By Zack Albert NASCAR.com March 17, 2018 at 8:39 pm FONTANA, Calif. — William Byron has made rapid advances up NASCAR’s national series ladder in a brief amount of time, and he’s in elite territory that 20-year-old rookies rarely visit. His premier-series experience in Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 24 Chevrolet is just four races old, but […]

By Allie Davison NASCAR.com March 17, 2018 at 7:06 pm We might enjoy retired Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon more than when they wore fire suits every weekend. The two former Hendrick Motorsports drivers have had a number of back-and-forth banters on social media, but Saturday’s Twitter conversation may be the best one yet. […]

By RJ Kraft NASCAR.com March 17, 2018 at 5:42 pm Martin Truex Jr. will start on the pole for the second straight race in Sunday’s Auto Club 400 (3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Kyle Busch will start on the front row and defending race winner Kyle Larson is lurking in the […]

By Zack Albert NASCAR.com March 17, 2018 at 3:55 pm FONTANA, Calif. — The Southern California full celebrity treatment welcomed Kyle Larson upon his Friday arrival to Auto Club Speedway. The track brought some Hollywood glitz and glamour to its Walk of Fame, and Larson rolled up in style, chauffeured by the speedway’s 1948 Chevrolet […]

By Staff Report NASCAR.com March 17, 2018 at 1:47 pm Take a look at which drivers have led the way with the best 10-lap averages at Auto Club Speedway in this weekend’s practices ahead of Sunday’s Auto Club 400 (3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). PRACTICE 2: RESULTS Pos Car Driver From […]

By Staff Report NASCAR.com March 17, 2018 at 1:42 pm After posting the fastest time in Friday’s opening practice, Kevin Harvick led the charge once again in second practice for Sunday’s Monster Energy Series Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway. Harvick ticked off a lap around the 2-mile oval at 186.075 mph in the […]

By Staff Report NASCAR.com March 17, 2018 at 12:47 pm See where your favorite driver will pit for Sunday’s Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway (3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Source: https://www.nascar.com

By Staff Report NASCAR.com March 17, 2018 at 10:35 am NASCAR announced this offseason that it will standardize at-track team rosters across all three national series in 2018, providing a structure for the number of personnel working on each vehicle during the course of a race weekend. Official team rosters for Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR […]

By Staff Report NASCAR.com March 16, 2018 at 11:57 pm The 24 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series teams that passed pre-qualifying inspection and made a qualifying lap Friday at Auto Club Speedway will have the option to purchase a new set of sticker tires for the start of the race, series Managing Director Richard Buck […]

By Pat DeCola NASCAR.com March 16, 2018 at 9:05 pm FONTANA, Calif. — In the immortal words of Major League II‘s Lou Brown, “We won a game yesterday. If we win one today, that’s two in a row. If we win one tomorrow that’s called a winning streak. It … has … happened … before.” […]

By Staff Report NASCAR.com March 16, 2018 at 8:15 pm Martin Truex Jr. earned his second Busch Pole Award of the season and his first at Auto Club Speedway when he sped his No. 78 Furniture Row Toyota around the track at 186.567 mph in the final round of Friday qualifying. Truex, who also started […]

Brad Keselowski went off the grid to climb mountains and marvel at the majesty of California’s giant sequoias. Keselowski’s Team Penske teammate, Ryan Blaney, did something altogether different.