Results and 3 takeaways from Sunday’s Pocono 400

Martin Truex Jr. won the Pocono 400 on Sunday, his second win of the season, but there are other implications from the race as well. Here are the three biggest takeaways from Pocono Raceway: 1. About time for Truex to notch another win Truex had recorded back-to-back second-place finishes the last two weekends, so it felt right timing-wise for him to notch another win this season. Truex hasn’t been nearly as dominant in 2018 as he was in last season’s championship season, but replicating that level of success isn’t easy. With the recent run of form from him and the rest of the No. 78 team, it’s starting to feel like Truex’s luck is changing, though. He now joins Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick as the only multitime winners this season. But more importantly? He seems to be joining them as one of this year’s elite drivers. 2. Harvick and Busch, even in defeat, didn’t let up Another footnote that should be mentioned along with Truex’s win is how exactly he did that: by holding off Busch and Harvick, by far and away this season’s top two drivers. Harvick actually led the most laps Sunday, but a few late restarts for cautions left both of them behind Truex and unable to catch up. But that doesn’t mean their Top 5 finishes should be ignored in any way. 3. An early look at the

championship four? Right, so Truex, Harvick and Busch are the only drivers to have won multiple times this season. That’s impressive. Very much so, really. And it’s part of what makes them three of the favorites to return to this season’s championship race in November at Homestead (they all also made it in 2017).