Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 39 U.S. Army Partners for Youth Success (PaYS) Chevrolet Impala, led the two-car Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) contingent at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., by finishing fifth in Sunday’s Auto Club 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Newman led once for eight laps en route toContinue Reading
Kevin Harvick got to sample the sweet taste of winning in his home state of California by scoring his first career victory at Auto Club Speedway. The Bakersfield native only led one lap in his No. 29 Jimmy John’s Chevrolet, but it was the one that counted. After starting 24thContinue Reading
Hometown boy (finally) makes good. Kevin Harvick, who grew up in Bakersfield—about 150 miles from Auto Club Speedway—needed a last-lap pass of Jimmie Johnson to win for the first time at the 2-mile track, in his 18th attempt. Harvick won Sunday’s Auto Club 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, poweringContinue Reading
Matt Kenseth drove to an impressive fourth-place finish in the waning laps of Sunday’s Auto Club 400 Sprint Cup race to lead three Roush Fenway cars in the top 11 of the event, but it was Carl Edwards who used a sixth-place finish to claim the Sprint Cup points lead;Continue Reading
In an odd racing coincidence, three drivers will be celebrating milestone starts in Sunday’s Goody’s Fast Relief 500. Mark Martin, Greg Biffle and Jamie McMurray will all be making historic starts in their careers. Ironically Biffle and McMurray will both be celebrating their 300th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts. ThatContinue Reading
For Trevor Bayne and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion crew didn’t quite get the qualifying result they were hoping for on Friday at Auto Club Speedway, but that doesn’t mean Bayne’s worried about being able to drive toward the front in Sunday’s Auto Club 400. In qualifying, BayneContinue Reading
Juan Pablo Montoya, in the No. 42 Target Chevrolet, captured the Auto Club 400 Coors Light Pole Friday afternoon in qualifying at Auto Club Speedway. Montoya’s 38.99 time earned him his first pole at Auto Club Speedway and his fourth consecutive Top Five start at the track. “We went outContinue Reading
Regan Smith posted another strong qualifying effort in his No. 78 Furniture Row Chevrolet. By posting the fourth fastest speed in Friday’s time trials at Auto Club Speedway, it marks the fourth time in the first five races of the 2011 season that Smith will have a top-five starting position. He startedContinue Reading