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.

By Holly Cain NASCAR Wire Service March 16, 2018 at 4:58 pm Since a spectacular and celebrated runner-up finish in his season-opening Daytona 500 debut, Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. says he’s found a necessary balance between huge optimism and a big dose of confidence that comes with such a fantastic season start and the harsher […]

By Staff Report NASCAR.com March 16, 2018 at 3:30 pm Kevin Harvick, winner of the last three Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races, continued his speedy ways at Auto Club Speedway as he raced his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford to the fastest time in Friday’s practice session, recording a lap at 189.066 mph. Harvick’s […]

By Staff Report NASCAR.com March 16, 2018 at 2:07 pm Jimmie Johnson said he viewed news that longtime sponsor Lowe’s will depart sponsorship of his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet in 2019 as “an opportunity” to find a new sponsor who will support a proven seven-time NASCAR champion. “This is really a unique opportunity,” Johnson […]