By Harold Raker
The Daily Item

LONG POND — Berwick’s Jimmy Spencer, a former NASCAR driver who grew up near the track, was one of many drivers who have wished the length of the races at Pocono Raceway would not match the name of the village it calls home.

Veteran Jeff Burton is the latest to espouse the shorter race theory for the Pennsylvania raceway’s two annual Sprint Cup races.

Unlike some drivers, such as Jeff Gordon, who have recently bad-mouthed the speedway, Burton said he likes racing at Pocono.