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The race may be long and in the middle of nowhere, but Pocono looks good

By Terry Blount
ESPN.com

Friday, August 1, 2008

LONG POND, Pa. -- Pocono never looked so good. Then again, Siberia would look good this week after NASCAR experienced one of its most embarrassing moments with the tire-tearing Allstate 400 at the Brickyard. So even the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 (a ridiculously long title that's fitting for a race that's ridiculously too long) on the old Pocono triangle, looks like a private beach on a Fijian island by comparison. Unlike Indy, Pocono is a place where NASCAR held an open test this year ...

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