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The NASCAR elites are about to go from one of the smoothest tracks on the circuit to one of the bumpiest as they travel to Pocono. While winning a race may build excitement and enthusiasm, it won’t help in preparing the race car.
Ryan Newman and Denny Hamlin have admitted they were fined by NASCAR for making damaging comments about the sport.
The Associated Press reported earlier this week that one of the drivers had been fined as much as $50,000. Denny Hamlin did not deny he paid the heavy penalty.
"There's been illegal parts in the garage that haven't gotten penalized like I did," Hamlin said.
Tony Stewart turned in a lap of 171.393 mph in qualifying Friday afternoon at Pocono Raceway to win the pole for Sunday's Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500, his second of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.
Juan Pablo Montoya will line up on the outside of the front row on Sunday after posting a lap at 171.096 mph in the Earnhardt-Ganassi Chevrolet.
Roush Racing issued the following update Thursday regarding the condition of team owner Jack Roush, who received injuries when his Beechcraft Premier jet was involved in an accident while landing in Wisconsin Tuesday evening about 6:15 pm local time:
Jack Roush, co-owner of Roush Fenway Racing and chairman of ROUSH Enterprises, was transferred to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., Wednesday evening.