Race Recap NASCAR Trucks
Pocono Raceway
Fri, Jul 24, 2026Round 2
Wild Ride at Pocono Raceway: Cowell Survives 11-Caution Thriller
Race at a Glance
Field Size
33
Laps
64
Avg Lap Time
1:25.925
Cautions
11
Caution Laps
33
Lead Changes
6
Clean Runners
2
Lead Lap Finishers
21
Margin
+0.607s
Winner Spotlight
CustomBrandon Cowell
P1 Finish
Round 2 of the OGRL Old Guy Racing League Trucks Series at Pocono Raceway belonged to the #85 of Brandon Cowell, who took the checkered flag for his second win of the season after starting from the second position. Cowell led 21 of 64 laps on an afternoon defined by chaos — 11 cautions slowed the field for 33 laps, and six lead changes kept the outcome uncertain deep into the race. Polesitter Jason Pick in the #53 led 15 laps before ultimately falling to 14th, a 13-position slide from where he started that summed up how brutal the day was for early frontrunners.
The battle for second was as close as the scoring sheets suggest. Charlie Stutzman in the #24 led 20 laps — just one fewer than Cowell — and pressured the leader throughout, crossing the line second while accumulating 4 incidents. Wyatt Collins brought the #23 home third after advancing five positions from his eighth-place starting spot, though the 16 incidents on his scorecard tell the story of a hard-fought afternoon through a field that included 11 cautions and contact throughout the running order. Richard Modrich in the #71 was fourth and Michael Champlin's #520 rounded out the top five after gaining nine positions from his 14th starting spot.
The hard charger award at Pocono went to Andrew Jones in the #18, who started dead last in 31st and carved his way to a 12th-place finish — a gain of 19 positions that stood as the most dramatic advance of the race. Jones accumulated 10 incidents along the way, suggesting his climb came at a physical cost to his equipment, but the result and the stage points earned were undeniable. Only two drivers in the 33-car field finished with a clean sheet — Cowell himself and the #21 of Mark Osier, who took seventh from a 10th-place start without a single incident.
With two rounds complete, Cowell's win vaults him to the top of the standings with 85 points, a 17-point advantage over Richard Modrich in second at 68 points. The gap from Cowell down to fifth-place Ron Walters at 59 points is just 26 points, meaning the fight for the top spot remains very much unsettled. Javier Zapata and William Bowman are deadlocked at 61 points in third and fourth respectively, setting up what promises to be a tightly contested series as the league moves to its next round.
Top Movers
Andrew B Jones18
▲ +19Javier Zapata32
▲ +11Charles L Sanchez62
▲ +11Finishing Order
| Finish | Start | +/- | Car # | Driver | Inc | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | +1 | 85 | Brandon Cowell | 0x | 43 |
| 2 | 3 | +1 | 24 | Charlie Stutzman | 4x | 36 |
| 3 | 8 | +5 | 23 | Wyatt E Collins | 16x | 34 |
| 4 | 7 | +3 | 71 | Richard Modrich | 4x | 33 |
| 5 | 14 | +9 | 520 | Michael Champlin | 5x | 32 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | 72 | Clyde Cunfer | 9x | 31 |
| 7 | 10 | +3 | 21 | Mark Osier | 0x | 30 |
| 8 | 12 | +4 | 97 | William Bowman | 4x | 30 |
| 9 | 20 | +11 | 32 | Javier Zapata | 3x | 28 |
| 10 | 18 | +8 | 00 | Derek Rice | 4x | 27 |
| 11 | 19 | +8 | 1 | Ron Walters | 12x | 26 |
| 12 | 31 | +19 | 18 | Andrew B Jones | 10x | 25 |
| 13 | 21 | +8 | 7 | Harold Rothery | 8x | 24 |
| 14 | 1 | -13 | 53 | Jason Pick | 4x | 24 |
| 15 | 16 | +1 | 14 | Marc Dumont | 6x | 22 |
| 16 | 15 | -1 | 82 | Jeff Simmons | 8x | 21 |
| 17 | 13 | -4 | 8 | James Santoyo | 10x | 20 |
| 18 | 27 | +9 | 77 | Christopher Harrington | 9x | 19 |
| 19 | 24 | +5 | 066 | Dave Harrington | 2x | 18 |
| 20 | 17 | -3 | 99 | Kevin Boley | 12x | 17 |
| 21 | 23 | +2 | 9 | Bentley Mcfarland | 12x | 16 |
| 22 | 33 | +11 | 62 | Charles L Sanchez | 9x | 15 |
| 23 | 9 | -14 | 17 | Ricky Riley | 6x | 14 |
| 24 | 22 | -2 | 048 | Andrew Schroeder | 14x | 14 |
| 25 | 25 | 0 | 46 | David Overstreet | 9x | 12 |
| 26 | 4 | -22 | 225 | Bryce Grissom | 5x | 11 |
| 27 | 32 | +5 | 13 | Jayson Hall | 4x | 10 |
| 28 | 28 | 0 | 117 | Richard Leclerc | 8x | 9 |
| 29 | 30 | +1 | 31 | Scott Carlson | 20x | 8 |
| 30 | 11 | -19 | 5 | Rick Sanchez | 8x | 7 |
| 31 | 26 | -5 | 07 | Michael Hayes | 11x | 6 |
| 32 | 5 | -27 | 16 | Mitchell Williams | 4x | 5 |
| 33 | 29 | -4 | 816 | Hays Boughan | 5x | 4 |


