Pocono promising safety changes

LONG POND, Pa. (AP) -Pocono Raceway keeps taking hits.

Often criticized by drivers for long races and for taking up two spots on the Sprint Cup schedule, the 2 1/2-mile triangle track is now deemed unsafe after an accident in the June race involving Kasey Kahne.

Greg Biffle said in a recent interview that “they're going to kill someone out there.”

Track president Brandon Igdalsky is listening and he's promising changes. The track is adding more safer barriers in time for next year's race and would like to install a catch fence on the non-grandstand areas.

Igdalsky has taken a bigger role as his grandfather, track owner Joseph Mattioli, scales back his duties. Igdalsky brought corporate sponsorship to the races, a trucks race and has an eye on bringing back an IndyCar Series race.