As Robby Gordon and his No. 7 SPEED Energy team head to the Auto Club Speedway for this weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race, they are hoping to overcome the struggles of recent weeks. After running out of fuel with only handful of laps to go at Las Vegas Motor SpeedwayContinue Reading
Fresh off a strong showing last weekend in Bristol, Roush Fenway Racing will look to continue it’s fast start in 2011 at one the team’s most successful race tracks, Auto Club Speedway. The organization placed three teams in the top eight in last week’s Sprint Cup race and if historyContinue Reading
Trevor Bayne and the Wood Brothers No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion head back this weekend to the kind of track they run best this weekend as the Sprint Cup circuit runs the Auto Club 400 at the two-mile Auto Club Speedway. Bayne and his fellow Ford drivers have combinedContinue Reading
What started with the simple question, “Can you win?” has turned into one of the most successful partnerships in all of sports. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Jimmie Johnson along with crew chief Chad Knaus and Hendrick Motorsports are celebrating 10 years together with sponsor, Lowe’s. The longest running partnershipContinue Reading
As race fans gear up for the first and only NASCAR race in Fontana this season at Auto Club Speedway, the drivers aren’t the only famous faces to keep an eye on. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Matthew Hansen will get his first shot at NASCAR fame as he serves asContinue Reading
When the NASCAR circuit returns to Martinsville, Va. next week for the Goody’s Fast Relief 500, Eddie, Len and Kim will host an event at their racing museum in Stuart that brings together the best of both Wood Brothers Racing worlds. On Friday night, April 1, from 7 to 9Continue Reading
Auto Club Speedway, site of Sunday’s Auto Club 400 Sprint Cup race, has been a good fit for Regan Smith, which was evident by his two solid performances last season at the two-mile oval. During the 2010 February race at the Fontana, Calif. facility, Smith’s was running solidly in theContinue Reading
Just five short months ago, Tony Stewart held off Clint Bowyer and Jimmie Johnson for his first Auto Club Speedway win and his 39th career Sprint Cup victory in what many have hailed as the “best race ever” at ACS. Forward fast to 2011. Does Stewart, who’s slate so farContinue Reading
Remaining within striking distance of the top 10 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship standings, Bobby Labonte and his JTG Daugherty Racing team are only eight points out of tenth place entering the Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway with the No. 47 Little Debbie Toyota Camry. “I would loveContinue Reading
Tickets for the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Pit Crew ChallengeTM presented by Craftsman, featuring a family-friendly, pit-crew competition between the top-24 NASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesTM pit crews, are on sale March 23. Tickets may be purchased online at www.pitcrewchallenge.com or by calling Time Warner Cable Arena box office at (800) 745-3000Continue Reading