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Kenseth Earns 'Best Driver' in California

On a night when Hollywood was honoring its best just miles down the road, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series saw a mellowed star continue his rise back to the top.Matt Kenseth, fresh off his win in the rain a week ago in the season-opening Daytona 500, made it two in a row Sunday night by winning the Auto Club 500 at Auto Club...

FanHouse Warmup: Auto Club 500

The Essentials Race: Auto Club 500 Where: Auto Club SpeedwayTime: Sunday 6 p.m./EDTTV/Radio: FOX Sports, MRN RadioForecast: "Isolated Sprinkles", Cloudy, 76Distance: 250 laps (500 miles)Pole Winner: Brian Vickers2008 Winner: Carl Edwards The Storylines After a week of debate about Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s driving abilities...

Fanhouse Fast Five: No. 5 Rising TV Ratings

Five races into the 2008 Sprint Cup season, the Fanhouse recaps the Top-5 lessons learned in 2008. Check back each day to get revved up for Sunday's Goody's Cool Orange 500 at Martinsville Speedway.NASCAR on Fox has had a better start to its broadcast season over 2007, and no one is completely sure why.The ratings have...

Fat Chance For Restrictor Plates in California

I don't know if the intent was there, but California Speedway Auto Club Speedway president Gillian Zucker sure made waves highly unrelated to the racing held at her track last weekend.Instead of talking up the record 33 lead changes at the track or the impressive mettle showed by fans who stuck out one of the worst weather...

NASCAR Video of the Week: California Crash

This incident started so innocently with Casey Mears hitting a slick spot on track and sliding up into the loose stuff in turn 2 Sunday at Auto Club Speedway.Within the first 20 seconds of the video below Mears has flipped, Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s day is ruined, Sam Hornish Jr. is out, and the red flag is waved. Enjoy: What...