NASCAR Cup Series

There has been big changes within Roush Fenway Racing in 2019, specifically on the No. 6 Ford Mustang. Although the season is just four weeks in, the newly created duo of Ryan Newman and crew chief Scott Graves has shown drastic improvements in a short period of time.

Kyle Busch is now one win away from 200 victories across all of NASCAR’s top touring series as we head to Auto Club Speedway.

This weekend NASCAR heads to Auto Club Speedway for the Xfinity Series Production Alliance Group 300 and the Monster Energy Cup Series Auto Club 400. The Gander Outdoors Truck Series is off.

For Paul Menard and the No. 21 Menards/Moen team, Sunday’s Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., will be like a mix of racing at Atlanta and Las Vegas.

NASCAR today announced the 20 nominees for the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s Class of 2020, as well as the five nominees for the Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR.

Kyle Busch takes a six-point edge over Joey Logano in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series points standings as the series continues its “West Coast Swing.” And this week may be especially significant in the milestone category as Busch faces two chances to claim a historic 200 combined NASCAR national series wins. It could come in Sunday’s Auto Club 400 (3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) – if he doesn’t earn it in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race on Saturday.

Richard Childress Racing's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series History at Auto Club Speedway ... In 88 overall Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts at Auto Club Speedway, RCR Chevrolet teams have earned one win (Kevin Harvick - 2011), two pole awards (Mike Skinner - April 2000, Austin Dillon - 2016), 12 top-five and 29 top-10 finishes. RCR has a 19.3 average starting position and a 16.4 average finishing position at the moderately-banked D-shaped race track.

Fresh off a trip to the desert, Roush Fenway Racing heads to the Golden State for the third leg of the West coast swing at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, this weekend. Jack Roush has sent a Ford to victory lane 15 times at the 2-mile track, seven of which came in the Cup series.

Johnson on his success at Auto Club Speedway: “I think it’s a bit of luck in the sense that there are some tracks that just fit drivers and teams and crew chiefs and that racetrack has been one for me. Thankfully, it is my home track and I have been able to enjoy the extreme highs that come with that.”

California native, seven-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion and career-long Chevrolet driver, Jimmie Johnson, is the all-time wins’ leader at Auto Club Speedway with six victories. The driver of the No. 48 Camaro ZL1 also has more top five (13) and more top 10 (17) finishes than any other driver at Auto Club Speedway.