ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway

• Race 15 of Verizon IndyCar Series season. ... Team Penske’s Juan Pablo Montoya leads the championship standings by nine points over Graham Rahal of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. Rahal starts fifth and Montoya qualified a season-low 19th, though he won the Indianapolis 500 in May after qualifying 15th and being shuffled to the rear of the field early in the race. There are 10 drivers eligible for the title.

• Entry list: 24 cars entered

• Qualifying results

• Pocono Raceway: Current driver performance summary

• Twitter: @poconoraceway, #ABCSupply500; @IndyCar, #IndyCar

• Weather forecast: Sunny with a high temperature in the mid-70s

• Aerodynamic packages: Both Chevrolet and Honda superspeedway platforms will be used in accordance with the Verizon IndyCar Series rulebook
• Race laps (counterclockwise): 200 (500 miles) on the 2.5-mile triangular oval (14 degrees of banking in Turn 1; 8 degrees in Turn 2; 6 degrees in Turn 3)
• Track width: Minimum 60 feet
• Straights: 3,740 feet frontstraight; 3,055 feet backstraight; 1,780 feet Long Pond straight (between Turns 2 and 3)
• Pit box length: 40 feet
• Pit lane speed: 60 mph
• Fuel: 148.5 total U.S. gallons of Sunoco E85
• Tires: 14 sets of Firestone Firehawks. A new front right tire construction, which debuted at Iowa Speedway in July, being used to increase grip at Pocono Raceway

• TV: NBCSN will telecast the race live 2 p.m. ET. Leigh Diffey is the lead announcer with analysts Paul Tracy and Steve Matchett. Pit reporters are Jon Beekhuis, Kevin Lee, Katie Hargitt and Robin Miller.

• Web: Real-time Timing & Scoring and the Advance Auto Parts INDYCAR Radio Network broadcasts is available on Racecontrol.indycar.com.

• Radio: All Verizon IndyCar Series races are broadcast live on the Advance Auto Parts INDYCAR Radio Network, Sirius 212, XM 209, Racecontrol.indycar.com, indycarradio.com and on the INDYCAR 15 app. Paul Page is lead announcer with analyst Davey Hamilton.

• INDYCAR 15 app: Verizon Wireless puts fans in the driver's seat with its INDYCAR 15 app, which has been enhanced with features such as an interactive 3D live view with real-time leaderboard and car telemetry to see where a fan's favorite driver is positioned, in-car camera video streaming from cameras that move 360 degrees and driver to pit crew conversation. Download it today

• 2014 race: Juan Pablo Montoya started from the pole and led six times for a total of 45 laps en route to winning by 2.3403 seconds over Team Penske teammate Helio Castroneves. With an average speed of 202.402 mph, it was the fastest 500-mile race in Indy car history.

• Track two-lap qualifying record: 223.871 mph (1:20.4034) by Juan Pablo Montoya on July 5, 2014. He also holds the one-lap track record of 223.920 mph set on first lap of two-lap qualifying last July.

• Of note: Grand marshals for the race will be Jeff Smith, managing partner of ABC Supply Co. in Reading, Pa., and Tom Wills, managing partner of ABC Supply Co. in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. ... David Beattie, president of Bay Roofing in Fairfield, N.J., will serve as the honorary starter. The United Stated Army Training and Doctrine Command Band Herald Trumpets will perform the national anthem. ... The LED car positioning system that debuted at Mid-Ohio will be employed. ... Since the first Indy car race at Pocono in 1971, the winning driver has won the championship six times: Joe Leonard (1972), A.J. Foyt (1975 and 1979), Tom Sneva (1977), Rick Mears (1982) and Scott Dixon (2013).