The driver of the No. 47 car, crew chief Brian Burns, and four other members of the JTG Daugherty Racing team flew overnight to the east coast from Sonoma Raceway, where they tested two days at a road course that might be the organization's best chance at making the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. After taking a redeye with a connection in Phoenix, Allmendinger and crew landed in Newark, N.J., early Friday morning, and after a two-hour drive to Pocono arrived about a half-hour after the garage opened. Since the Sonoma track was booked for Wednesday, Allmendinger tested on the serpentine layout Tuesday and Thursday, and his crew was already packing up the truck during the driver's final 15-lap run on the last day. And Pocono certainly doesn't feel like Sonoma, the buff-colored hills of the Northern California road course giving way to the greenery surrounding the 2.5-mile triangle. More...