The Pocono Raceway is ready to host the 51st annual The Great American Getaway 400 this weekend. The 21st race of the 2024 season begins at 2:30 pm ET on Sunday, July 14, in a 400-mile action-packed contest.
Located in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, the Pocono Raceway boasts a 2.5-mile-long, triangle-shaped oval speedway. This track hosted the first Cup race in 1971 and had 14 degrees of banking at turn one, 9 degrees of banking at turn two, and 6 degrees of banking at turn three.
Apart from making its only appearance on the Cup Series calendar this year, the Pocono Raceway will also host the Xfinity and Truck Series races this weekend.
The Great American Getaway 400 will feature 37 drivers. Like the other NASCAR races, Saturday’s practice sessions will open this race weekend at 12 pm ET and the qualifying session at 12:45 pm ET on USA Network and NBC Sports, which will determine the starting positions for Sunday's race.
Qualifying order for the 2024 The Great American Getaway 400 at Pocono Raceway
FOX Sports’ Bob Pockrass tweeted the qualifying order for The Great American Getaway 400 this weekend at the Pocono Raceway:
The Cup Series qualifying session kicks off with AJ Allmendinger leading Group A and JJ Yeley leading Group B.
The qualifying order for the 2024 The Great American Getaway 400 has been divided into Group A and Group B. Below is the full qualifying order for the 2024 The Great American Getaway 400:
Group A: Driver – Metric Score
- AJ Allmendinger - 37.600
- Ryan Preece - 32.300
- John Hunter Nemechek - 30.250
- Harrison Burton - 29.200
- Corey LaJoie - 24.650
- Chase Briscoe - 22.800
- Justin Haley - 22.050
- Joey Logano - 21.950
- Kyle Larson - 20.900
- Austin Cindric - 19.900
- Chris Buescher - 18.150
- Denny Hamlin - 17.750
- Brad Keselowski - 14.600
- Daniel Suarez - 13.750
- Kyle Busch - 13.300
- Ryan Blaney - 12.550
- William Byron - 10.750
- Alex Bowman - 5.250
Group B: Driver – Metric Score
- JJ Yeley - 42.400
- Cody Ware - 35.500
- Josh Berry - 31.050
- Erik Jones - 29.600
- Zane Smith - 26.000
- Carson Hocevar - 23.050
- Martin Truex, Jr. - 22.300
- Christoper Bell - 22.050
- Austin Dillon - 21.650
- Daniel Hemric - 20.000
- Noah Gragson - 19.750
- Ross Chastain - 17.900
- Michael McDowell - 14.700
- Chase Elliott - 14.350
- Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. - 13.550
- Todd Gilliland - 12.700
- Bubba Wallace - 12.200
- Ty Gibbs - 6.300
- Tyler Reddick - 4.450
Watch all your favorite NASCAR Cup Series teams and drivers at the Pocono Raceway this weekend live on NBC Sports and USA Network.