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Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon - NASCAR's two most popular drivers - didn't exactly give Pocono Raceway a ringing endorsement following a two-day NASCAR test. "The track needs to be repaved. It's real, real rough. It's real rough," Earnhardt Jr. said. "They paved this little strip in Turn 3 in the third groove and we were all running around on it. It was real funny. "By the end of the test everybody was running there. That's going to be slightly amusing, I think, to see in the race." Gordon was far more poignant with his comments. "I love the Mattiolis and I'm a huge supporter of them, but their race track is outdated. It needs a ton of upgrades," Gordon said. "I think that the fact that it's in the Northeast is a positive thing, but I'm shocked that they've had two races as long as they have and I'll be surprised if that stays that way for the future just because of the way this sport's grown and the markets that we need to be in."

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Dale Earnhardt Jr., AP Dale Earnhardt Jr., AP
June 2, 2008  08:19 AM ET

Uh Oh, I wonder if Smith got Jeffy on his side to take a race away from Pocono? If he got Jeffy on his side he knows Nascar will listen to him and take away one of the races and move it to one of his tracks, if they do take a race from Pocono I hope it does'nt go to that little tyrant.

June 2, 2008  08:23 AM ET

Add a Dirt track race. That would be a ball.

June 2, 2008  08:41 AM ET

Good one Jack, but they got one, non-points race at Eldora

June 2, 2008  08:46 AM ET

Forget repaving it, Pocono is a darn boring race and it should lose one of its dates if not both.

June 2, 2008  09:15 AM ET

jackmanrob -- now I know you're old school!! Agree ... Dirts for racin' -- Asphalts for gettin' there....LOL

June 2, 2008  09:16 AM ET

NASCAR cant run at every track in the USA. But Pocono should only have 1 race.

June 2, 2008  09:21 AM ET

Pocono is for the birds (crows) none of the drivers want to race
there anymore,Jackman has the right idea , turn the whole
thing into a big dirt track,let the modified's have it.If you go on
line (Google)and ask for pictures of the track you will see why.

June 2, 2008  09:40 AM ET

I always thought Pocono is about honeymoons and heart shaped beds. I am sure Nascar would hate to pull a race from the NE.

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June 2, 2008  10:06 AM ET

Remember the wrecks Jr, Park, and Gordon had there? Nasty.

June 2, 2008  10:09 AM ET

They could repave Pocono and paint parking lot lines on it. That track should be a lot more interesting than it is.

June 2, 2008  10:17 AM ET

It will eventually happen all over Nascar that the tracks will have one race a year or at best alternate years when they have 2 races at one track. The way the sport is growing and the way these bozos with money think getting one race will make their year keep on building tracks and then lobying Nascar for a race is getting out of hand. especialy with a half pint little tard like Smith.

June 2, 2008  10:19 AM ET

by the way, i agree pocono is one of the best tracks to loose a race, espeacialy since it is like only 2 months between the 2 they got.

June 2, 2008  11:09 AM ET

Most 1.5 miles should get one race, with the exception of Charlotte and Atl. All short tracks should get two dates along with the superspeedways mainly Dega and Daytona. Pocono should definitely go.

June 2, 2008  11:21 AM ET

I am with you nascarzorin.....love the short tracks and restrictor. Pocono is a unique congifuration, just seems no one wants to watch this race.

June 2, 2008  12:05 PM ET

I've been complaining about Pocono for years. Move on, NASCAR, move on.

June 2, 2008  01:34 PM ET

Pocono is a boring track....Nascar needs to add either another road course or a short track...

The short tracks create more excitement and better "racin" for the fans.

June 2, 2008  02:45 PM ET

I agree Jeff another road course in the place of Pocono would be great, especially after the road racing we saw last year.

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