Pocono Raceway is a motorsports facility located in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, 2 hours away from New York City. This track is a staple part of the NASCAR National Series, hosting events for the Nascar Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and ARCA Menard Series. For more than 40 years, the Pocono Raceway also hosted IndyCar Races regularly. The banked NASCAR layout marks the track's perimeter and possesses a curious tri-oval shape reminiscent of a triangle with rounded edges, hence its nickname: The Tricky Triangle. There are multiple possibilities to configure the infield of the tri-oval track into a road course with several independent layouts, some of which may run simultaneously.
Some of the alternative road course layouts of the Pocono Raceway include the clockwise 1.5-mile (2.41-km) North Road Course, the counterclockwise 1.37-mile (2.2-km) South-East Option 1, the 3.51-mile (5.66-km) Mega Course, the 2.26-mile (3.63-km) North-South Option 2, or the 2.53-mile (4.07-km) North-South Option 3. The average speed varies according to the layout used for racing, ranging between 66 to 88 mph (106 to 141 km/h). Motorsports fans are welcome to visit the track as spectators for any of the events of the Raceway's tight schedule, but open track days are rare.
The North-South Option 2 is a clockwise layout with 2.26 miles (3.63-km) of total length, whose trajectory includes long stretches of the front straightaway, the Long Pond straight, and two snaking roads interconnecting these straights. The Tunnel Curve is the northernmost feature of this layout, extending from the Devil's Elbow 8 to the entry to the Long Pond straight. The average speed of this circuit is 75 mph (120 km/h), one of the fastest in Pocono Raceway.
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