NASCAR One & Done Picks for Pocono

The NASCAR Cup Series will try to pull off the double-header at Pocono Raceway this week. The cars will compete Saturday at the “Tricky Triangle” and then do it again Sunday. This is a good track to take a chance with some drivers from the mid-tier of the driver rankings. The Pocono Organics 325 can be seen Sunday at 3:30 p.m. ET on Fox.

Last Race: Not sure what to think about the One & Done pick at Talladega. Corey Lajoie finished 16^th but he gave up on his lap in turn four to push Bubba Wallace to the finish when his car ran out of gas. I would have liked to have gotten a top-10 out of Lajoie but I understand his reasoning. He said he was not competing for the Championship and could not leave a man stranded.

Here are my picks for the Pocono Organics 325 …

*Pick Driver Once*			*Pick Driver Twice*
Race	Driver	Result	Race	Driver	Result
Daytona	David Ragan	4^th	Daytona	Ricky Stenhouse	20^th
Las Vegas	Ross Chastain	27^th	Las Vegas	Joey Logano	1^st
Auto Club	Ryan Blaney	19^th	Auto Club	Ryan Blaney	19^th
Phoenix	Kevin Harvick	2^nd	Phoenix	Kevin Harvick	2^nd
Darlington	Brad Keselowski	13^th	Darlington	Brad Keselowski	13^th
Darlington	Erik Jones	5^th	Darlington	Erik Jones	5^th
Charlotte	Martin Truex Jr.	6^th	Charlotte	Martin Truex Jr.	6^th
Charlotte	Alex Bowman	31^st	Charlotte	Alex Bowman	31^st
Bristol	M. DiBenedetto	31^st	Bristol	Kurt Busch	7^th
Atlanta	Clint Bowyer	20^th	Atlanta	Chase Elliott	8^th
Martinsville	Aric Almirola	33^rd	Martinsville	Brad Keselowski	3^rd
Homestead	Tyler Reddick	4^th	Homestead	Jimmie Johnson	16^th
Talladega	Corey LaJoie	16^th	Talladega	Aric Almirola	3^rd
Pocono 1	William Byron	?	Pocono 1	Erik Jones	?
Pocono 2			Pocono 2
Indianapolis			Indianapolis
Kentucky			Kentucky
Texas			Texas
Kansas			Kansas
Loudon			Loudon

My One & Done Pick for Pocono: William Byron

Pocono Raceway is a speed track that puts a lot of pressure on the crew chief to set up the car to navigate the three different types of corners (that is why they call it the Tricky Triangle). Hendrick Motorsports has had a lot of speed in 2020 and Chad Knaus knows this track better than most crew chiefs. It is also the best track for William Byron. He has finished 4^th, 9^th, 6^th and 18^th in his 4 races at the track. Last year he started dead last and finished 4^th. I will take my chances with the No. 24 car Saturday.

I will use Erik Jones in the games where you can use a driver more than once. Joe Gibbs Racing dominated the races at Pocono last year. Kyle Busch won the first race and their cars finished No. 1 (Denny Hamlin), No. 2 (Erik Jones) and No. 3 (Martin Truex Jr.) in the second race. Jones has competed in 6 races at Pocono. He finished 2^nd, 3^rd, 5^th, 29^th (engine problems), 8^th and 3^rd. This is his second-best track (behind Darlington) so I will use the No. 20 car Saturday.

Good luck this week!

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