NASCAR’s Sprint Cup series remains out west for one last race after stops in Las Vegas and Phoenix for this Sunday’s Auto Club 400 at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. The green flag for this race is set to wave at 3:30 p.m. and it will be broadcast nationally on FOX.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup series crisscrosses the nation one more time with a return west this week to the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California for the running of the Auto Club 400.
NASCAR’s Sprint Cup series returns to the West Coast this weekend for the running of the Auto Club 400 in Fontana, CA. Sunday’s race is set to get underway at 3 p.m. and it will be broadcast nationally on FOX.
Preview: NASCAR has been coming to Fontana since 1997 – once a year at first, then twice a year starting in 2004, for a total of 21 races now in the books. This year, however, NASCAR turned the track back to one seasonal outing, so this will be the circuit’s only visit to Fontana in 2011.
Preview: Fontana is another track involved in the NASCAR Cup Series schedule realignment for 2011. Next year, the venue has just one race date and it will be in the spring. Meanwhile, this weekend’s Pepsi Max 400 is 100 miles shorter than the typical Fontana race – a fact that took several drivers by surprise on Qualifying Day Friday.
Preview: Now that the spectacle known as the Daytona 500 is over, NASCAR drivers like to say that the ‘real’ season is starting in California. The Cup Series has only raced in Fontana since 1997 – once a year at first, then twice a year starting in 2004, for a total of 19 races. It’s worth noting that Roush Fords have won the last five straight spring races here, though Jimmie Johnson in a Chevy won three straight in the fall.
Race: The Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway
Date: Sunday, October 11, 2009
Time: 3:31 PM EST (scheduled Green Flag)
TV: 3:15 PM EST on ABC
Kyle Busch continued his dominantion of stock car racing and won the Camping World RV Service 300 presented by Coleman
Carl Edwards finished second and posted his sixth top-10 finish in eight races
Third was Brian Vickers posting his second top-10 finish
Nascar Sprint Cup Series continues tonight in Fontana | 7 p.m. ET Sun. | ESPN
