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Cool-Down Lap: Leaving Fontana with a six-pack of unanswered questions
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service FONTANA, Calif. – We know that Tony Stewart won Sunday’s Auto Club 400. We know that Greg Biffle kept the Sprint Cup points lead for the third straight week. But there’s still a lot we don’t know as we leave Fontana on the transcontinental trip to Martinsville. Here are six questions to contemplate as we move from a wide two-mile track to a tight half-mile: 1. What happened to Mr. October? No, … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
NASCAR Notebook: Earnhardt Jr. surprised his rivals weren’t better weather men
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service FONTANA, Calif. — To Dale Earnhardt Jr., the decision not to pit when rain hit Auto Club Speedway on Sunday was a no-brainer. Earnhardt stayed out and finished third in the rain-shortened Auto Club 400, which NASCAR called after 129 laps when the rain intensified. Denny Hamlin and Jimmie Johnson, however, came to pit road under caution for the initial shower, giving up positions in the top five and costing themselves better … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
It’s Raining Victories for Stewart
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service FONTANA, Calif. — Tony Stewart made all the right moves Sunday at Auto Club Speedway, and the last one proved decisive in taking the three-time champion to Victory Lane in the rain-shortened Auto Club 400. After raindrops slowed the race on Lap 124, Stewart, the race leader, faked a move toward pit road but stayed on the track and matched the pace car’s speed of 65 mph, a far cry … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Sprint Cup
Logano cruises to 8th straight JGR Nationwide win at Fontana
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service FONTANA, Calif.—- Joey Logano kept the Joe Gibbs Racing streak alive. Fighting off challenges from a succession of rivals, Logano gave JGR its eighth straight Nationwide Series victory at Auto Club Speedway in winning the Royal Purple 300 by 1.066 seconds over runner-up Ricky Stenhouse Jr. The victory was Logano’s first of the season, second at Fontana and the 10th of his career. Logano is the first Sprint Cup Series regular to … Read entire article »
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Denny Hamlin knocks JGR teammate Busch off California pole
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service FONTANA, Calif. – Kyle Busch had the pole for Sunday’s Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway — until Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin took it away from him. Hamlin circled the two-mile track in 38.626 seconds (186.403 mph) to claim his second Coors Light pole award at Fontana and the 10th of his career, and he did it by taking the opposite approach from his teammate — running the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Appeal over, but dispute over Jimmie Johnson’s “C” posts still rages
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service FONTANA, Calif. — In the aftermath of Hendrick Motorsports’ successful appeal of penalties imposed on the No. 48 team for a Daytona rules infraction, Jimmie Johnson made a bold assertion Friday at Auto Club Speedway. “Through the appeal process, we proved that those ‘C’ posts were legal,” Johnson said of the parts NASCAR confiscated on opening-day inspection Feb. 17 at Daytona. NASCAR president Mike Helton would take issue with that statement. In … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Jimmie Johnson Foundation Partners with Blue Bunny Ice Cream To Launch 2012 Helmet of Hope
FONTANA, Calif. – Five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson kicked off the 2012 Helmet of Hope campaign today at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., by announcing Blue Bunny Ice Cream as the title sponsor of the program. Johnson unveiled this year’s helmet, custom designed by Jason Beam and complete with ice cream scoops. “We’re thrilled to have Blue Bunny Ice Cream as the title sponsor for this year’s Helmet of Hope,” Johnson said. … Read entire article »
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Comforts of home await Jimmie Johnson at Auto Club
After a shaky start to the season, Jimmie Johnson is back on the brink of being one of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ front-runners. With his home track looming on the schedule, another big move isn’t out of the question. Johnson and the rest of the Cup tour head west to Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., the site of some of the five-time champion’s most meaningful victories, including his first Cup win in 2002. Three … Read entire article »
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Hendrick Motorsports, Jimmie Johnson penalty overturned on final appeal
NASCAR Wire Service Penalties levied against Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 48 team driven by Jimmie Johnson were overturned Tuesday. National Stock Car Racing Chief Appellate Officer John Middlebrook rescinded the loss of 25 driver points, 25 owner points and six-race suspensions for crew chief Chad Knaus and car chief Ron Malec. The decision was reached after a final appeal hearing at NASCAR’s research and development center in Concord, N.C. Middlebrook also ruled that the $100,000 fine assessed to … Read entire article »
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