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Robby Gordon Post-Auto Club 500 NSCS Race Recap

Charlotte, NC – Robby Gordon Motorsports and BAM Racing debuted the No. 7 Warner Music Nashville / Whitney Duncan Camry this weekend at Auto Club Speedway with driver Robby Gordon behind the wheel. Before being involved in a last-lap incident in the season-opening Daytona 500, Gordon was headed for a top-15 finish. The team headed to California with hopes for a strong showing in Gordon’s home state until the No. 7 suffered an untimely engine failure. … Read entire article »

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Mike Bliss Brings Home 22nd Place For Tommy Baldwin Racing In Auto Club 500

Fontana, CA – Mike Bliss was able to rebound from last weekend’s 42nd place finish in the Daytona 500 by taking 22nd place in Sunday’s Auto Club 500. Bliss consistently kept the No. 36 Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet in the top 30 and was able to make a late pass of the No. 6 car to produce the best finish of the young season for TBR. … Read entire article »

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Tony Stewart Logs Third Straight Top-10 Finish at Fontana

Fontana, CA – Tony Stewart put in a workmanlike performance in Sunday’s Auto Club 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., and the result was a solid ninth-place finish. It was Stewart’s third straight top-10 finish at the 2-mile oval and his first of the 2010 season. … Read entire article »

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Engine Failure Ends Newman’s Day Early in Fontana

Fontana, CA – Engine troubles spoiled a solid top-10 run for Ryan Newman in Sunday’s Auto Club 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. Newman had been a fixture among the top-12 for much of the afternoon before an engine failure relegated the driver of the No. 39 Haas Automation Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) to a 36th-place finish. … Read entire article »

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Johnson Rallies For Victory At Fontana

FONTANA, Calif. – A career came full circle for Jimmie Johnson, who won his first NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Auto Club Speedway in 2002 and on Sunday claimed his fifth victory at the 2-mile track and the 48th of his career — matching the No. 48 on his Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. … Read entire article »

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Auto Club 500 Top Three Post Qualifying Press Conference Transcript

Fontana, Calif – Jamie McMurray rolled right from victory lane in the Daytona 500 to the pole position for Sunday’s Auto Club 500 in Fontana, California. It is the fourth Coors Light Pole Award for the driver of the No. 1 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Impala and his first pole at the two-mile Auto Club Speedway. … Read entire article »

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Fast Times Continue for Jamie McMurray

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA – Just five days after his victorious run to the Daytona 500 title, Jamie McMurray (No. 1 Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats Chevrolet) landed the Coors Light Pole Award Friday with a blazing two-mile lap of 39.185 seconds (183.744 miles per hour) at Auto Club Speedway. … Read entire article »

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Auto Club 500 Starting Grid

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA – Just five days after his victorious run to the Daytona 500 title, Jamie McMurray (No. 1 Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats Chevrolet) landed the Coors Light Pole Award Friday with a blazing two-mile lap of 39.185 seconds (183.744 miles per hour) at Auto Club Speedway. … Read entire article »

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Mark Martin Friday Media Visit

Mark Martin met with members of the media at Auto Club Speedway and discussed the Daytona 500 winner, upcoming changes to the Cup car and other topics. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS COMING OUT OF DAYTONA AND RACING AT AUTO CLUB SPEEDWAY THIS WEEKEND?: … Read entire article »

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