Home Sweet Home… Auto Club Speedway is a home race for TRD, U.S.A. (Toyota Racing Development), which was formed a stone’s throw from John Wayne Airport in Costa Mesa, California, in 1979. During this track’s 20-plus year history, Toyota and Lexus drivers have won virtually every type of race they’ve competed in, including three in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS), nine NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) events, four NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series (NGOTS) races, one Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) event and two GRAND-AM Road Racing races on Auto Club Speedway’s road course. Camry driver Martin Truex Jr. is the defending MENCS race winner at the two-mile track after winning there for the first time in 2018.
“Our performances this year just shows how well that the
team, Travis (Mack, crew chief) and I have come together
this season. We’re finishing races, earning stage points and
competing for top-five finishes every time out, and that’s a
great testament to all the hard work the guys have put in
on our No. 1 Pilot Flying J Chevrolet. I’m eager to get to
Auto Club Speedway and see what we can do this
weekend.” – Michael Annett
AmericanMuscle’s (AM) Justin Dugan just received the inside scoop on some 2020 GT500 details straight from Ford Motor Company, which is the focus in today’s episode of AM’s Mustang News. While these details aren’t power or weight related, Ford did share some new GT500 details and images with AM for the first time today.
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Newman will make his 25th start at Auto Club Speedway this weekend. In 24 prior starts, Newman has nine top-10 and five top-five finishes at the 2-mile track.
DIBENEDETTO BY THE NUMBERS: In four Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career starts at Auto Club Speedway, Matt DiBenedetto has an average start of 32.8 and an average finish of 32.2. He’s completed 804 of 816 (98.5 percent) career laps at the 2.0-mile track in Fontana, California.
“I'm looking forward to going to Auto Club Speedway this weekend. It will still be a learning experience, even though we've seen this package at Vegas and Atlanta. I think we'll see more cars staying wide open for longer periods of time."
Stenhouse has six Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS)starts at Auto Club with an average starting position of 21.7 andaverage finishing position of 19.0.
Phoenix Recap: Denny Hamlin scored a fifth-place finish at ISM Raceway in Phoenix on Sunday, pushing his way into the top five in the final stage of the race. Denny rolled off third in the #11 FedEx Freight Toyota to start the 312-mile race but battled a loose condition for much of the event.
The 45-year-old Legge from Guildford, Surrey, England, will attempt to become the first female competitor to complete all 1,100 miles between the 2026 Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600.
It's another northeast race for Layne Riggs and the No. 34 team as the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series heads to the Dover Motor Speedway on Friday for a 200-lap race on the one-mile circuit.
