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Pennsylvania 500
WHERE: Pocono Raceway's 2.5-mile, triangle-shaped raceway with 14-degree banking in the first turn, 8-degree banking in the second turn, 6-degree banking in the third turn and 3,740-foot main straightaway in Long Pond, Pa.
WHEN: 1 p.m. Sunday
BROADCAST: Television - TNT; Radio - Motor Racing Network
LAST YEAR'S WINNER: Rusty Wallace
MORRIS NEWS SERVICE'S PICK TO WIN: Dale Jarrett
OTHERS TO WATCH: Jeff Gordon, Ricky Rudd, Johnny Benson, Bobby Labonte, Jeremy Mayfield and Tony Stewart
NOTES: Pocono features three very distinctly different turns. The first is a high-banked hairpin, the second is slightly-banked and resembles most corners on the circuit and the third is a long, sweeping turn more familiar to road courses. ... The secret to
Pocono is horsepower. The drivers who can get through the corners without trouble can get back to full speed the quickest will have an advantage.
OTHER KEY RACES: Saturday - NAPA AutoCare 250 (NASCAR Busch Series) at Pike's Peak (Col.) Raceway (3 p.m., NBC); Sunday - Target Grand Prix of Chicago (CART) at Chicago Motor Speedway (4 p.m., ABC); Grand Prix of Germany (Formula One) at Hockenheim.
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