Race Preview courtesy of Jayski.com TRACK: Auto Club Speedway NASCAR Sprint Cup Race No. 5 of 36 for the 2014 season Race: Sunday, March 23, 2014 in Fontana, California Title Sponsor: Auto Club Scheduled Green Flag: 3:16pm/et ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Television Coverage/Re-air/TV Team FoxSports1's NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 1:30pm/et with John Roberts, Kyle Petty & Kenny Wallace NASCAR Pre-Race: FOX - 2:30pm/et Television Race Coverage: FoxSports, 3:00pm/et In the Booth: Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds Pit Reporters: Steve Byrnes, Matt Yocum, Krista Voda Hollywood Hotel: Chris Myers and Michael Waltrip Virtual Garage: Jeff Hammond Scheduled Race Re-Air Dates/Times: Wednesday, March 26 at 3:00am/et on FS1 & Wednesday, March 26 at 8:00pm/et on FS2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio Coverage This Week: Motor Racing Network Sirius XM Satellite Radio Channel 90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Practices: Friday, March 21, 3:00 - 4:30 pm/et, TV-FS1 Saturday, March 22, 12:30 - 1:20 pm/et, TV-FS1 Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Saturday, March 22, 3:30 - 4:30pm/et, TV-FS1 Qualifying: groups for positions 1-36, Friday, March 21 at 7:35 pm/et, TV-FS1, no re-air scheduled. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track Specifications: Track Length: 2.0 mile D-shaped oval Race Length: 200 laps, 400 miles Superspeedway: 2.0-mile oval 75 feet wide with a 15 foot apron Banking: turns: 14°; front stretch 11°; backstretch 3° Front Stretch: 3,100feet Back Stretch: 2,500feet Pit Road: 2,200 feet long with 44 individual pit stalls Pit Road Speed: 55mph Pace Car Speed: 60mph Approx: 1,800 Infield RV spaces Grandstand seating capacity: 84,000 Opened: 1997
Auto Club 400 Starting Lineup courtesy of Jayski.com Pos Car Driver Sponsor Make Speed Time 1 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 187.315 38.438 2 2 Brad Keselowski Wurth Ford 187.105 38.481 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Spring is Calling Chevy 186.935 38.516 4 4 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's Chevy 186.901 38.523 5 15 Clint Bowyer PEAK Toyota 186.461 38.614 6 24 Jeff Gordon Drive To End Hunger Chevy 186.384 38.630 7 22 Joey Logano AAA Southern California Ford 186.273 38.653 8 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 186.013 38.707 9 99 Carl Edwards Subway Ford 185.878 38.735 10 14 Tony Stewart Rush Truck Centers/Mobil 1 Chevy 185.792 38.753 11 42 Kyle Larson* Target Chevy 185.773 38.757 12 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Chevy 185.725 38.767 13 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 185.323 38.851 14 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries Toyota 185.314 38.853 15 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard Chevy 185.290 38.858 16 31 Ryan Newman Caterpillar Chevy 185.209 38.875 17 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation Chevy 185.166 38.884 18 47 A.J. Allmendinger Charter Chevy 184.715 38.979 19 55 Brian Vickers TreatMyClot.com/Aaron's Toyota 184.521 39.020 20 3 Austin Dillon* Cheerios Chevy 183.960 39.139 21 43 Aric Almirola Farmland Ford 183.955 39.140 22 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford EcoBoost Ford 183.861 39.160 23 7 Michael Annett* Pilot/Flying J Chevy 183.491 39.239 24 16 Greg Biffle 3M Aerospace Ford 185.095 38.899 25 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's Chevy 184.525 39.019 26 5 Kasey Kahne Time Warner Cable Chevy 184.322 39.062 27 10 Danica Patrick GoDaddy/Get Found Chevy 184.299 39.067 28 51 Justin Allgaier* Brandt Professional Agriculture Chevy 183.983 39.134 29 38 David Gilliland Love's Travel Stops Ford 183.922 39.147 30 27 Paul Menard Duracell/Menards Chevy 183.641 39.207 31 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevy 183.580 39.220 32 30 Parker Kligerman* Swan Energy Toyota 182.918 39.362 33 35 David Reutimann MDS Transport Ford 182.219 39.513 34 26 Cole Whitt* Swan Energy Toyota 181.525 39.664 35 32 Travis Kvapil SK Hand Tools Ford 181.507 39.668 36 36 Reed Sorenson Unsponsored Chevy 181.365 39.699 37 33 Brian Scott (i) Whitetail Chevy 181.246 39.725 38 98 Josh Wise Trench Shoring Company Chevy 181.059 39.766 39 83 Ryan Truex* Borla Exhaust Toyota 180.659 39.854 40 23 Alex Bowman* Dr.Pepper Toyota 180.619 39.863 41 34 David Ragan Taco Bell Ford 180.284 39.937 42 66 Joe Nemechek (i) Land Castle Title Toyota 180.009 39.998 43 40 Landon Cassill(i) CRC Brakleen/FiberLock Chevy 000.000 00.000 * Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate (i) = Driver not running for 2014 Sprint Cup Series Championship Drivers Points
Auto Club 400 Results courtesy of ESPN.com POS DRIVER MANUFACTURER LAPS EARNINGS START LED PTS BONUS PENALTY 1 Kyle Busch Toyota 206 $324,531 14 5 47 4 0 2 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 206 $233,450 11 0 42 0 0 3 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 206 $169,905 17 2 42 1 0 4 Matt Kenseth Toyota 206 $207,891 1 19 41 1 0 5 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 206 $159,538 10 0 39 0 0 6 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 206 $148,559 25 0 38 0 0 7 Brian Vickers Toyota 206 $144,370 19 1 38 1 0 8 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 206 $127,853 18 0 36 0 0 9 Paul Menard Chevrolet 206 $134,309 30 0 35 0 0 10 Carl Edwards Ford 206 $121,270 9 0 34 0 0 11 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 206 $148,846 20 0 33 0 0 12 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 206 $111,360 15 0 32 0 0 13 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 206 $145,096 6 23 32 1 0 14 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 206 $109,210 27 0 30 0 0 15 Casey Mears Chevrolet 206 $125,968 31 0 29 0 0 16 Clint Bowyer Toyota 206 $140,001 5 2 29 1 0 17 Sam Hornish Jr. Toyota 206 $107,410 13 0 0 0 0 18 Cole Whitt Toyota 206 $94,610 34 0 26 0 0 19 Michael Annett Chevrolet 206 $111,768 23 0 25 0 0 20 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 206 $106,110 16 3 25 1 0 21 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 206 $107,868 36 1 24 1 0 22 Alex Bowman Toyota 206 $105,057 40 0 22 0 0 23 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet 206 $122,718 12 0 21 0 0 24 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 206 $155,521 3 104 22 2 0 25 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 205 $90,960 43 4 0 0 0 26 Brad Keselowski Ford 205 $140,343 2 38 19 1 0 27 David Ragan Ford 205 $100,235 41 1 18 1 0 28 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 205 $99,535 28 0 16 0 0 29 David Reutimann Ford 205 $91,335 33 1 16 1 0 30 Marcos Ambrose Ford 205 $117,430 8 0 14 0 0 31 Ryan Truex Toyota 205 $88,885 39 0 13 0 0 32 Joe Nemechek Toyota 205 $95,685 42 1 0 0 0 33 Travis Kvapil Ford 205 $87,460 35 0 11 0 0 34 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 204 $123,085 22 0 10 0 0 35 Brian Scott Chevrolet 204 $87,035 37 0 0 0 0 36 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 204 $127,928 4 0 8 0 0 37 Josh Wise Chevrolet 204 $86,664 38 0 7 0 0 38 David Gilliland Ford 202 $88,915 29 1 7 1 0 39 Joey Logano Ford 195 $116,906 7 0 5 0 0 40 Greg Biffle Ford 193 $117,490 24 0 4 0 0 41 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 180 $88,315 26 0 3 0 0 42 Parker Kligerman Toyota 85 $64,915 32 0 2 0 0 43 Aric Almirola Ford 68 $98,351 21 0 1 0 0