NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono: Live updates, highlights, leaderboard for The Great American Getaway 400

LONG POND, PENNSYLVANIA - JUNE 22: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 Progressive Toyota, leads the field to the green flag to start the NASCAR Cup Series The Great American Getaway 400 at Pocono Raceway on June 22, 2025 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)

The NASCAR Cup Series takes on one of the schedule's most unique tracks with The Great American Getaway 400 on June 22 at Pocono Raceway.

The three-turn triangle-shaped track features three very different corners which will test drivers all afternoon.

Denny Hamlin, the driver who has won the most at Pocono all-time, is on the pole. After crashing in qualifying on June 21, regular-season points leader William Byron will start outside the top 30. Bubba Wallace will join Byron at the back of the field after his car wouldn't start for qualifying.

The in-season tournament bracket will be set following the results of Sunday's race, with the best finish from the Michigan, Mexico City and Pocono races making up the seeding.

Follow along with our live race updates, with green flag set for sometime after the track dries at Pocono.

NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono: Live updates, highlights, live leaderboard for The Great American Getaway 400

Chase Briscoe wins at Pocono

Chase Briscoe saves enough and holds off Denny Hamlin and Ryan Blaney to win at Pocono. Briscoe will be in the playoffs in Year 1 at Joe Gibbs Racing.

The top 10:

1. Chase Briscoe
2. Denny Hamlin
3. Ryan Blaney
4. Chris Buescher
5. Chase Elliott
6. John Hunter Nemechek
7. Kyle Larson
8. Ryan Preece
9. Brad Keselowski
10. Austin Cindric

John Hunter Nemechek has another top-10 run, while all three RFK Racing Fords finish in the top 10. What could have been for Brad Keselowski today if not for two unfortunate mishaps in strategy.

Lap 157 Chase Briscoe is four laps away

Chase Briscoe is four laps away from his first win at Joe Gibbs Racing, with Denny Hamlin still about a half-second behind. Chris Buescher has passed Chase Elliott for fourth.

Lap 150: Chase Briscoe steady in front

Chase Briscoe is steady in front, with he and second-place Denny Hamlin trying to manage fuel. Ryan Blaney is still about a second behind.

Lap 140: Chase Briscoe playing the fuel saving game

Chase Briscoe leads Denny Hamlin by a half second, with Ryan Blaney closing in on Hamlin and Chase Elliott closing in on Blaney.

Lap 132: Chase Briscoe leads

Chase Briscoe holds off Denny Hamlin for the lead. Briscoe was told before the restart that he would be OK on fuel if there's another caution. We'll see about that.

Ryan Blaney and Chase Elliott are just behind, with Chris Buescher in fifth.

Lap 125: Caution is out!

Shane van Gisbergen spins off of turn 1 to produce a caution. SVG lightly backs into the wall. Brad Keselowski's pit strategy won't work out. He'll have to pit under caution and lose a lot of track position.

The running order after stops under caution: Chase Briscoe, with Denny Hamlin, Chris Buescher, Ryan Blaney and Chase Elliott behind. Briscoe's team tells him to save big time after a short (too quick?) stop previously.

New leader: Brad Keselowski, but....

Brad Keselowski takes the lead with 36 laps to go but has to pit again. Chase Briscoe leads among the drivers who pitted.

Final green flag stops underway

Austin Cindric, from sixth, pits to start the final pit cycle. One lap later, with 41 laps to go, is leader Chase Briscoe.

Lap 102: Chase Briscoe holds onto the lead, but for how long?

Chase Briscoe holds onto the lead, but Chris Buescher moves into second with Denny Hamlin and Chase Elliott behind him. That'll be a test for the driver of the No. 19 Toyota.

Chase Briscoe wins Stage 2

Chase Briscoe holds off Josh Berry for the Stage 2 win and the playoff point.

The top 10:

1. Chase Briscoe
2. Josh Berry
3. Chase Elliott
4. William Byron
5. Chris Buescher
6. Denny Hamlin
7. Austin Cindric
8. Ryan Blaney
9. Kyle Larson
10. Carson Hocevar

Hamlin and Buescher have not been at the front since the start, while Elliott has not been up this high in the running order all day. If strategy shakes out in their favor, they are the three cars likely to race for the win. Still plenty of racing to go.

Brad Keselowski pitted before the end of the stage, but everyone still has to pit at least one more time.

Lap 90: Chase Briscoe holds the lead

Chase Briscoe keeps the lead, while Ricky Stenhouse Jr. slips back to fifth behind Josh Berry, William Byron and Chase Elliott.

Admittedly, there's no telling what pit strategy will work by the end of the day. There are so many.

Tyler Reddick to the garage with brake issues

Tyler Reddick is in the garage, with his team looking at the right-front side of the car for a possible brake issue. A clean sweep of brake issues for 23XI.

He does make it back to pit road by the time of the green flag, but he'll be two laps down.

Lap 83: Caution for multi-car incident involving Kyle Busch, Christopher Bell, others

Kyle Busch and Todd Gilliland get together and spin off the tunnel turn, and Christopher Bell, SVG and Ty Dillon are also involved. Caution is out.

Chase Briscoe leads Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Carson Hocevar. 12 to go in Stage 2.

Lap 75: Michael McDowell also has brake issues

Michael McDowell's brake rotors expire just off of turn 3 and onto the frontstretch, and it cuts a tire down. No caution as McDowell limps around and to the garage.

That is the third brake failure, at least, today.

Lap 63: Running order shaken up by pit strategy, with Alex Bowman in the lead

Alex Bowman assumes the lead and controls it on the restart, with Joey Logano in second and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Carson Hocevar behind them. That's one to watch.

Lap 58: Brad Keselowski inexplicably pits while pit road is closed

From the lead, Brad Keselowski pits with pit road closed. His team is not happy atop the pit box. He'll start at the tail end of the pack on the restart.

Keselowski's team says there were a lot of voices talking about coming down pit road or not.

"Good chance this comes right back to us," Keselowski tells his team.

Lap 55: Bubba Wallace hits the wall in the tunnel turn

Bubba Wallace has a problem into the tunnel turn and pounds the wall. Caution is out. Big time hit for Wallace after the brake rotor virtually exploded. Wallace drives to the garage; he's out of the car and not happy.

That's two 23XI Racing cars out due to cut tires and brake issues in the second stage.

Lap 50: William Byron, Chase Elliott to the top five

Chase Elliott is up to fifth on the restart, ahead of Ty Gibbs. William Byron is up to third after a stellar restart. Cars are moving up or down in chunks of positions during these restarts behind the leaders. Brad Keselowski remains the leader ahead of Carson Hocevar.

Lap 42: Riley Herbst crashes

Caution is out for Riley Herbst, who hits the wall hard in turn 1. A tire went down just as he entered the first corner. He'll be done for the day.

Lap 36: Brad Keselowski leads

Brad Keselowski, the top driver running among those who pitted before the end of the stage, leads and holds it through the restart. Carson Hocevar is second.

Denny Hamlin moves up four spots to sixth on the restart. Chase Elliott moves into the top 10, in eighth. Chris Buescher is back to 10th.

Denny Hamlin wins Stage 1

The top four cars stay out, while the majority behind them in the top 10 come in before the end of the stage.

Denny Hamlin wins Stage 1 ahead of Chris Buescher. The top 10:

1. Denny Hamlin
2. Chris Buescher
3. Tyler Reddick
4. Chase Briscoe
5. Erik Jones
6. Zane Smith
7. Joey Logano
8. Chase Elliott
9. William Byron
10. Alex Bowman

Lap 20: Carson Hocevar struggling

Carson Hocevar tells his team that he is very loose in turn 3, and he may have made contact with the wall after nearly wrecking off the corner. His team tells him that the fenders look OK. He is back to 4th and may be in danger of falling back a couple more spots before a possible pit stop.

Lap 15: Some early-race check ins

For drivers who struggled in Saturday's qualifying:

• William Byron started at the rear of the field after his team repaired his wrecked race car after a qualifying wreck, and he is up to 19th.
• Josh Berry did not make a qualifying run on Saturday, and is up to 29th.
• Bubba Wallace also started at the rear following an issue with starting the car during qualifying. He is 30th after starting 34th.

Meanwhile, Ryan Blaney has lost four positions during the first run and is 24th.

Lap 7: Chris Buescher pushing for the lead

Denny Hamlin leads the first six laps unencumbered, but Chris Buescher is now on his bumper. The first stage is 30 laps, and a lot of teams will pit before the end of the stage to play track position. We'll see what those two do in about 20 laps, with Buescher racing for points near the playoff cutoff as much as he is a win.

Green flag!

Denny Hamlin clears off of turn 1 for the lead, with Chris Buescher in second. Carson Hocevar slots into third. Not a good start for John Hunter Nemechek, who got shuffled back in the bad end of a three-wide scrap and is back to 10th.

Engines fired at Pocono

New NASCAR Hall of Famer Kurt Busch gives the command, and engines are fired at Pocono. Should have plenty of daylight to get the race in barring any pop-up showers or a lengthy red flag.

Sunny skies at Pocono

NASCAR Pocono race delay update: New start time

NASCAR is targeting a 4:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. CT green flag. The radar is clearing, and the track is drying.

NASCAR Pocono race delay: Won't start on time

A lightning hold was lifted at about 12:35 p.m. CT, allowing for track-drying efforts to begin at Pocono. But there are still scattered showers and thunderstorms to dodge in the area. A reminder: Pocono Raceway does not have lights, and sunset is set for about 8:37 p.m. ET/7:37 p.m. CT.

Denny Hamlin on the pole; full NASCAR Cup Series Pocono starting lineup

Denny Hamlin is on the pole for Sunday's race, with Chris Buescher joining him on the front row.

The top 10:

1. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
2. Chris Buescher, No. 17 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford
3. Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
4. John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
5. Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Ford
6. Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
7. Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
8. Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota
9. Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
10. Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

NASCAR race radio coverage: How to listen to NASCAR Cup race at Pocono

The Great American Getaway 400 will be aired on the radio by the Motor Racing Network. MRN has affiliates all across the country, and their feed can also be streamed on NASCAR.com as well as the NASCAR app. The race can also be heard on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, channel 90.

NASCAR Pocono race TV schedule, start time

• Green Flag Time:  Approx. 1:20 p.m. CT on Sunday, June 22
• Track: Pocono Raceway (2.5-mile triangular oval) in Long Pond, Pennsylvania
• Length:  160 laps, 400 miles
• Stages:  30 laps, 65 laps, 65 laps
• TV coverage: Amazon Prime Video (streaming) (Watch Amazon Prime with a free trial)
• Radio:  MRN
• Streaming: Amazon Prime Video (subscription required); MAX app for in-car cameras (subscription required); NASCAR.com and SiriusXM on Channel 90 for audio (subscription required)

The Great American Getaway 400 will be broadcast nationally via streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Other streaming options for the race include MAX for in-car cameras for each driver.

Recent NASCAR Cup Series winners at Pocono

• 2024: Ryan Blaney
• 2023: Denny Hamlin
• 2022: Chase Elliott
• 2021 doubleheader race No. 2: Kyle Busch
• 2021 doubleheader race No. 1: Alex Bowman

This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono: Live updates, highlights, leaderboard for The Great American Getaway 400