PENNSYLVANIA (USA)
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1969 - POCONO INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY.
Pocono International Raceway opened in 1969 as a 2.5 mile Asphalt paved Tri Oval speedway. This very popular venue host mainly Nascar and Indy Car events.
The venue also boasts a Road Course as well as some other variations.
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1969 - POCONO INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY. 30th May 1969 |
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1974 - POCONO INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY. Eastern Championship Road Race. Motocross and Jamboree. 16th to 18th August 1974. |
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1974 - POCONO INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY. Pocono Modified 250. 25th August 1974. |
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RACING MEMORY LANE facebook Photo feature
25th August 1974 - Geoff Bodine with his [99] Modified at Pocono. Photo: Mike Howell collection.
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1983 - POCONO INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY LIKE COLA 500 24th July 1983 |
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David Allio / Racing Photography Archives Pictorial feature
24th July 1983 - Richard Petty [43] Petty Enterprises Pontiac Grand Prix driver sits in the partially covered race car as the crew gathers aroundduring a rain delay, in the NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National Like Cola 500 at Pocono International Raceway. Photographer; David Allio.
24th July 1983 - Darrell Waltrip in the number 11 Junior Johnson Chevrolet Monte Carlo races Bobby Allison in the number 22 Di Gard Buick Regal on the front stretch in the Like Cola 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National event at Pocono International Raceway. Photographer: David Allio.
24th July 1983 - Mike Potter in the number [76] Oldsmobile Cutlas and Dale Earnhardt number [15] Bud Moore Engineering Ford Thunderbird race across the tunnel turn in the NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National Like Cola 500 at Pocono Raceway. Photographer: David Allio.
24th July 1983 - Tim Richmond in the number 27 Raymond Beadle Blue Max Pontiac Grand Prix leads Dale Earnhardt in the 15 Bub Moore Engineering Ford Thunderbird through the tunnel turn during the NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National Like Cola 500 at Pocono International Raceway. Photographer: David Allio.
24th July 1983 - Dale Earnhardt in the number 15 Bud Moore Engineering Ford Thunderbird leads Morgan Shepherd number 2 JD Stacy Buick Regal and Ricky Rudd in the number 13 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo through turn one during the NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National Like Cola 500 at Pocono Raceway. Photographer: David Allio.
24th July 1983 - Ricky Rudd in the number [3] Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo leads Harry Gant in the number [33] Skoal Bandit Buick Regal and Bobby Allison in the number [22] DiGard Buick Regal on the Long Pond straightaway during the NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National, Like Cola 500 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Photographer: David Allio.
24th July 1983 - Glenn Jarrett in the [65] Ford Thunderbird smokes from tire rub after backing into the wall during the NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National like Cola 500 at Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pensylvania. Photographer: David Allio.
24th July 1983 - Jocko Maggiacomo [63] Oldsmobile Cutlass is held together with race tape as his damaged race car continues to lap during the NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National like Cola 500 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Photographer: David Allio.
24th July 1983 - Darrell Waltrip in the number [11] Junior Johnson Chevrolet Monte Carlo races Tim Richmond in the number [27] Raymond Beadle Blue Max Pontiac LeMans and Harry Gant in the number [33] Skoal Bandit Buick Regal on the Long Pond straightaway during the NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National Like Cola 500 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Photographer: David Allio.
24th July 1983 - Tim Richmond driver of the Blue Max Racing Pontiac Le Mans is enshrined in the International Motorsports Hall of Fame and the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame. Photographer: David Allio.
24th July 1983 - Tim Richmond [27] Raymond Beadle Blue Max Pontiac LeMans driver celebrates winning the NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National Like Cola at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond Pennsylvania. Photographer: David Allio.
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1996 - POCONO RACEWAY
The official name of the venue was changed in 1996 to Pocono Raceway.
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1993 - POCONO RACEWAY Location.
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2020 - POCONO RACEWAY Location.
