NASCAR – Dale Earnhardt Jr completes the sweep at Pocono

The sweep in American sports corresponds to a perfect series. In NBA basketball, the sweep is equivalent to winning all 4 games of a playoff series. This evening Dale Earnhardt Jr carried out the same operation by winning the second race organized on the Pocono track in Pennsylvania. After the Pocono 400, it is the GoBowling 400 which falls into the hands of the driver of the No. 88 Chevrolet SS from Hendrick Motorsports, for the third victory of his season. He thus wins more races in one year than during the period 2006-2013.

Jr resisted the final assaults of Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas Racing) during the last restart three laps from the goal, following a crash by Kurt Busch (Stewart-Haas Racing). Harvick tried everything but Dale Earnhardt Jr maneuvered perfectly on the Tricky Triangle at Pocono to contain the attempts of the No. 4 Chevrolet. Joey Logano (Team Penske) finished 3rd ahead of Clint Bowyer (Michael Waltrip Racing) and Greg Biffle (Roush Fenway Racing).

La course a notamment été marquée par un Big One au tour 117, impliquant 14 voitures dont Tony Stewart (Stewart-Haas Racing), Matt Kenseth (Joe Gibbs Racing), qui manquent une occasion de remporter ce fameux succès qui leur manque tant dans la course au Chase. Course compliquée également pour Danica Patrick (Stewart-Haas Racing) partie dans le mur suite à un premier contact et une crevaison, ou encore Kyle Busch (Joe Gibbs Racing) dont le moteur de sa Toyota a rendu l’âme dans les premiers tours de la course et Jimmie Johnson (Hendrick Motorsports) de nouveau en délicatesse avec ses gommes.

Find the report of the Pocono GoBowling 400 race in issue 1972 of AUTOhebdo, available tomorrow evening in digital version, and on newsstands from Wednesday.