NASCAR Cup Series

While sunny during pre-race activities, weather came in and played a prominent role at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. Here is what was surprising and not surprising in the 16th annual, but first ever rain-shortened, running of the Auto Club 400.

In an effort to salute those who have given so much to protect our freedoms, Roush Fenway Racing and driver of the No. 17 Ford, Matt Kenseth, will be running a special paint scheme at Martinsville Speedway for the Goody’s Fast Relief 500.

2011 champion Tony Stewart led twice for 42 laps in the Auto Club 400(or should we say Auto Club 322?) and went on to win his second race of the season in California.

Jeff “Wonder Boy” Gordon has been selected as the 2012 winner of the Justice Brothers-Shav Glick award.

Richard Childress Racing teammates finished fourth (Kevin Harvick), 19th (Paul Menard), 22nd (Jeff Burton) and 43rd (Brendan Gaughan). According to NASCAR's Loop Data Statistics, Harvick led the field in Quality Passes (passing a car running in the top 15 while under green-flag conditions) with 35 and was one of eight drivers who did not fall outside of the top 15 during the race.

Stewart’s second win in 5 races gives him his 7th win in the last 15 Sprint Cup Races an impressive statistic. More impressive when you realize that it is his 46th career win tying him with Buddy Baker on the all time win list.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. doesn’t normally look forward to racing at the Auto Club Speedway and with good reason.

Three-time defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) champion Tony Stewart scored his second win of 2012 at Auto Club Speedway, earned second top-10 finish of 2012, and claimed his second career victory at Auto Club Speedway in Round 5 on the series tour.

CHAD KNAUS, CREW CHIEF, NO. 48 LOWE’S/JIMMIE JOHNSON FOUNDATION CHEVROLET – FINISHED 10TH - WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CAR IN THE END? “Unfortunately we have an oil leak. We’re looking into it right now to see what happened there on that last pit stop."

Despite a pit-road speeding penalty, Regan Smith posted a 20th-place finish in Sunday’s rain-shortened Auto Club 400 Sprint Cup race.