Not 100% sure about the turns, but I did find this:
"Designed by two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Roger Ward, the raceway
is a tri-oval and features only three curves instead of the usual
four, each banked differently: a high-banked curve for stock cars, a
flat one for Indy cars and a mid-banked curve with a pitch that falls
between the other two. Because of the nature of the countryside and
its lack of symmetry, each curve, as well as three straightaways of
varied lengths, poses a challenge for drivers. Track investors
originally were hoping for a design similar to Daytona's or
Indianapolis' Motor Speedway, a goal that proved impossible to
accomplish. But Pocono Raceway provides an unmatched test of both
equipment and driver skill because race cars cannot be set up for any
one set of conditions; Pocono Raceway has them all."
Here's the full link:
http://www.academybb.com/PoconoRaceway.html
And here's another VERY good link about Pocono:
http://www.poconoraceway.com/history.html
Apparently the CART-USAC fight did bring some financial hard times to
Pocono, too . . . but I have always heard that it was the
infrastructure and the potential for serious injuries that Mears
suffered that really drove Indy cars away.
-- JB
> ok good to know...but....
>what the heck is the third track featured in the Pocono turns? Trenton?
>Ontario? Daytona? I can't find any info.
>dave (inquiring minds want to know) henrie
>> I don't think there were any USAC issues, but I do believe that the
>> wreck that nearly ended Rick Mears' career at Pocono had a lot to do
>> with why Indy cars quit racing at Pocono. There was a huge need for
>> infrastructure improvements -- like replacing the armco with proper
>> barriers for open-wheelers -- and Pocono never got around to doing any
>> of that.
>> -- JB
>> On Tue, 4 Sep 2001 18:35:08 -0400, "Wayne Hutchison"
>> >Hmmm...
>> >I always thought that turn 2 was a copy of a turn from Indy...
>> >Also, wasn't there some relationship between USAC and Pocono that
>prevented
>> >the CART cars from running there?
>> >Wayne Hutchison
>> >> Pocono was first an Indycar track. The turns supposedly model the
>big 3
>> >> tracks of the day...Turn one was a dead ringer for the Indy 500 track.
>> >Turn
>> >> two....I forget...:) and turn 3 was tight like Milwaukee.
>> >> However the Pocono track was way too bumpy due to the cold winters
>and
>> >> the Indy/Champ cars don't race there anymore.
>> >> I think Al Unser Sr. was the only guy to win all three 500 mile
>events
>> >in
>> >> one year....Indy, Pocono, and Ontario.
>> >> (or that may have been in one calendar year spread over two seasons)
>> >> > Pocono is a 'tuff' track with out really any banking! It is less
>> >> > then 2hrs from me. I always wondered why they designed it
>> >> > this way? Anyone?
