In part two of a triple header weekend, the Xfinity Series takes on the “tricky triangle” of Pocono Raceway for the Explore the Pocono Mountains 225.

Thirty-nine teams brought cars to Pocono for a 38 spot starting grid.

The Xfinity Series has seen seven different winners this season with eight races remaining in the regular season.

On an early Saturday morning, the drivers take to the track for a 20 minute practice session before making a single qualifying lap around the two and a half mile track.

Ronnie Bassett Jr is the first car on the track to make a qualifying run and posts a time of 55.366 seconds.

With a two and a half mile track, NASCAR is sending drivers out on the track three at a time 15 seconds apart to make their qualifying runs.

IndyCar driver Sage Karam makes a return to Pocono after a seven year absence after being involved in a wreck in an IndyCar race that resulted in the death of a fellow driver Justin Wilson.

After a wreck during practice, Brennan Poole does not make a qualifying run and did not make the race.  JJ Yeley also did not make a qualifying run but will make the race.

Sammy Smith is the first driver to break the 54 second mark with a time of 53.620 seconds; beating Noah Gragson’s time by over half a second to put him at the top of the board.

Several of the teams are reporting that the cars are pegging the water temperature line on their qualifying runs.

After winning the race at New Hampshire last week, Justin Allgaier posts a time of 53.359 to put his number seven car on the pole with Ty Gibbs starting alongside on the front row.  This is Allgaier’s seventh career pole.

The starting lineup for the Explore the Pocono Mountains 225:
Justin Allgaier
Ty Gibbs
Brandon Jones
AJ Allmendinger
Sammy Smith
Sheldon Creed
Josh Berry
Austin Hill
Noah Gragson
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Santino Ferrucci
Sam Mayer
Daniel Hemric
Riley Herbst
Ryan Sieg
Cole Custer
Brett Moffitt
Jeremy Clements
Jeb Burton
Kyle Sieg
Landon Cassill
Alex Labbe
Bayley Currey
Anthony Alfredo
Kyle Weatherman
Brandon Brown
Sage Karam
Myatt Snider
Mason Massey
Sefan Parsons
Ronnie Bassett Jr
Rajah Caruth
Josh Williams
David Starr
Ryan Vargas
Patrick Emerling
Timmy Hill
JJ Yeley

Cole Custer is the only driver in the field who has won a race at Pocono.

Stage one and two of the race are 20 laps each with stage three lasting 50 laps for a total of 90 laps around the two and a half mile track.

Noah Gragson is reporting that his clutch is a bit sticky.

Justin Allgaier brings the field down for the green flag start of the race from the outside lane and goes side by side with Justin Allgaier before Allgaier takes the lead.

AJ Allmendinger bushes the wall but the track stays green.

And for the first time in seven years, Sage Karem makes it through turn one after the fatal accident in an IndyCar.  Karam noted that he felt it would help him with the healing process.

Lap two, Justin Allgaier has a third of a second lead on Ty Gibbs.

Alex Labbe and Rajah Caruth bring out the caution flag on lap two when they get into a big crash and hit the  inside wall after Caruth got into Labbe’s rear left quarter.  Labbe’s car got airborne and spun in the air.  Both drivers are out of their cars…and out of the race.

Sam Mayer has to make an unscheduled trip down pit road with a flat tire.

Justin Allgaier brings the field down for the green flag restart on lap eight from the outside lane and jumps out in front for the lead.

The top five are Justin Allgaier, Ty Gibbs, Brandon Jones, AJ Allmendinger, and Sheldon Creed.

Ty Gibbs has dropped out of the top five.

Lap nine, Justin Allgaier has a third of a second lead on Brandon Jones; AJ Allmendinger, Sheldon Creed, and Austin Hill round out the top five.

Lap 10, Sage Karam brushes the wall in turn one but the track stays green.

Lap eleven, Justin Allgaier has pulled out to a lead of over a second on Brandon Jones; AJ Allmendinger, Sheldon Creed, and Austin Hill round out the top five.

Rajah Caruth admits that he “just messed up” and is mad at himself for wrecking.

Ty Gibbs has re-entered the top five.

Lap 14, Justin Allgaier has a lead of nearly a second and a half on Brandon Jones; AJ Allmendinger, Sheldon Creed, and Ty Gibbs round out the top five.

Lap 16, Justin Allgaier has a near second and a half lead on Brandon Jones; AJ Allmendinger, Sheldon Creed, and Ty Gibbs round out the top five.

With a lead of nearly a second and a half, Justin Allgaier wins stage one for his sixth stage win of the season.

The top 10 at the end of stage one:
Justin Allgaier
Brandon Jones
AJ Allmendinger
Ty Gibbs
Sheldon Creed
Josh Berry
Noah Gragson
Sammy Smith
Daniel Hemric
Austin Hill

Anthony Alfredo is the only driver not to come down pit road.

Brandon the race off of pit road after Justin Allgaier lost several spots after a jack issue.

Riley Herbst had an extended pit stop with the hood up after reporting an issue with the car.

Anthony Alfredo brings the field down for the green flag start of stage two on lap 26 and gets out in front for the lead.

Driver spread out across the track.

Noah Gragson passes Anthony Alfredo for the lead.

The top five are Noah Gragson, Ty Gibbs, Josh Berry Brandon Joes, and Sheldon Creed. 

Justin Allgaier makes it a three wide battle to take seventh place.  After starting the race in eleventh, he is just outside the top five in sixth place.

Lap 29, Sam Mayer makes a second trip down pit road with a tire issue.

Lap 30, Justin Allgaier is back in the top five with team mate Noah Gragson leading the race.

Sam Mayer is the only driver on the track not on the lead lap.

Lap 31, Noah Gragson has just a tenth of a second lead on Ty Gibbs; Brandon Jones, Sheldon Creed, and Josh Berry round out the top five with Justin Allgaier in sixth.

Lap 35, the drivers have gotten single file and are spread out through the field with Noah Ggagson leading the way.

Lap 137, Noah Gragson has increased his lead to over a second on Ty Gibbs; Brandon Jones, Sheldon Creed, and Josh Berry round out the top five.

Justin Allgaier reports that his right rear is way overheated; adding that when they freed the car up, they freed it up in all the wrong places.

Noah Gragson wins stage two.

The top 10 at the end of stage two:
Noah Gragson
Ty Gibbs
Brandon Jones
Sheldon Creed
Josh Berry
Justin Allgaier
AJ Allmendinger
Landon Cassill
Daniel Hemric
Austin Hill

JR Motorsports drivers have 21 stage wins so far this season including 16 of the last 18 stages.

Drivers come down pit road except Austin Hill and Myatt Snider who stayed out on the track.  Noah Gragson wins the race off of pit road.

Austin Hill brings the field down for the green flag start of stage three from the outside lane with Austin Hill getting out in front but Noah Gragson comes up to take the lead.

Myatt Snider pulls out and waves off his stage three start after a report from Noah Gragson that something was sparking under the car.

The caution flag comes out on lap 47 after a big crash that puts Jeb Burton on his roof and sliding down the track.  A loud cheer comes from the crowd after the safety workers report that Jeb Burton is fine.  Safety workers will turn the car back upright before getting burton out of the car.  NASCAR has red flagged the race while they get Jeb Burton taken care of.  Ronnie Bassett Jr, Jeremy Clements, Ricky Stenhouse Jr and Santino Ferrucci were also involved with Ferrucci sending Burton into the wall and over on the roof.

The car is back on its wheels and Jeb Burton is out of the car and walking to the ambulance.

After a similar incident in 2015, Pocono extended the wall for safety issues; otherwise Burton would have hit the end of the pit road wall and the wreck could have been much worse.

NASCAR has pulled the red flag and displayed the caution flag.  A few drivers come down pit road for service.

Santino Ferrucci is out of the infield care center and is fine.  In speaking with NBC Sports crew, Ferrucci said that he made a mistake.  An IndyCar driver, Ferrucci is unfamiliar with how the air flow works around the cars.

Jeb Burton is out of the infield care center and ok; he thanked the safety crew for taking care of him.

Noah Gragson brings the field down for the green flag restart  on lap 50 but it is Ty Gibbs that gets out in front for the lead.

The top five are Ty Gibbs, Sheldon Creed, Noah Gragson, Brandon Jones, and Daniel Hemric.

Sammy Smith brings out the caution flag on lap 53 when he spins out after getting loose.  The back of the car hit the wall.  Smith also said that he was trying to learn the air.

Several drivers come down pit road for service as they look to make it their final pit stop of the race.  After taking fuel only, Ty Gibbs wins the race off of pit road.  Noah Gragson in seventh is the first driver on four fresh tires.

Justin Allgaier was caught speeding on pit road.  It is his first speeding penalty of the season.

Brett Moffitt brings the field down for the green flag restart on lap 57 with Riley Herbst alongside. Herbst gets out in front for the lead as the drivers get three and four wide across the track.

The top five are Riley Herbst, Josh Berry, Sheldon Creed, Sam Mayer, and Brett Moffitt.  Noah Gragson has moved up from 12th to sixth since the race restart.

Riley Herbst leads the race with Josh Berry on his bumper and looking to challenge for the lead with 32 laps remaining in the race.

All 30 of the cars on the track are on the lead lap.

Lap 59, Riley Herbst leads the race with Josh Berry just a tenth of a second back; Sheldon Creed, Noah Gragson, and Ty Gibbs round out the top five.

Lap 60, Josh Berry passes Riley Herbst for the lead.

Lap 61, Noah Gragson passes Sheldon Creed for third.

After his speeding penalty, Justin Allgaier has moved up to 12th place.

Lap 64, Noah Gragson passes Riley Herbst for second with Josh Berry leading the race.

Lap 65, Josh Berry leads the race with Noah Gragson in second; Ty Gibbs, Riley Herbst, and Sheldon Creed round out the top five.

With 24 laps to go, Sheldon Creed and Riley Herbst battle for fourth.

Noah Gragson has closed the gap on leader Josh Berry and is now just a tenth of a second back.

With 23 to go, Noah Gragson begins to battle Josh Berry for the lead; Ty Gibbs is one second back in third.

Brandon Jones believes that he has a tire going down and has to come down pit road for fresh tires.

Lap 68, Noah Gragson passes Josh Berry for the lead and gets some cheers from the crowd.

Twenty to go!  Noah Gragson has a lead of just over half a second on Ty Gibbs; Josh Berry is one second back in third with Sheldon Creed and AJ Allmendinger rounding out the top five over five seconds back.

Justin Allgaier has entered the top 10.  He report a very tight condition in his car.

As evening falls and the sun begins to set, track and air temperatures are dropping.

Lap 75, Noah Gragson leads the race with Ty Gibbs in second; Josh Berry, AJ Allmendinger, and Sheldon Creed round out the top five.

Lap 76, Ty Gibbs has caught up to leader Noah Gragson and is beginning to challenge for the lead.

Lap 79, Noah Gragson has a lead of just a tenth of a second on Ty Gibbs; third place driver Josh Berry is nearly four seconds back with AJ Allmendinger and Sheldon Creed rounding out the top five.  All four of the JR Motorsports cars are in the top 10.

Ten to go and Noah Gragson has opened up the gap on Ty Gibbs to nearly a third of a second.

Lap 81, Ty Gibbs has closed the gap on leader Noah Gragson.

Lap 83, leaders are approaching slower traffic.

Ty Gibbs battles Noah Gragson for the lead, but so far Noah Gragson holds of Ty Gibbs.

Five to go, there are 25 cars on the lead lap with Noah Gragson just a tenth of a second in front of Ty Gibbs.

Three to go, Noah Gragson holds on to a very narrow lead on Ty Gibbs with Josh Berry in third five seconds back; AJ Allmendinger and Sheldon Creed round out the top five.

Noah Gragson takes the white flag with Ty Gibbs on his bumper.  Gibbs comes up to battle Gragson for the lead.  Gragson holds off Gibbs to hold on to the lead.

Noah Gragson wins the race for his third win of the season.  JR Motorsports drivers have won seven of the last eleven races.

Noah and the crew climbs the fence in celebration…all the way to the top!  Gragson tanked family, crew, and the fans.

The unofficial results of the Explore Pocono Mountains 225:
Noah Gragson
Ty Gibbs
Josh Berry
AJ Allmendinger
Sheldon Creed
Sam Mayer
Justin Allgaier
Austin Hill
Daniel Hemric
Cole Custer
Landon Cassill
Riley Herbst
Brandon Brown
Myatt Snider
Ryan Sieg
Anthony Alfredo
Brandon Jones
Brett Moffitt
Kyle Weatherman
Sage Karam
Josh Williams
Kyle Sieg
Stefan Parsons
Mason Massey
Ryan Vargas
Bayley Currey
David Starr
JJ Yeley
Patrick Emerling
Timmy Hill
Sammy Smith
Jeremy Clements
Jeb Burton
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Santino Ferrucci
Ronnie Bassett Jr
Alex Labbe
Rajah Caruth