NASCAR will this weekend travel to Fontana, California for a double header at Auto Club Speedway. NASCAR Xfinity Series and Monster Energy NASCAR Cup will race this weekend while the Truck Series is off. Auto Club Speedway, formerly California Speedway, opened for racing in 1997. The track is a 3 km (2 mile), D-shaped oval superspeedway. Surface is paved with four turns. Banking in turns; 14°, backstretch; 3° and frontstretch; 11°. Track record, for NASCAR Series, is held by Kyle Busch with 188.245 mph (38.248 sec.) in February 25, 2005. Most wins by an active driver at Auto Club Speedway is Jimmie Johnson with 6 wins (22 races). The stands currently capacity are 122 000 seats.
Weekend Schedule for Auto Club Speedway
Series: Xfinity Series and Monster Energy NASCAR Cup
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Note: Times in CET and US EST
Friday, March 24
18.30-19.55 | 1:30-2:55 p.m. | Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, FS1
20.00-20.55 | 3-3:55 p.m. | NASCAR XFINITY Series practice, FS1
22.00-22.55 | 5-5:55 p.m. | NASCAR XFINITY Series final practice, FS1
00.05 | 7:05 p.m. | Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, FS1
Garage Cam
18.00 | 1 p.m. | Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
19.30 | 2:30 p.m. | NASCAR XFINITY Series
Saturday, March 25
16.30-17.25 | 11:30 a.m.-12:25 p.m. | Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, FS1
17.30 | 12:30 p.m. | NASCAR XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, FS1
19.30-20.20 | 2:30-3:20 p.m. | Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, FS1
21.00 | 4 p.m. | NASCAR XFINITY Series NXS 300 (150 laps, 300 miles), FS1
Sunday, March 26
21.30 | 3:30 p.m. | Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Auto Club 400 (200 laps, 400 miles), FOX/ VIASAT MOTOR LIVE 21.00 (Sweden)
Photo credit: Todd Warshaw, Getty Images (NASCAR Media.com)