Motorsports
Gearing up for a busy NASCAR weekend in the Poconos
Thousands of people are starting to make their way to the Poconos for the big NASCAR weekend. Pocono Raceway started welcoming fans to the infield this afternoon. MONROE COUNTY, Pa. — The RVs are rolling into Pocono Raceway near Long Pond for another weekend of NASCAR races. Judy Murech of Tunkhannock says this is the […]

Thousands of people are starting to make their way to the Poconos for the big NASCAR weekend. Pocono Raceway started welcoming fans to the infield this afternoon.
MONROE COUNTY, Pa. — The RVs are rolling into Pocono Raceway near Long Pond for another weekend of NASCAR races.
Judy Murech of Tunkhannock says this is the third year her family has camped out here. When Newswatch 16 stopped by, the family was putting the final touches on their site with an American flag.
Murech says a lot of planning goes into the weekend.
“It’s taken a couple weeks at home getting things set up and packed, and the last minutes this morning before pulling out the door, ‘Do you have this?, do you have that?,’ so it’s been a couple week process and a couple hours here,” said Murech.
With all of the rain we’ve had in the weeks leading up to NASCAR weekend, fans say they didn’t know what to expect when they got to their campsites.
“We were expecting a swamp, and that is what it looked like when we checked in, but I think we got two of the best sites here, because it is pretty solid,” said Murech.
“It was actually not bad, it was muddy out front, but that’s about it. We came in here and it wasn’t a puddle, and thankfully our neighbors next door lent us a lawn mower,” said Jack Hollar of East Stroudsburg.
These fans are here to see the drivers take to the tricky triangle for three races.
Officials with Pocono Raceway say all 3,400 campsites in the infield are sold out. For fans, once the sites are set up, it’s time to have some fun.
“Bring the camper, we bring a lot of stuff with us, it’s a lot, but it’s not terrible work. It’s fun to set up then play cornhole out here,” said Hollar.
Tickets for Friday and Saturday are still available. Pocono Raceway officials say tickets for Sunday’s Great American Getaway 400 are limited.