NASCAR Cup Series

The California kid, Kyle Larson, piloting the No. 42 Target Chevrolet SS, finally took home his first victory of 2017 at today’s Auto Club 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENSC) at Auto Club Speedway (ACS). The 24-year-old Elk Grove, California native broke a three-week consecutive run of runner-up finishes to capture his second-career victory in only his 116th Cup Series start. Larson led a race-high 110 of the 202 laps en route to his first win at the 2-mile venue. Larson becomes the fourth driver in ACS history to complete the weekend sweep by winning both the Xfinity and Cup Series races at the track in the same weekend.

After solidly running in the top-15 for a majority of Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) race at Auto Club Speedway, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. restarted ninth with five laps remaining but contact was made sending the Fastenal Ford spinning. With only two laps remaining, Stenhouse was forced to settle with a 22nd-place finish.

Brad Keselowski and the No. 2 Wurth Ford Fusion team dug themselves out of an early hole to finish second in Sunday’s Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. The finish is Keselowski’s fourth-consecutive, top-five finish to start the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion, had improved over 20 positions throughout the course of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) event before getting involved in an incident in the closing laps, ultimately leading to a 23rd-place finish.

Ryan Blaney and Wood Brothers Racing overcame an average starting position, a pit road penalty and minor brushes with another car and the wall to bring the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion to the checkered flag in ninth place this afternoon at the Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway.

Instead of bridesmaid status for the fourth straight week, Kyle Larson dominated most of the day at Auto Club Speedway and took the lead in the closing laps to return to victory lane in NASCAR.

CLINT BOWYER – No. 14 Rush Truck Centers Ford Fusion – “It was just a good weekend. I appreciate everybody’s hard work at Stewart-Haas Racing. Having these teammates and having this group behind you, the organization and the teamwork, it’s just amazing to be a part of it at this point in my career. Thanks to Rush Truck Centers for making this possible. Gene Haas and Tony Stewart for giving me this opportunity. It means a lot to me to be in this 14. I have a lot of fun with these guys. Buga and all these guys mean business. It’s a confidence thing right now, a momentum-builder and we’re getting closer. Obviously, this is a good track for me. I wanted to win that damn thing, but to come home with the wild finish and everything that it was, we’ll take it.”

KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 TARGET CHEVROLET SS – RACE WINNER “I was staying as calm as I could be, but also frustrated at the same time. It seems like every time I get to the lead at the end of one of these things, the caution comes out and I’ve got to fight people off on restarts. Our Target Chevy was amazing all day."

CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 24 NAPA CHEVROLET SS – Hit the wall during final practice - YOU WERE HAVING A GOOD PRACTICE SESSION AT THE TOP OF THE SPEED CHART. WHAT HAPPENED? “We had a part come loose on the left front and it’s obviously something that needs to be together to make laps. I’m not real sure why it broke or why that happened. It was nothing fancy that we were doing. I was getting into (Turn) 3 at the time."

NASCAR elected not to punish Austin Dillon for his actions against Cole Custer in last weekend's XFINITY Series race at Phoenix International Raceway in which Dillon ran his car into Custer's under caution as retaliation for contact just minutes prior.