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NASCAR Live Race Updates: The Great American Getaway 400 at Pocono

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Welcome to the Racing America On SI Live Race Updates page for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series The Great American Getaway 400 at Pocono Raceway.

Be sure to refresh this post throughout Sunday's event as the Live Race Updates story will be updated regularly with the biggest moments from the 400-mile race around the 2.5-mile triangular track, including lead changes, crash replays, the winner of the race, finishing results, and more.

  1. Final Stage Updates
  2. Stage 2 Updates
  3. Stage 1 Updates
  4. Pre-Race Updates

Final Stage Updates

Lap 160: Chase Briscoe Wins at Pocono!

Chase Briscoe was able to manage his dwindling fuel tank, and his on-track lead over his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin to pick up the win in Sunday's The Great American Getaway 400 at Pocono Raceway.

For Briscoe, this is his first win since joining Joe Gibbs Racing ahead of the 2025 season.

Race Results

Fin

Car

Driver

Laps

Diff

1

19

Chase Briscoe

160

--

2

11

Denny Hamlin

160

0.682

3

12

Ryan Blaney

160

0.989

4

17

Chris Buescher

160

2.731

5

9

Chase Elliott

160

5.187

6

42

John Hunter Nemechek

160

12.312

7

5

Kyle Larson

160

12.838

8

60

Ryan Preece

160

13.099

9

6

Brad Keselowski

160

13.491

10

2

Austin Cindric

160

13.512

Lap 159: Briscoe Leads By Half Second

With two laps to go, Chase Briscoe still holds a 0.580 second lead over Denny Hamlin. Ryan Blaney is 1.035 seconds back in third, and Chris Buescher is fourth, 2.571 seconds back.

Lap 153: Briscoe Told He Can Save More Aggressively

Chase Briscoe is told with Hamlin not being able to catch him for the lead while he's been saving fuel that he can save fuel even more aggressively. Hamlin has been hovering around half a second to seven tenths of a seconf behind Briscoe.

Lap 145: Hamlin Hasn't Been Able to Mount a Challenge

Denny Hamlin has fallen to about a half second behind Chase Briscoe, and even with Chase Briscoe in fuel saving mode, Hamlin hasn't been able to mount a challenge. Briscoe is being told by crew chief James Small if he keeps doing what he's doing they can make it to the finish on fuel, now.

Lap 140: Briscoe Still Leads, But Hamlin is There

Chase Briscoe continues to lead with 20 laps to go, but he doesn't have much opportunity to save fuel as Denny Hamlin is staying within reach.

Running order with 20 laps to go:

1. 19-Chase Briscoe
2. 11-Denny Hamlin
3. 12-Ryan Blaney
4. 9-Chase Elliott
5. 17-Chris Buescher
6. 42-John Hunter Nemechek
7. 5-Kyle Larson
8. 60-Ryan Preece
9. 2-Austin Cindric
10. 48-Alex Bowman

Lap 131: Back to Green

Chase Briscoe leads the field to green, but Denny Hamlin got a good shove from Chris Buescher on the initial charge. However, Briscoe takes the lead in Turn 1.

Lap 126: Briscoe Told He's Screwed On Fuel

Crew Chief James Small has radioed to Chase Briscoe, who had an ultra-fast pit stop, which will cycle him back into the race lead, that they don't have enough fuel to make it to the finish because they didn't stay on pit road long enough for the fueler to get the car full.

"We are fu--ed on fuel here, Chase," Small said to his driver. "We're just going to have to see how this goes and see if we can make it. Everything you can do to save here."

Briscoe will attempt to save enough fuel to make it to the finish. This current caution definitely helps, he'll need some more.

Lap 125: Under Caution

Before the green flag pit could cycle out, we are back under caution for a spin by Shane van Gisbergen. Brad Keselowski was leading the race ahead of Justin Haley, Kyle Busch, AJ Allmendinger, Todd Gilliland, and Cody Ware, but they had yet to pit. When they pit, they will fall behind the lead lap cars that have already pitted.

Lap 120: Chase Briscoe Kicks Off Green Flag Stops for Leaders

Chase Briscoe pitted from the race lead and has triggered the start of a green flag pit sequence. This could be the money stop if the race runs green the remainder of the way.

Lap 110: Briscoe Still Leading, Buescher Breathing Down His Neck

Chase Briscoe continues to lead The Great American Getaway 400 with 50 laps to go, but he has encountered a major challenge from Chris Buescher since the restart. Briscoe has been able to keep Buescher at bay for now, but Buescher is certainly not going away just yet.

Lap 101: Back to Green

Chase Briscoe takes control of the race on this restart. Buescher moves into the runner-up spot and Denny Hamlin is on the outside of Josh Berry, and he completes the pass for the third position.

Stage 2 Updates

Lap 95: Chase Briscoe Takes Stage 2 Win

Chase Briscoe held off Josh Berry for the Stage 2 win in Sunday's The Great American Getaway 400 at Pocono Raceway. This is Briscoe's first Stage Win since moving to Joe Gibbs Racing in 2025.

Stage 2 Results:

Fin

Car

Driver

Stage Points

Playoff Points

1

19

Chase Briscoe

10

1

2

21

Josh Berry

9

--

3

9

Chase Elliott

8

--

4

24

William Byron

7

--

5

17

Chris Buescher

6

--

6

11

Denny Hamlin

5

--

7

2

Austin Cindric

4

--

8

12

Ryan Blaney

3

--

9

5

Kyle Larson

2

--

10

77

Carson Hocevar

1

--

Lap 88: Back to Green

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. got a great restart, and is side-by-side with Chase Briscoe for the lead heading into the tunnel turn.

Lap 84: Tyler Reddick in the Garage

Tyler Reddick, who narrowly missed that stack up on Lap 83, has brought his No. 45 23XI Racign Toyota to the garage area with an apparent right front brake issue. The team is working on it now, and looking to get him back in the race.

Lap 83: Under Caution

A big crash near the rear of the field has brought out the caution with 13 laps left in Stage 2. Among those involved were Ty Dillon, who can't get his car refired as well as Kyle Busch, Shane van Gisbergen, and Christopher Bell.

The incident started as Busch collided with the side of Todd Gilliland's No. 34 car on the exit of Turn 2 and he spun around.

Lap 81: Back to Green!

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Carson Hocevar led the field to green, but a great shove from Chase Briscoe allowed Hocevar to look like he was going to take the race lead. However, Chase Briscoe got around both drivers to take the lead.

Stenhouse is now holding the second spot, and trying to fend Hocevar off.

Lap 78: Bowman Pits From Lead; Stenhouse, Hocevar Lead Field

Under this caution, Alex Bowman and several of the other drivers in the lead grouping hit pit road, but Ricky Stenhouse Jr. stayed on track and is scored as the race leader. His nemesis Carson Hocevar also stayed out and will battle Stenhouse for the lead when the race goes back green.

Running order on Lap 78:

1. 47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
2. 77-Carson Hocevar
3. 19-Chase Briscoe
4. 6-Brad Keselowski
5. 21-Josh Berry
6. 3-Austin Dillon
7. 24-William Byron
8. 43-Erik Jones
9. 42-John Hunter Nemechek
10. 17-Chris Buescher

Lap 77: Under Caution

Debris from Michael McDowell's exploded brake rotor on Lap 73 has finally caused the caution flag to fly on Lap 77.

Lap 73: McDowell Latest to Experience Rotor Explosion

Michael McDowell is the latest driver to have a right front brake rotor explode on his car, but he was able to keep driving and is limping around the track. No caution as of yet.

Lap 68: Hocevar Taking Care Trying to Pass Stenhouse

You can tell Carson Hocevar knows that Ricky Stenhouse Jr. owes him. Hocevar has a clearly faster car right now, and sits in the fourth position, but he is trying to take great care, and patience while trying to get around his racing rival.

Lap 63: Bowman to the Lead

Alex Bowman pulled out of line behind Joey Logano heading into the tunnel turn, and he easily breezed by for the race lead. Bowman, looking for his first win of the season, looks really good as Stage 2 is drawing to a close.

Lap 61: Back to Green

Joey Logano and Austin Cindric, who stayed out under the caution, lead the field to the green flag, and Logano takes control of the lead of the race. Alex Bowman moves into the runner-up spot, and he will look to chase Logano down. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has moved up to third, and Cindric has dropped to fourth.

Lap 57: Brad Keselowski Pits Under Closed Pit Road

Brad Keselowski was first, but now, he'll be last. The driver of the No. 6 RFK Racing Ford Mustang Dark Horse pitted under caution on Lap 57, but pit road was not open when Keselowski went to pit road. This will result in Keselowski restarting at the tail end of the field.

Lap 54: Under Caution

Bubba Wallace suffered a similar fate to his 23XI Racing teammate Riley Herbst as he suffered a right front brake rotor explosion entering Turn 2 on Lap 54. Wallace would slam hard into the outside wall, and that will likely end his day.

Lap 49: Back to Green!

Brad Keselowski leads the field back to green, and as the field gets going, Denny Hamlin slides up the track in Turn 1, and nearly collides with his teammate Ty Gibbs. As that happens, William Byron scoots by them to move into the third position.

Allmendinger Hits Tire Carrier, Tire Flies Into Van Gisbergen Crew Member

AJ Allmendinger collided with his tire carrier on pit road, which sent the tire in the carrier's hands flying in the air. The tire slammed into the midsection of Jonpatrik (JP) Kealey, the rear changer on Shane van Gisbergen's No. 88 pit crew. After shaking off the pain, Kealey continued and finished the pit stop. That was wild.

Lap 42: Under Caution

Riley Herbst has gone into the outside wall, it appeared at first that he may have cut a right front tire down heading into Turn 1, but it turned out to be an exploded brake rotor. That will likely end his race as he got the wall extremely hard.

Lap 36: Back to Green

Brad Keselowski leads the field back to green, and the 2012 NASCAR Cup Series champion is out front by himself. Ty Gibbs has moved into the second spot, and there is a four-wide logjam going into the tunnel turn!

Somehow, they all make it through it, but that was a sketchy moment for Zane Smith, Joey Logano, and some others back in the pack.

Chris Buescher Wins Race Off Pit Road

Chris Buescher defeated Denny Hamlin in the race off of pit road under the caution following Stage 1, but the two drivers that were battling for the Stage 1 win will be behind the cars that pitted prior to the end of the opening Stage in the running order.

Kyle Busch got a speeding penalty under this round of stops and will start at the rear of the field.

Top-10 as they run heading into the restart to begin Stage 2:

1. 6-Brad Keselowski
2. 77-Carson Hocevar
3. 54-Ty Gibbs
4. 41-Cole Custer
5. 42-John Hunter Nemechek
6. 20-Christopher Bell
7. 99-Daniel Suarez
8. 17-Chris Buescher
9. 11-Denny Hamlin
10. 43-Erik Jones

Stage 1 Updates

Lap 30: Denny Hamlin Takes Stage 1 Win

Denny Hamlin held off Chris Buescher and took home the Stage 1 win, and with it he will pocket 10 championship points and one Playoff Point.

The Great American Getaway 400 Stage 1 Results:

Fin

Car

Driver

Stage Points

Playoff Points

1

11

Denny Hamlin

10

1

2

17

Chris Buescher

9

--

3

45

Tyler Reddick

8

--

4

19

Chase Briscoe

7

--

5

43

Erik Jones

6

--

6

38

Zane Smith

5

--

7

22

Joey Logano

4

--

8

9

Chase Elliott

3

--

9

24

William Byron

2

--

10

48

Alex Bowman

1

--

Lap 27: Slew of Drivers Hit Pit Road Before Conclusion of Stage 1

After Suarez kicked off the green flag pit sequence, Brad Keselowski, Carson Hocevar, Cole Custer, John Hunter Nemechek, and Christopher Bell all came to pit road with three laps remaining in the Stage. More drivers didn't come to pit road as there was fear that they would lose a lap doing so.

Hamlin stays on track, and will win Stage 1 unless something strange happens. He has Buescher, Reddick, Briscoe, and Erik Jones behind him.

Lap 26: Daniel Suarez Short Pits, Remains on Lead Lap

Daniel Suarez, who has had a solid start to the race, as he was running around seventh after starting from the 10th spot, is the first driver to hit pit road in Stage 1 on Lap 26. Suarez was able to complete his service, and returned to the track without being lapped by race leader Denny Hamlin.

Lap 25: Hocevar Falls to Fifth, and Being Challenged by Custer

Following his near crash, Carson Hocevar has fallen from third to fifth, and now he is in the clutches of Cole Custer, who wants to move into the top-five. Hocevar held Custer off, and now Custer is under fire from Brad Keselowski for sixth-place.

Lap 21: Carson Hocevar Makes Incredible Save

I don't know how Carson Hocevar isn't crashed out, but he somehow made an amazing save on Lap 21 of Sunday's race. Hocevar got loose on the exit of Turn 3, scraped the outside wall barely, but was able to get ahold of his car.

Hocevar was so sideways that the roof flap engaged on his car in the slide.

Hocevar, who was running third at the time of the incident, lost just one spot.

Lap 13: William Byron Up to 19th

After starting at the rear of the field in his repaired primary car, which he crashed in Saturday's qualifying session, William Byron has clawed his way up inside of the top-20 and runs 19th on Lap 13.

Byron came into this race with the regular season championship point lead, and as they run, he is ahead of Kyle Larson (21st), the second-place driver in the point standings early in this race.

How are the other drivers, who started at the back of the field doing?

Ryan Blaney is up to 25th, Josh Berry is 29th, Bubba Wallace runs 30th, Ty Dillon is 33rd, Cody Ware runs 36th, and Brennan Poole is 37th. Byron has definitely shown the most ability to carve through the traffic of this group of drivers.

Lap 5: Buescher Pressuring Hamlin for Lead

Denny Hamlin continues to lead on Lap 5, but Chris Buescher is closing in on the leader in his No. 17 RFK Racing Ford.

Top-10 running order after five laps:

1. 11-Denny Hamlin
2. 17-Chris Buescher
3. 77-Carson Hocevar
4. 45-Tyler Reddick
5. 19-Chase Briscoe
6. 41-Cole Custer
7. 99-Daniel Suarez
8. 54-Ty Gibbs
9. 20-Christopher Bell
10. 42-John Hunter Nemechek

4:31 PM ET: Green Flag!

Polesitter Denny Hamlin leads the field to the green flag, and he breaks out to the lead. Chris Buescher has settled into the runner-up spot. Hamlin will lead lap 1.

Pre-Race Updates

4:19 PM ET: Kurt Busch Delivers Command to Start Engines

Kurt Busch, the 2004 NASCAR Cup Series champion and NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2025 member, has given the command to start engines, and the 37 cars in today's race at Pocono Raceway have come to life.

The thundrous sound will head onto the track shortly for the pace laps leading into the start of The Great American Getaway 400.

4:14 PM ET: Invocation and National Anthem Completed

Billy Mauldin of Motor Racing Outreach delivered the pre-race invocation, and following the invocation, (Retired) 1st Class Navy Petty Officer Generald Wilson delivered the United States National Anthem in front of a sold out crowd at Pocono Raceway.

Next up will be the command to start engines, followed by the pace laps, and then the green flag of The Great American Getaway 400, which will fly at approximately 4:30 PM ET.

Ty Dillon (Unapproved Adjustments) Add to Drivers Going to Rear

We will now have seven cars heading to the rear of the field prior to the green flag in Sunday's The Great American Getaway 400 at Pocono Raceway as NASCAR has added the No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet, driven by Ty Dillon, to the list for unapproved adjustments to their race car.

Six Cars Will Drop to the Rear Before Sunday's Race

In all, there will be six drivers who will have to drop to the rear of the field prior to the green flag in Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series The Great American Getaway 400 at Pocono Raceway.

Five will drop to the rear for unapproved adjustments including Ryan Blaney (starter change), Josh Berry (diffuser repair), Bubba Wallace (starter change), William Byron (damage repair) and Cody Ware (damage repair).

Additionally, Brennan Poole will drop to the rear of the field for multiple inspection failures in pre-race inspection. Poole will also be required to make a pass-through penalty after taking the green flag in the race.

Track Drying Underway, Expected Start Time Revealed

The rain has stopped for now, and track drying is underway. NASCAR has officially stated that they are aiming to wave the green flag on today's NASCAR Cup Series The Great American Getaway 400 at Pocono Raceway at 4:30 PM ET. While that is subject to change, that is the current expected green flag time.

Full Pre-Race Festivities Schedule

  • 3:50 PM ET: Driver Introductions
  • 4:11 PM ET: National Anthem
  • 4:19 PM ET: Command to Start Engines
  • 4:30 PM ET: Green Flag

The Great American Getaway 400 Start Delayed (Weather)

Rain and lightning in the area at Pocono Raceway have led to the start of Sunday's The Great American Getaway 400 to be delayed. Currently, track drying equipment is on track, attempting to keep the track in decent shape for when the light rain concludes.

NASCAR has not given an estimated time for the green flag for today's race, and once one is communicated, we will update this story.

The Great American Getaway 400 Pre-Race Info

The Great American Getaway 400 will be televised on Prime Video, the final NASCAR Cup Series race to be covered by the streaming service this season. The Prime Video pre-race show will begin at 1:00 PM ET, and the official race broadcast will kick off on Prime Video at 2:00 PM ET.

The Motor Racing Network (MRN) and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will provide the radio broadcast of Sunday's race. For subscribers of the Max streaming service, NASCAR Driver Cam, which streams live in-car camera footage from every car in the field, will be available for today's race.

The overall race purse, which teams will fight for their portion of in Sunday's race, is a total of $11,055,250.

The race distance is 160 laps around the 2.5-mile triangular oval, which equates to a 400-mile race distance.

The Great American Getaway 400 will be broken up into three Stages. Stage 1 will end at the conclusion of Lap 30. Stage 2 will end at the conclusion of Lap 95. And the race is scheduled to finish at the end of Lap 160, barring an Overtime finish.

The winner of Stages 1 and 2 will be awarded one Playoff Point, and the overall race winner will be awarded five Playoff Points. The Playoff Points will be added to the reseeded point totals if the drivers make it into the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, and will be carried through each round of the Playoffs.

Ryan Blaney is the defending winner of this event, and Denny Hamlin is the all-time winningest driver in Pocono Raceway history as he has seven career victories at the Tricky Triangle.

William Byron Will Not Go to Backup Car After Qualifying Crash

The race weekend at Pocono Raceway got off to a fast start for William Byron, who led the way in NASCAR Cup Series practice in his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. However, things spiraled out of control, literally and figuratively, in qualifying.

As he was making his timed lap around the 2.5-mile triangle, Byron lost control of his car off of the tunnel turn. Byron's car would scrape the outside wall with the right side, which briefly helped him stabilize his car, but he could not keep it wrangled, and would spin to the inside of the track.

Byron's incident would conclude with a hard shot into the inside wall with the front end of his No. 24 Chevrolet.

While it looked initially like the No. 24 team would have to prepare a backup car for Sunday's race, Rudy Fugle and the rest of the crew concluded that they could repair the primary car, which showed so much speed before the qualifying crash.

Byron clocked in 31st-fastest in the qualifying session, but due to unapproved adjustments for the crash damage, he was going to have to drop to the rear of the field regardless before the start of Sunday's race.

Denny Hamlin Takes Pole in First Race Back Since Birth of Son

After his week off last weekend due to the birth of his third child, son Jameson, Denny Hamlin is back and he's showing no signs of rust. The driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota streaked to the pole position for Sunday's The Great American Getaway 400 at Pocono Raceway with a lap time of 52.144 seconds (172.599 mph) in Saturday's qualifying session.

Hamlin was able to best Chris Buescher by a margin of 0.083 to collect his 44th career NASCAR Cup Series pole position.

Carson Hocevar, who has been embroiled in multiple controversies in recent weeks, will start from the third position on Sunday.

The Great American Getaway 400 Starting Lineup

Pos

Car

Driver

Team

Manufacturer

1

11

Denny Hamlin

Joe Gibbs Racing

Toyota

2

17

Chris Buescher

RFK Racing

Ford

3

77

Carson Hocevar

Spire Motorsports

Chevrolet

4

42

John Hunter Nemechek

LEGACY MOTOR CLUB

Toyota

5

41

Cole Custer

Haas Factory Team

Ford

6

19

Chase Briscoe

Joe Gibbs Racing

Toyota

7

54

Ty Gibbs

Joe Gibbs Racing

Toyota

8

45

Tyler Reddick

23XI Racing

Toyota

9

20

Christopher Bell

Joe Gibbs Racing

Toyota

10

99

Daniel Suarez

Trackhouse Racing

Chevrolet

Click here for the complete official starting lineup.

Cody Ware (Crash), Josh Berry (Broken Diffuser), Bubba Wallace (Starter) Unable to Take Qualifying Laps

Prior to Saturday's qualifying session at Pocono Raceway, two drivers and teams encountered problems on track that prevented them from being able to post a lap in qualifying for Sunday's The Great American Getaway 400.

Cody Ware lost control of his No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford Mustang Dark Horse on the exit of Turn 3 during Group 1 practice.

Josh Berry was also scratched from qualifying when his No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford Mustang Dark Horse bottomed out hard on a big bump in the track surface. As Berry's car landed back on the track surface, the diffuser suffered damage, which required repairs in the garage.

Once qualifying began, Bubba Wallace, who was second-fastest in Saturday's practice session, was unable to make it onto the track as his car wouldn't start from the qualifying grid on pit road. According to Wallace's crew chief Charles Denike, the No. 23 Toyota suffered an issue with the starter, which kept the car from turning over.

Brennan Poole also didn't compete in qualifying as the No. 44 NY Racing Team Chevrolet failed pre-race inspection three times. As a result, Poole wasn't allowed to participate in qualifying, will have to drop to the rear of the field before the race, and will be required to serve a pass-through penalty after the green flag on Sunday.

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