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NASCAR Xfinity Series Explore The Pocono Mountains 250 Entry List: Dates, Event Times At Pocono Raceway

Jeff Hawkins Written by Sports EditorJeff Hawkins
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If he wasn’t a national hero before NASCAR’s return to Mexico last weekend, Daniel Suarez departed one. 

After crashing in qualifying and starting P39 in a backup machine Saturday, Suarez rallied to capture the Xfinity Series’ event at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. It was his first circuit win since 2016, the season he won the drivers’ title. 

In the fourth place with 19 laps remaining and during the key restart, Suarez passed Connor Zilisch and Ty Gibbs during a three-wide battle. Suarez’s win was the first of two for Trackhouse Racing in Mexico City last weekend. Shane van Gisbergen visited Victory Lane Sunday following the Cup race. 

A native of Monterrey, Mexico, Suarez’s Cup Series contract ends after this season. Did he help his cause? In 303 career starts, he posted two wins and 23 top-five finishes. In nine years, his best finish in the drivers’ standings was 10th in 2022. 

Suarez has supporters. 

Bubba Wallace cried after his friend took the checkered flag Saturday. 

“I was in the spa and didn’t get to see it live,” Wallace wrote on X (Twitter). “I have chills and may have cried for mi amigo. What an incredible feeling that must be for him in front of his home crowd!” 

As the Xfinity Series returns to Pocono Raceway this weekend, Justin Allgaier paces the drivers’ standings with 587 points, 54 more than Austin Hill. 

NASCAR National Series Weekend Schedule

Here is a list of NASCAR National Series events this weekend at Pocono Raceway (All Times ET):

Friday

  • 12:35 p.m.: Truck Series practice
  • 1:40 p.m.: Truck Series qualifying
  • 5.p.m.: Truck Series MillerTech Battery 200 race

Saturday

  • 10 a.m.: Xfinity Series practice
  • 11:05 a.m.: Xfinity Series qualifying
  • 12:35 p.m.: Cup Series practice
  • 1:45 p.m.: Cup Series qualifying
  • 3:30 p.m.: Xfinity Series Explore the Pocono Mountains 250 race

Sunday

  • 2 p.m.: Cup Series The Great American Getaway 400 Presented by VISITPA.Com race

NASCAR Xfinity Series Explore the Pocono Mountains 250 Entry List

NASCAR Xfinity Series officials released the entry list for Saturday’s Explore the Pocono Mountains 250 at Pocono Raceway:

Entry, Driver, Car No.

  • 1, Sheldon Creed, No. 00 Ford    
  • 2, Carson Kvapil, No. 1 Chevrolet    
  • 3, Jesse Love, No. 2 Chevrolet    
  • 4, Parker Retzlaff, No. 4 Chevrolet  
  • 5, Kris Wright, No. 5 Chevrolet    
  • 6, Patrick Emerling, No. 07 Chevrolet  
  • 7, Justin Allgaier, No. 7 Chevrolet    
  • 8, Sammy Smith, No. 8 Chevrolet    
  • 9, Daniel Dye, No. 10 Chevrolet  
  • 10, Josh Williams, No. 11 Chevrolet    
  • 11, Garrett Smithley, No. 14 Chevrolet  
  • 12, Christian Eckes, No. 16 Chevrolet    
  • 13, Chase Elliott, No. 17 Chevrolet  
  • 14, William Sawalich, No. 18 Toyota  
  • 15, Justin Bonsignore, No. 19 Toyota  
  • 16, Brandon Jones, No. 20 Toyota  
  • 17, Austin Hill, No. 21 Chevrolet  
  • 18, Harrison Burton, No. 25 Ford  
  • 19, Dean Thompson, No. 26 Toyota  
  • 20, Jeb Burton, No. 27 Chevrolet  
  • 21, Kyle Sieg, No. 28 Ford  
  • 22, Blaine Perkins, No. 31 Chevrolet  
  • 23, Carson Ware, No. 35 Toyota    
  • 24, Ryan Sieg, No. 39 Ford    
  • 25, Sam Mayer, No. 41 Ford  
  • 26, Anthony Alfredo, No. 42 Chevrolet    
  • 27, Brennan Poole, No. 44 Chevrolet    
  • 28, Mason Massey, No. 45 Chevrolet  
  • 29, Nick Sanchez, No. 48 Chevrolet    
  • 30, Jeremy Clements, No. 51 Chevrolet    
  • 31, TBA, No. 53 Ford  
  • 32, Taylor Gray, No. 54 Toyota  
  • 33, Leland Honeyman, No. 70 Chevrolet  
  • 34, Ryan Ellis, No. 71 Chevrolet  
  • 35, Dawson Cram, No. 74 Chevrolet  
  • 36, Connor Zilisch, No. 88 Chevrolet    
  • 37, Josh Bilicki, No. 91 Chevrolet    
  • 38, Matt DiBenedetto, No. 99 Chevrolet 

Jeff Hawkins Written by Sports EditorJeff Hawkins
Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry, in both print and digital media. He joined the Sportscasting team in 2021 following a decade of freelancing. He spent his early career as a reporter for various newspapers in Illinois, New York, Florida, North Carolina, and Michigan, with a particular emphasis as a beat reporter for the Chicago Blackhawks. Jeff earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from Oakland University. Over the course of his career he earned several sports writing awards, including two national awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors for column writing and news reporting. One of the five prized columns included a commentary on NASCAR's increasing corporate influences, particularly in northern racetracks — commentary which you might find Jeff building on as part of the Motorsports writing team at Sportscasting now.  
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