NASCAR Cup Series

Auto Club Speedway announced today that rock sensation Night Ranger, celebrating their 30th anniversary, will perform on the DiscoverIE FanZone Entertainment Stage (10am) as well as the National Anthem prior to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 400 race on Sunday, March 25.

TOYOTA TIDBITS THREE TOP-FIVES FOR MWR: In Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Tennessee's Bristol Motor Speedway, three Camry drivers finished together in the top-five for the ninth time since Toyota entered the series in 2007.

When Carl Edwards tied in points (losing the tiebreaker) for the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship he and the No. 99 team were reminded how important every point is throughout the season.

EXPRESS NOTES: Bristol Recap: Denny Hamlin finished 20th in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, fighting track position in the #11 FedEx Ground Toyota Camry throughout the 500-lap event won by Brad Keselowski.

Some say there is no more difficult feat than winning a race at the NASCAR level. The weekend of February 24-26, 2004, Roush Fenway accomplished one of the rarest feats in NASCAR history, sweeping all three major series at the two-mile quad oval of California Speedway.

Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates driver Juan Pablo Montoya graces the cover of the ESPN Deportes La Revista (the Spanish version of ESPN the Magazine) this month.

TEAM CHEVY IN THE GARAGE AUTO CLUB SPEEDWAY – ALBA COLON, PROGRAM MANAGER, NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES, GM RACING: “After an eventful weekend in Bristol, Team Chevy is looking forward to this weekend's race at Auto Club Speedway. This has been a good track to us especially coming away with wins in the last four NASCAR Sprint Cup races celebrated here.

On opening day of inspection at Daytona International Speedway on February 17th, the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports team was assessed penalties after NASCAR deemed the c-posts to be illegal.

While the spotlight may be on Tony Stewart, his Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Ryan Newman is quietly having a good season so far as he sits 12th in points.

It started on I-64 shortly after leaving Beckley, West Virginia. The trip to Bristol Motor speedway is only 180 miles, the second closest track (to Martinsville) from my home in rural West Virginia.