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When Auto Club Speedway opened the gates on June 22, 1997 for its inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race, Martin Truex Jr. – one week shy of turning 17 -- was racing go-karts in his home state of New Jersey.

“California is so wide, so big and you have all kinds of racing room. It’s one of my tougher tracks, and it used to be one of my best tracks. The last few years it’s been one of my toughest tracks just to understand where to put the car. Hopefully, this year we will do a better job of that and it will be much easier to make it work.” Kasey Kahne on racing at Fontana

SPONSOR THIS WEEKEND: “We’re really fortunate to run BUSH’S Beans for a second time this season on the hood this weekend in Fontana,” Buescher said. “Spring is right around the corner, and BUSH’S ‘Grillin’ Beans flavor is perfect for a warm spring weekend outside."

Stenhouse has four Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) starts at Auto Club with an average starting position of 24.5 and average finishing position of 18.5.

Bayne will make his fourth career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) start at Auto Club Speedway this weekend.

Wallace will make his third career NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Auto Club Speedway on Saturday afternoon.

For the second year in a row, Ty Majeski visited victory lane in the prestigious Rattler 250 Super Late Model race at South Alabama Speedway. Majeski took the lead on a restart with 18 laps remaining in Sunday afternoon’s 41st Annual Rattler 250 – the season opener for the Southern Super Series.

Reed has competed at Auto Club Speedway (ACS) three times in the NASCAR XFINITY Series. In 2014, Reed qualified 15th and finished 17th. Reed has steadily improved; in 2015, he qualified 12th and finish 11th. In 2016 Reed started 10th and overcame a pit road penalty to finish 14th.

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series western swing comes to an end this Sunday at Auto Club Speedway for the Auto Club 400. Five Ford drivers are currently in the Top 10 of the series point standings – Brad Keselowski (2nd), Joey Logano (5th), Ryan Blaney (6th), Kevin Harvick (7th) and Kurt Busch (9th). As the speedway celebrates its 20th anniversary, here’s a look back at some of Ford’s track highlights.

NASCAR announced today a multi-year partnership with Hotels for Hope designating the company as the “Official Hotel Booking Partner of NASCAR®.” Hotels for Hope, a hotel inventory brokerage with a philanthropic business model, services large scale consumer events across the country and will now include NASCAR race weekends.