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TRACK BASICS
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 2.000 mi./3.219 km. Paved Oval located in Fontana, CA
Formerly Known As: California Speedway
Former Configurations: Speedway (presumed) in Initial Configuration
Opened: N/A Closed: STILL IN OPERATION
Banking: Unknown° Promoters:
Track Website: NO WEBSITE AVAILABLE
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TRACK PROFILE
The Auto Club Speedway (formerly the California Speedway) is a two-mile, low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California, approximately 40 miles east of Los Angeles on the site of the former Kaiser Steel mill. It is a relatively new race track, opening in early 1997, and has additional configurations and facilities to accommodate "road" races, motorcycle races, vehicle testing, and drag races (Auto Club Dragway), even though the track cannot host NHRA national events, because of International Speedway Corporation's corporate wide deal with Pepsi. (The NHRA has a policy prohibiting certain Pepsi brands to be advertised anywhere at their national events as part of a deal with Coca-Cola.) This racetrack is a stones throw from the old Ontario Motor Speedway and the old Riverside International Raceway. After Riverside's closure in 1988, Southern California did not host a NASCAR race from 1988 to 1997, when the new California Speedway was opened.

In addition to NASCAR, the raceway has also hosted open-wheel events from both CART and the Indy Racing League. In 1999 Canadian driver Greg Moore was killed in a crash at the track, resulting in a major overhaul of the backstretch for safety (it was discovered Moore's car slid in the grass off Turn 2, allowing the car to overturn, and cause the fatal crash; following that, ISC, which had purchased the track, paved that section of backstretch apron in time for the 2000 NASCAR event to prevent cars from sliding in that section, and to allow for drivers to have control of the cars in an incident); in 2003 the Indy Racing League set the highest average speed for any circuit event in motorsports. On Febraury 21,2008 the name was changed to Auto Club Speedway.

Like many modern oval tracks, Fontana also features an infield road-course, which has been used by the Grand American Road Racing Association and by the Japanese Grand Touring Car Championship, with the JGTC race being unique in the fact it was a night race.

The circuit is often used for television commercials.



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RACE LISTING
Date Sanction Winner Laps
21 June 1997 IROC Series Mark Martin (AR) 50
18 October 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Mike Bliss 100
1 May 1999 NASCAR Winston West Series Ricky Craven 100
28 October 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Kurt Busch 100
28 April 2001 NASCAR Winston West Series Brendan Gaughan 100
28 April 2001 NASCAR Busch Series Hank Parker, Jr. 150
3 November 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Ted Musgrave 100
27 April 2002 NASCAR Winston West Series Eric Norris 91
2 November 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Ted Musgrave 100
26 April 2003 NASCAR Winston West Series Steve Portenga 100
20 September 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Ted Musgrave 100
1 May 2004 NASCAR West Series Ken Schrader 100
2 September 2005 NASCAR West Series Burney Lamar 100
25 February 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Greg Biffle 150
1 September 2006 NASCAR AutoZone West Series Mike Duncan 100
2 September 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Kasey Kahne 150
25 February 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Carl Edwards 250
26 March 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Kyle Busch 150
27 March 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kevin Harvick 200
24 March 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Joey Logano 150
25 March 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Tony Stewart 129
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