Overview:
Carson Brown acquitted himself well in his first outing at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway, finishing third in Friday’s Sunset Hill Shooting Range 150 ARCA Menards Series race at the aptly named “Tricky Triangle.” At 2.5 miles in length, Pocono is 1.5 miles longer than any previous oval Brown had ever competed on, and the first triangle he had experienced in his burgeoning racing career. Yet Brown assimilated quickly to Pocono’s quirky layout, qualifying fifth and then running as high as second in the 60-lap contest. With three distinct corners and a mammoth 3,740-foot frontstretch, Pocono delivers high speeds and heightened aerodynamics as the collective wake of 24 cars creates buffering not felt on the tracks Brown had experienced prior to Friday. After starting fifth, he dropped to seventh after 10 laps, but soon found his footing as the race wore on. A pit stop on lap 22 aided the handling of his No. 28 Distributor Wire & Cable Chevrolet from Pinnacle Racing Group (PRG), and by the time of the mandatory mid-race break, Brown had climbed back to third. In the final half of the race, Brown was able to track down Jake Bollman and take second place with eight laps to go. However, a hard-charging Gavan Boschele was soon on Brown’s bumper. Despite doing a yeoman’s job of holding off Boschele, Brown had to give up second as his Chevrolet slipped through the track’s Tunnel Turn on the penultimate lap, providing the opening Boschele needed. Brown finished a comfortable third, with Boschele ending up 14.342 seconds behind winner Gio Ruggiero.
Carson Brown, driver of the No. 28 Distributor Wire & Cable Chevrolet for Pinnacle Racing Group: …