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Auto Club Speedway's Lone Race Reduced to 400 Miles

A California diet continued at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana with the announcement Tuesday that the track's sole NASCAR Sprint Cup race in March this year has been shortened from 500 to 400 miles. The announcement comes as the Southern California speedway begins to promote its only Sprint Cup race of 2011 after seven...

Struggling Auto Club Speedway Returns to One Annual NASCAR Race

FONTANA, Calif. -- Roger Penske described exactly what sat in this area of unincorporated San Bernardino County before construction of Auto Club Speedway began here nearly two decades ago. "Old slag piles, bail bondsmen and trailers," the business and racing tycoon told FanHouse. "Now, there are real businesses. It's been...

NASCAR's 2011 Schedule Takes Shape

The 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule officially took shape Tuesday as several speedways chimed in one by one with announcements of their races, each taking care to put the best spin on their particular circumstance. In a flurry of news releases and announcements, Kentucky Speedway announced its inaugural Sprint Cup event...

Jimmie Johnson Holds Off Kevin Harvick for California Victory

FONTANA, Calif. (AP) -- Jimmie Johnson knows he got lucky. So do the Richard Childress Racing drivers who went from leading to chasing him the final laps. The fortunate break for Johnson in his victory at California came because he was already in the pits when a late caution flag came out Sunday. The No. 48 Hendrick team...

Montoya Primed for Win at California's Auto Club Speedway

One surprise from the 2009 Sprint Cup season was not what Juan Pablo Montoya did on the track, but what he didn't do. He didn't win a race. In easily his best stock car season yet, Montoya never earned a trip to NASCAR Sprint Cup victory lane. All of that could change Sunday afternoon at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana,...

Background on Auto Club Speedway

Auto Club Speedway (formerly California Speedway) is a two-mile (3 km), low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since 1997. The track was also used for open wheel racing events until 2005. The racetrack is located near the former locations of Ontario Motor Speedway and Riverside International Raceway.

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