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ALEX, UNTIL 2020 THIS HADN’T REALLY BEEN A GREAT TRACK FOR YOU, BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU GO OUT WIN THE RACE LAST TIME, LEAD OVER HALF THE RACE, WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO LEARN LAST TIME HERE AND CAN AND OF THAT TRANSLATE TO THE NEW CAR?

Harrison Burton and the No. 21 DEX Imaging Ford team are preparing for this weekend’s 400-miler at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif, the two-mile oval where Burton got his first major NASCAR victory in an Xfinity Series race in 2020.

Almirola finished fifth at the season-opening Daytona 500 last weekend. It was his second top-five finish at the iconic race.

The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Auto Club Speedway for the first time since 2020 this weekend to start a stretch of three-straight races on the West Coast.

Kyle Larson, driver of the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, on what to expect with Next Gen car at Auto Club Speedway: “I don’t know what to expect. Obviously, we will all learn a lot during practice and qualifying on Saturday."

Chase Briscoe secured his career-first NASCAR Cup Series top-five finish with the No. 14 Mahindra Tractors Ford Mustang team for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) in last Sunday’s Daytona 500.

Southern California native Cole Custer returns home to race for the second time in three weeks as the NASCAR Cup Series returns to Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, for the first time in two years for Sunday’s Wise Power 400.

Daniel Hemric on Fonatana: “Fontana is always a fun track – it’s one of the raciest tracks that we go to. I think the enthusiasm is really high from everyone throughout the industry to get back there, since we weren’t able to race there last year."

Andrew Whitworth’s Super Bowl celebration is far from over. The Los Angeles Rams tackle and National Football League’s Walter Payton Man of the Year will serve as the grand marshal for the WISE Power 400 on Sunday, Feb. 27.

NASCAR and NHRA are both on the West Coast this weekend as NASCAR makes its return to California after a successful event at the Los Angeles Coliseum, while the NHRA jets down from Pomona to the Phoenix area.