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Winners, losers from NASCAR weekend at Pocono Raceway

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Winners, losers from NASCAR weekend at Pocono Raceway

A look at the winners and losers at Pocono Raceway:

WINNERS

Ryan Blaney — The reigning Cup champion earned his second win in the past five weeks and it came at the track where he won his first Cup race in 2017.

Team Penske — Just hours after the organization swept the IndyCar doubleheader at Iowa (Scott McLaughlin won on Saturday night and Will Power won on Sunday afternoon), Team Penske won at Pocono for the first time since 2011. Along with Ryan Blaney’s victory, Joey Logano finished fifth and earned his first top-five at Pocono since 2016.

Denny Hamlin — The second place ends his streak of five consecutive finishes outside the top 10.

Alex Bowman — A week after winning the Chicago Street Race to snap an 80-race winless streak, he finished third.

Cole Custer — The reigning Xfinity Series champion won his first race of the season and gave Ford Performance its first Xfinity victory of the year.

LOSERS

Kyle Busch — Contact with Corey LaJoie wrecked Busch and ended his race. It is the fifth time in the past seven races that Busch has failed to finish the race.

Ross Chastain — He crashed and finished 36th. Chastain holds the final playoff spot with five races remaining in the regular season.

Todd Gilliland — He hit the wall after a mechanical problem and finished 34th, breaking his streak of nine consecutive top-20 finishes.

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