Notebook: Goodyear replacing right-side tires at Bristol By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (March 18, 2011) BRISTOL , Tenn. —With NASCAR’s approval, Goodyear made a late decision to replace the right-side tires to be used for Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series races at Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend. In practice sessions for both [...]
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Friday notebook
March 18th, 2011 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in NASCAR, Nationwide Series - News/Rumors, Sprint Cup Series - News/Rumors ACS In Danger Of Losing A Race Date?
With International Speedway Corp. having committed to moving a race from one of its tracks to Kansas Speedway in 2011, it was hard to ignore the many empty seats Sunday for the Auto Club 500 at Auto Club Speedway. Track president Gillian Zucker said attendance was about the same as a year ago, but most [...]
McMurray On Hot Streak, Grabs Auto Club 500 Pole
February 20th, 2010 Stephen Rhodes Posted in NASCAR, Qualifying Times, Sprint Cup Series - News/Rumors The wave of success Jamie McMurray rode from coast to coast hasn’t broken as of yet. Fresh from his dramatic victory in last Sunday’s Daytona 500, McMurray put his No. 1 Chevrolet on the pole during Friday’s qualifying session at Auto Club Speedway. With a lap at 183.744 mph (39.185 seconds), McMurray edged Earnhardt Ganassi [...]
Greg Biffle NNS Auto Club Speedway Preview
February 18th, 2010 Stephen Rhodes Posted in NASCAR, Nationwide Series - News/Rumors, Your Track Pass Exclusive GREG BIFFLE NNS 2010 After starting 32nd in the DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway, went on to lead nine laps before being involved in a wreck on lap 92 and wound up finishing 26th GREG BIFFLE NNS CAREER Won the 2002 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship registering four wins and 20 top-5 finishes in [...]
A Fontana Lap
Take a virtual lap around Auto Club Speedway at Fontana.
Nuts And Bolts
Plenty of NASCAR news to talk about, courtesy of NASCAR.com: Ryan Newman never thought he’d call California “home.” Admittedly, it’s a bit of a stretch for the Indiana native. That is, until now. When Newman and his No. 39 Chevrolet team roll into Fontana, Calif., this weekend, they are home — the home track for [...]
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1 Comment »STYX To Perform At Auto Club Pre-Race Concert
If you’re a race fan, a classic rock fan and have some “time on your hands”, then Auto Club Speedway has some kind of weekend in store for you during the West Coast Premiere of NASCAR weekend. In addition to NASCAR’s top drivers rocking the house in the Auto Club 500 on Sunday, Feb. 21, legendary [...]
Race Lengths Change At Phoenix, Auto Club
In the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series as in life, size matters. With that in mind, Phoenix International Raceway is lengthening its spring race from 312 to 375 laps, while Auto Club Speedway in Southern California is shortening its fall race from 500 miles to 400, reports Speed TV’s Tom Jensen. The April 10 Subway Fresh [...]
