NASCAR Cup Series

1. Kyle Larson: Larson took the runner-up spot at Phoenix, finishing second for the third consecutive time this season.

“California is so wide, so big and you have all kinds of racing room. It’s one of my tougher tracks, and it used to be one of my best tracks. The last few years it’s been one of my toughest tracks just to understand where to put the car. Hopefully, this year we will do a better job of that and it will be much easier to make it work.” Kasey Kahne on racing at Fontana

Ryan Newman ended his winless drought at Phoenix International Raceway. Newman stayed out while most of the front runners pitted for two tires after Joey Logano blew a right front tire that brought out the final caution flag of the day with six laps remaining. Newman held off Kyle Larson on the two-lap overtime restart to win his first race since 2013 on Sunday in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Camping World 500.

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Stenhouse has four Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) starts at Auto Club with an average starting position of 24.5 and average finishing position of 18.5.

Bayne will make his fourth career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) start at Auto Club Speedway this weekend.

NASCAR, stop fooling yourself into thinking stock cars at Indianapolis can work.

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series western swing comes to an end this Sunday at Auto Club Speedway for the Auto Club 400. Five Ford drivers are currently in the Top 10 of the series point standings – Brad Keselowski (2nd), Joey Logano (5th), Ryan Blaney (6th), Kevin Harvick (7th) and Kurt Busch (9th). As the speedway celebrates its 20th anniversary, here’s a look back at some of Ford’s track highlights.

NASCAR announced today a multi-year partnership with Hotels for Hope designating the company as the “Official Hotel Booking Partner of NASCAR®.” Hotels for Hope, a hotel inventory brokerage with a philanthropic business model, services large scale consumer events across the country and will now include NASCAR race weekends.

You had better luck finding Nemo than Ryan Newman in Victory Lane in recent years. He was there for the first time since July 28, 2013 in Indianapolis. That was surprising enough.