A favorite isn’t always the winner – as the Sprint Fan Vote’s history suggests. In the last 10 seasons, fans have voted 10 different drivers into the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race™ at Charlotte Motor Speedway, including names like Danica Patrick, Kasey Kahne and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Ganassi at ACS: As a car owner in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS), Chip Ganassi has fielded cars for 11 different drivers that have made a start at Auto Club Speedway (ACS).
“Auto Club (Speedway) has a lot of meaning to me because I won my first career XFINITY Series race there. It’s also nice to return to my home state to race. Auto Club is a very fast, multiple-groove track. The more grooves there are, the better it is for us as drivers, and it puts on a great show for the fans.
Award-winning R&B artist, Brian McKnight, will sing the National Anthem prior to the start of the NASCAR Xfinity Drive4Clots.com 300 race at Auto Club Speedway, on Saturday, March 21. The race is scheduled to be televised on Fox Sports 1 at 1 p.m. PT.
This Week's Texas 28 Spirits Stage Toyota at Auto Club Speedway: JJ Yeley will pilot Chassis No. 233 in the Drive4Clots.com 300 at Auto Club Speedway. Yeley last drove this car a few weeks ago in Atlanta where he brought it home to a 16th place finis
California Dreaming...The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) hits its last of three races in a row out west this weekend at Auto Club Speedway (ACS). Justin Allgaier will make his second NSCS start at the Ontario, Calif. track this weekend. ACS is the first 2.0-mile track the NSCS will race on this season.
Last year's race at Auto Club Speedway netted Annett a 19th-place finish that served as the first top-20 result and first lead-lap finish of his Cup Series career. He earned top-20 finishes in each of his six NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at the facility.
Racing has been Brian Vickers’ passion of choice since a young age when he climbed behind the wheel of his family’s race cars. It led to fame and fortune as trophies filled the trophy case. But battles with life threatening illness in adulthood made the young racer turn his passion towards health.
“It should be a fun race. To be good there though you have to be able to roll into the corner and drive through it right up against the wall. There’s always some good three-wide racing and last year we had our PEAK Toyota in positon in the closing laps –like nearly won the darn thing but just had a tire go down with a lap to go.
Haiden Deegan came into St. Louis with a shot at securing a second straight Western Divisional 250SMX Class Championship and did so by dominating against a full field of the class’ top talent during the East/West Showdown.
The two-time ARCA Menards Series East champion from Eden Prairie, Minnesota, led 80 of 250 laps and became the 183rd competitor to win in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series division by winning for the first time ever at The Rock.
