Despite Lackluster Pocono Record, Justin Haley May Be a Worthy Underdog Pick
5 months agoJustin Haley has been one of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season's quietest revelations. He and new crew chief, Chris Lawson, have taken a once-disreputable Rick Ware Racing and turned them into regular contenders for lead lap finishes, even giving the team its first top-10 on non-drafting ovals at Darlington and Gateway. They've also had several other recent races where they were in the top 10 at some point along with six top-20s in the last nine races, heretofore unheard of for the fledgling operation. Although Haley has never finished better than 21st at Pocono in the NASCAR Cup Series, he and Lawson have been running well at almost every track and he recently had his best career finishes at Gateway, Iowa, and Kansas, which means it would be fairly reasonable to expect him to do the same at Pocono this weekend.
Source: Racing Reference
Source: Racing Reference