Backstretch Motorsports

Fontana, CA — Saying that 3-Time NASCAR Sprint Jimmie Johnson has a really strong affinity for the Auto Club Speedway is understatement.

For months, the defending champion has been saying the addition of ACS to the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup was a gift to his No. 48 team.

In Sunday’s Pepsi 500, Johnson proved it—and grabbed the points lead from Mark Martin in the process. Johnson’s win also left runner-up Jeff Gordon conceding that his Hendrick Motorsports teammate is in a class by himself. [read more...]

The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings started with drivers bunched closely together points-wise. Three races into the Chase, some are thinking it’s just not going to happen for the ones that seemed so strong coming in.

Going into Sunday’s Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway, the man everyone is trying to catch continues to be Mark Martin (No. 5 CARQUEST/Kellogg’s Chevrolet), as he is 18 points ahead of second-place, Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet), the three-time defending series champion. Martin has posted a series-leading and career-high seven poles plus five victories.

But don’t be fooled, the rest of the top 12 are not letting Martin just walk away with the title. [read more...]

FONTANA, Calif.—Matt Kenseth is making up for lost time—with a lot of help from his friends on pit road.

Winless in 2008, Kenseth backed up his victory in the season-opening Daytona 500 by holding off Jeff Gordon in Sunday’s Auto Club 500 Sprint Cup race at Auto Club Speedway.

With a lightning-fast pit stop, Kenseth’s crew made sure his No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford was first off pit road for a restart on Lap 216, after Kevin Harvick slammed the Turn 1 wall to cause the fifth and final caution of the 250-lap race.

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FONTANA, Calif. — Déjà vu.

Kyle Busch picked up right where he left off in 2008, as the driver of the No. 18 Z-Line Designs/Fryes.com Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) scored his first NASCAR Nationwide Series victory of the season Saturday night in the Stater Bros. 300 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif.

Hours after winning a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race in a runaway, Kyle Busch staged a repeat performance in Saturday night’s Stater Bros. 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Auto Club Speedway.

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Race Fast Facts
Auto Club Speedway
San Bernardino County 200

Race Winner: Kyle Busch
Age: 23
Team : No. 51 - Miccosukee Resort/Tundra Toyota
Owner: Billy Ballew
Crew Chief: Doug George

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Qualifying Fast Facts
Auto Club Speedway
Auto Club 500

Coors Light Pole Winner: Brian Vickers
Age: 25
Team : No. 83 - Red Bull Toyota
Owner: Dietrich Mateschitz
Crew Chief: Ryan Pemberton

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Team: No. 26 Crown Royal Ford Fusion

Crew Chief: Donnie Wingo
Chassis: RK-626 (Brand new chassis for the team)

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Fontana, CA. (February 17, 2009)-Shane Sieg and the No. 15 Billy Ballew Motorsports Toyota Tundra team head to the Auto Club Speedway for the running of the San Bernardino County 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race Saturday, February 21, 2009. Sieg had a stellar statistical weekend at Daytona last week in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season opener finishing in 15th-place position.

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 16, 2008) – Daytona 500 champion Matt Kenseth’s victory march might not end any time soon.

The series shifts to the West Coast and Auto Club Speedway, a track at which Kenseth excels.

He has two wins there, and has finished inside the top 10 in seven consecutive races. Since the inception of Loop Data in 2005, he has a Driver Rating of 110.8 and an Average Running Position of 8.3.

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FONTANA, Calif. — Forget the rivalry between Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards.

In Sunday’s Pepsi 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Auto Club Speedway, there was only one car that counted, the No. 48 Chevrolet driven by Jimmie Johnson.

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