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This week's Sprint Cup race

Facts and figures about Sunday's race at Pocono.

THIS WEEK'S RACE

Axalta "We Paint Winners" 400

Pocono Raceway

Long Pond, Pa.

When: 1 p.m. Sunday

TV/Radio: Fox Sports 1/WNPV (1440-AM)

Course: 2.5-mile tri-oval

Distance: 160 laps/400 miles

Forecast: low 70s, thunderstorms

Last year's winner: Martin Truex Jr.

Last year's pole: Kurt Busch, 177.599 mph

Track qualifying record: Kyle Larson, 183.438 mph (August 2014)

Track facts: Greg Biffle crew chief Brian Pattie was fined $50,000 and suspended for all the activities through June 15 for infractions at Charlotte. Biffle was docked 15 driver points. AJ Allmendinger crew chief Randall Burnett and Kurt Busch crew chief Tony Gibson were fined $20,000 and suspended for Pocono for not having properly affixed lug nuts at Charlotte. Tony Stewart crew chief Mike Bugarewicz was placed on probation through Dec. 31 for body design infractions . . . Pocono and Charlotte are the only current Sprint Cup series tracks where Kyle Busch (37 career Cup victories) has not won. Busch is 0-for-22 at Pocono. In the last four years, his best Pocono finish is sixth (2013). His best overall finishes at the track are two seconds, in 2010 and '11 . . . In Kurt Busch's last seven races this season he has four top-five finishes and three top 10s . . . Truex led the most laps, 97, including 66 of last 67, to win last year's race. Kevin Harvick (39 laps led) was second . . . An ARCA series race is set for Friday at 5:45 p.m.

Wins: Kyle Busch, 3; Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski, 2 each; Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth and Martin Truex Jr., 1 each.

Points

1. Kevin Harvick. . . 457

2. Kurt Busch. . . 421

3. Jimmie Johnson. . . 409

4. Kyle Busch. . . 405

5. Brad Keselowski. . . 404

6. Carl Edwards. . . 404

7. Martin Truex Jr. . . 381

8. Chase Elliott. . . 374

9. Joey Logano. . . 373

10. Matt Kenseth. . . 347

11. Denny Hamlin. . . 345

12. Austin Dillon. . . 344

13. Dale Earnhardt Jr.. . . 341

14. Jamie McMurray. . . 318

15. Ryan Newman. . . 309

16. Ryan Blaney. . . 309

17. AJ Allmendinger. . . 308

18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.. . . 299

19. Trevor Bayne. . . 291

20. Kasey Kahne. . . 290

Up next: Firekeepers Casino 400, June 12, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Mich., 1 p.m.; TV: Fox Sports 1.