Top 10 Reasons Auto Club Speedway Should Keep Its 2 Race Dates
10. So Jeff Hammond can work on his tan while on the job.
10. So Jeff Hammond can work on his tan while on the job.
Taking the plates off at Auto Club Speedway meant the first “unrestricted” race of the regular season Sunday; and for once, the 2-mile oval didn’t disappoint.
The one obstacle that has stood between Kentucky Speedway and a Cup race date has been removed.
The face sitting in victory lane on Sunday may have been a familiar one. Jimmie Johnson appeared as a giddy school kid while he studied …
3 – average running position for race winner Jimmie Johnson during the Auto Club 500.
See that guy in victory lane? Yeah, that Lowe’s dude that has hoisted the NASCAR Sprint Cup the last four seasons? He won again on Sunday.
After a fourth at Fontana on Sunday, Mark Martin sits sixth in the standings and is the highest-ranked of the Yankees… er, Hendrick powerhouse.
The start of NASCAR Countdown prior to the Stater Brothers 300 was delayed by approximately seven minutes due to a college basketball game.
Just when it seemed the news couldn’t get much worse for NASCAR, here comes just what the doctor didn’t order: Another Jimmie Johnson win.
With five races to go, you were seeing RCR cars running up front as a whole. It wasn’t just one. It was all of them running good.