sliding right back in front of the field.
09:51All these guys just along for the ride.
09:59The distance that has been prescribed, and back up through the gears we go.
10:0529 to go.
10:09Blaney with the advantage.
10:10Bowman on the inside now of road two.
10:14One slow going back.
10:15Looks like a tire going down.
10:16A lot of smoke coming out.
10:19It looks like the engine may have expired for the 54 of Ty Gibbs.
10:22I think your analysis is right.
10:26Engine for the 54.
10:29Alex bowman came out in second.
10:30Logano, we talked about him giving up that row.
10:32It worked for him.
10:33He came out in fourth.
10:36We'll see how high everybody stays up.
10:40A few going down low, and the caution comes out.
10:43I think that's a smart call right there.
10:52Blaney on the outside.
10:55Back up through the gears he goes.
11:05Very aggressive outside line.
11:09Blaney with the advantage over bowman as they enter one, but here comes the 11 of Hamlin.
11:13Bowman not able to use the entire racetrack.
11:20That gives the momentum now to Hamlin as they go into turn two.
11:32One lap to go.
11:33Presented by credit one bank.
11:34All right.
11:35Now no mistakes.
11:36As a driver, that's what you focus on.
11:37It's not about lap time, it's about not doing anything silly.
11:49You can tell she's nervous.
11:53Deep breaths there as she watches down long pond straightaway for Ryan Blaney.
12:04Marty mentioned it.
12:06Ryan career wins for Blaney.
12:13And through three for the final time, the driver of the 12 looking for win number 12.
12:19It's going to be the second time he'll see the checkered flag here at Pocono.
12:28Ryan Blaney wins again in 2024.
12:32Good job, man.
12:33Hell yeah, boys.
12:34Let's go.
12:35Good job, driver.
12:36Good job, team.
12:37Proud of you guys.