Off The Wall With: Jeb Burtonas told to Zach Catanzareti
by Joseph Wolkin
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FRONTSTRETCH TRIVIA:
Q: In 1994, Michigan International Speedway hosted their typical three NASCAR races (two for Winston Cup and one Busch Grand National race), in addition to the Marlboro 500 for CART. However, there was one more race that was on the docket on a fourth race weekend. What was it?
Check back Tuesday for the answer, here in the Frontstretch Newsletter!
Friday's Answer:
Q: The Verizon IndyCar Series is due to race the ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway in August. It will be their fourth race at the facility. CART raced at Pocono, but left after 1989. Why?
A: The track itself was the primary reason. The track surface was extremely bumpy and track management did not want to repave (the actual repave didn't occur for many more years after CART left). In addition, there were boiler plate walls most of the way around back then and no catchfence from pit out to the entrance to turn 2. Eventually, it just got to be too much. Here's the entire 1989 Pocono 500, as posted to YouTube by INDYCAR. ~~~~~~~~~~
COMING TOMORROW
In The Frontstretch Newsletter:We'll have breaking news from Monday, including a recap of today's rescheduled Axalta "We Paint Winners" 400 from Pocono, Tom Bowles gives you a stats breakdown of the Sprint All-Star Race in Numbers Game and S.D. Grady returns with Sitting In The Stands: A Fan's View.
On Frontstretch.com:
Danny Peters returns with Five Points to Ponder following today's action in Pocono.
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