MOTORSPORT AMERICA PHOTOS FROM THE NASCAR GARAGE AT POCONO RACEWAY!
IT’S A GREAT DAY FOR RACING AT POCONO!
by Derek Jackson
Motorsport America traveled to Pocono Raceway to bring you exclusive photo coverage from the NASCAR Cup, Xfinity & Truck Series races this weekend! Please enjoy these exclusive pre-race photos from Motorsport America publisher & photographer Fred Hanyon! Stay tuned to Motorsport America this weekend for exclusive coverage from Pocono Raceway!
THE COLORFUL NASCAR SIGNAGE & BANNER IN THE GARAGE AT POCONO RACEWAY!DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA NATIVE MASON MASSEY IN THE XFINITY GARAGE AT POCONO TODAY. IN 2024 MASSEY DROVE FULL TIME IN THE NASCAR TRUCK SERIES FOR YOUNG’S MOTORSPORTS AND IS SLATED FOR 11 RUNS IN THE NASCAR XFINITY SERIES THIS YEAR FOR TOMMY JOE MARTINS ALPHA PRIME RACING XFINITY TEAM. THE YOUNG GEORGIAN HAS 56 CAREER XFINITY STARTS UNDER HIS BELT, AND HIS LOCAL FANS BACK HOME ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS RETURN TO ATLANTA’S ECHOPARK SPEEDWAY NEXT WEEKEND!AUSTIN HILL’S No. 21 RICHARD CHILDRESS RACING CHEVROLET IN THE XFINITY GARAGE AT POCONO. THE STAND-OUT DRIVER THE SERIES IS COMING OFF A PODIUM FINISH AT LAST WEEKEND’S INAUGURAL NASCAR RACE IN MEXICO CITY. THE WINSTON, GEORGIA NATIVE HAS A STRONG RECORD AT THE TRICKY PENNSYLVANIA TRIANGLE, PREVIOUSLY SMASHING THE TRUCK SERIES SPEED RECORD IN 2019, AND SURVIVING A WILD OVERTIME RESTART IN 2023 TO WIN HIS 4TH RACE OF THAT SEASON. LOCAL FANS IN GEORGIA ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS RETURN TO HIS HOME TRACK NEXT WEEK, WHERE HE HAS WON FIVE OF HIS LAST SIX STARTS AT THE FAMOUS 1.5 MILE GEORGIA TRI-OVAL.DAWSONVILLE, GEORGIA’S CHASE ELLIOTT WILL BE PILOTING THE No. 17 HENDRICK CARS CHEVROLET THIS WEEKEND’S XFINITY RACE AT POCONO.NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES DRIVER, COREY HEIM OUTSIDE HIS SAFELITE TOYOTA TRANSPORTER AT POCONO! THE YOUNG MARIETTA, GEORGIA NATIVE IS CURRENTLY HIGH ATOP THE TRUCK SERIES POINTS STANDINGS BY A WHOPPING 133 POINTS OVER 2ND PLACE CHANDLER SMITH OF TALKING ROCK, GEORGIA! THE YOUNG SUPERSTAR TOYOTA TRI-CON GARAGE DRIVER MOST RECENTLY WON ON THE TRICKY TRIANGLE IN 2024 WHERE HE WON BOTH STAGES, LEADING 55 OF 70 LAPS WHILE ADDING TO HIS TROPHY TOTALS. HEIM LOOKS TO CONTINUE HIS DOMINACE THIS SEASON AT POCONO RACEWAY!CHANDLER SMITH FROM TALKING ROCK, GEORGIA DRIVES THE No. 38 FORD FOR FRONT ROW MOTORSPORTS, DEBUTING A NEW SPONSOR THIS WEEKEND WITH LONG JOHN SILVER’S. THE GEORGIA NATIVE HAS WON TWO RACES THIS YEAR, MOST RECENTLY AT NORTH WILKESBORO SPEEDWAY ON MAY 17TH!THE No. 98 THORSPORT FORD OF TY MAJESKI ALONG THE PENNSYLVANIA FRONT STRETCH AT POCONO RACEWAY!NASCAR XFINITY RACE CARS IN THE GARAGE PRIOR TO QUALIFYING AT POCONO RACEWAY! ATLANTA, GEORGIA NATIVE BRANDON JONES DRIVES THE No. 20 MENARDS TOYOTA FOR JOE GIBBS RACING. JONES RECENTLY WON THE 2025 XFINITY RACE AT DARLINGTON RACEWAY, AND HERE IS SEEN ONE OF HIS CREW MEMBERS MAKING CHECKS BEFORE QUALIFYING ON THE TRICKY TRIANGLE! BRANDON IS PULLING DOUBLE-DUTY THIS WEEKEND, RUNNING THE No. 1 SPECTRACIDE TOYOTA IN THE TRUCK SERIES RACE FOR TRICON GARAGE!TY MAJESKI AND JAKE GARCIA’S TRUCKS IN THE GARAGE AT POCONO. GARCIA HAILS FROM MONROE, GEORGIA AND DRIVES THE No. 13 THORSPORT RACING’S QUANTA SERVICES FORD!THE 88 CAR OF CONNOR ZILISCH, WHO DRIVES FOR JR MOTORSPORTS. TEAM OWNER DALE EARNHARDT, JR WILL CREW CHIEF THIS WEEKEND AT POCONO FOR ZILISCH, AFTER VETERAN CREW CHIEF MARDY LINDLEY RECEIVED A ONE RACE SUSPENSION FROM NASCAR FOR LEAVING TWO LUG NUTS UNSECURED IN ZILISCH’S P2 FINISH AT NASHVILLE.MATT CRAFTON’S CREW POSITIONING HIS No. 88 MENARDS FORD IN THE NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES GARAGE AT POCONO PRIOR TO QUALIFYING ON FRIDAY!THE XFINITY GARAGE WAS A HOTBED OF ACTIVITY THIS MORNING AT POCONO RACEWAY!RICHARD PETTY’S SIGNATURE COWBOY HAT HAS BEEN AN ICONIC SYMBOL OF NASCAR FOR DECADES. TITLED “THE KING’S HAT”, 28 UNIQUE STATUES FEATURING THE KING’S FAMOUS HAT ARE A FIBERGLASS AND CONCRETE STATUE THAT ARE 6 FEET HIGH AND WEIGH 1,000 POUNDS. THEY ARE DISPLAYED AT ALL NASCAR AND SPEEDWAY MOTORSPORTS OWNED TRACKS, AS WELL AS INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, POCONO RACEWAY, THE NASCAR HALL OF FAME AND THE PETTY MUSEUM. RICHARD PETTY WON THE INAUGURAL NASCAR RACE AT POCONO IN 1974, WHILE LEADING 152 OF 192 LAPS IN A RAIN-SHORTENED EVENT!NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCKS LINE UP FOR PRE-RACE INSPECTION BEFORE QUALIFYING AT POCONO!LAYNE RIGGS DRIVES THE No. 34 FORD FOR FRONT ROW MOTORSPORTS. THE YOUNG DRIVER HAS SEEMINGLY EMBRACED HIS ROLE AS AN ANTAGONIST IN THE TRUCK SERIES, AND APTLY ENOUGH DRIVES FOR BRAWL BARE KNUCKLE BOXING. THE YOUNG DRIVER SPOKE THIS WEEK ABOUT HIS RACE FROM LAST YEAR AT POCONO, SAYING, “MY EXPERIENCE AT POCONO LAST YEAR WAS DISSAPOINTING, SO I HAVE A CHIP ON MY SHOULDER HEADING INTO THIS WEEKENDS RACE”. THE HARD CHARGING RIGGS WILL BE ONE TO KEEP A CAUTIOUS EYE ON THIS WEEKEND AT THE FAMOUS PENNSYLVANIA TRI-OVAL.BEN RHODES IS IN HIS 9TH FULL SEASON COMPETING IN THE NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES, DRIVING THE No. 99 FORD FOR THORSPORT RACING. RHODES BECAME THE 5TH MULTI-TIME TRUCK SERIES CHAMPION IN 2023, AFTER COMPLETING HIS 1ST TITLE IN 2021. RHODES ALSO WON THE ARCA MENARDS SERIES EAST CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2014, A TITLE HE CAPTURED AS A ROOKIE.KAULING RACING’S COLORFUL PAINT SCHEMES OF No. 10 OF DANIEL DYE and No. 11 OF JOSH WILLIAMS RACE CARS IN THE XFINITY GARAGE AT POCONO RACEWAY!THE TRICKY TRIANGLE TUNNEL TURN AT POCONO RACEWAY LEADS TO THE INFIELD THROUGH TURN TWO!BLUE SKIES IN PENNSYLVANIA ON FRIDAY MORNING AT THE FAMOUS TRI-OVAL AT POCONO RACEWAY!
