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CALIFORNIA
" Auto Club " SPEEDWAY
sprint
Cup and nationwide Series Weekend Schedule
Aerial
Picture of California Speedway
Grandstand
View of California Speedway
CALIFORNIA
SPEEDWAY WEBSITE
Address:
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9300
Cherry Avenue
Fontana, CA 92335
(800) 944-7223
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California
Speedway Specifications
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Track Size
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Two-mile D-shaped oval
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Track Width
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75 feet wide with 15-foot apron
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Turns 1-2; 3-4
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14-degree banking
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Front Stretch
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11-degree banking; 3100 feet in
length
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Back Straightaway
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3-degree banking; 2500 feet in
length
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Garages
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3 garages with 100 spaces
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Composition
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Asphalt track, pit lane and parking
areas; concrete pit stalls
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Pit Road
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2200 feet in length with 44
individual pit areas
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Sprint
Cup Race Length: 250 laps - 500 miles
Nationwide
Series Race Length: 150 laps - 300 miles
Pit Road Speed: 55mph
auto club 500
Sprint
Cup Race #2 of 36
Chase
to the Championship - Race #2 of 26
california
speedway
Sunday
- February 22nd, 2009 - 6:00pm FOX (Eastern)
Race:
Sunday, February 22, 2009 at 6:00pm (Eastern)
Pre-Race
Show: FOX 5:00pm (Eastern)
Speed
NASCAR Race Day Show: 3:00pm with
John Roberts, Jimmy Spencer, Kenny Wallace
Television
Coverage of Race: FOX - 6:00pm
(Eastern)
Announcers:
Mike
Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds
Pit Reporters: Dick
Berggren, Steve Byrnes, Matt Yocum, Krista Voda
Other Reporters:
Chris
Myers and Jeff Hammond
Posted
Awards - $6,339,134; First Place - $250,765
2008 Pole Winner: Jimmie Johnson - Finished 2nd
2008 Race Winner: Carl Edwards, Started 9th
Race Length:
250 laps - 500 miles
Sprint Cup Series Past Race Winners and Pole Sitters
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DATE |
RACE |
POLE |
WINNER |
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June
22, 1997 |
NAPA
AUTO PARTS 500 |
Joe
Nemechek |
Jeff
Gordon |
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May
3, 1998 |
NAPA
AUTO PARTS 500 |
Jeff
Gordon |
Mark
Martin |
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May
2, 1999 |
NAPA
AUTO PARTS 500 |
Jeff
Burton |
Jeff
Gordon |
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April
30, 2000 |
NAPA
AUTO PARTS 500 |
Mike
Skinner |
Jeremy
Mayfield |
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April
29, 2001 |
NAPA
AUTO PARTS 500 |
Bobby
Labonte |
Rusty
Wallace |
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April
28, 2002 |
NAPA
AUTO PARTS 500 |
Ryan
Newman |
Jimmie
Johnson |
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April
27, 2003 |
AUTO
CLUB 500 |
Steve
Park |
Kurt
Busch |
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May
2, 2004 |
AUTO
CLUB 500 |
Kasey
Kahne |
Jeff
Gordon |
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Sept
5, 2004 |
POP
SECRET 500 |
Brain
Vickers |
Elliott
Sadler |
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Feb
27, 2005 |
AUTO
CLUB 500 |
Kyle
Busch |
Greg
Biffle |
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Sept
4, 2005 |
SONY
HD 500 |
Carl
Edwards |
Kyle
Busch |
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Feb
26, 2006 |
AUTO
CLUB 500 |
Kurt
Busch |
Matt
Kenseth |
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Sept
3, 2006 |
SONY
HD 500 |
Kurt
Busch |
Kasey
Kahne |
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Feb
24, 2007 |
AUTO
CLUB 500 |
Jeff
Gordon |
Matt
Kenseth |
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Sept
5, 2007 |
SHARP
AQUOS 500 |
Kurt
Busch |
Jimmie
Johnson |
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Feb 28, 2008 |
AUTO CLUB 500 |
Jimmie Johnson |
Carl Edwards |
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Aug 31, 2008 |
PEPSI 500 |
Jimmie Johnson |
Jimmie Johnson |
SPRINT CUP SERIES
RACE RECORDS
| Event |
Name |
Speed |
Date |
| Race |
Jeff
Gordon |
155.012 |
June
1997 |
| Qualifying |
Kyle Busch |
188.245 |
February
2005 |
stater bros 300
NATIONWIDE
SERIES RACE #2 OF 35
california " auto club " speedway
Saturday - February 21st, 2009 -
7:45pm ESPN2 (Eastern)
Pre-Race
Show: ESPN2 7:00pm (Eastern)
Television
Coverage of Race: ESPN2 7:30pm (Eastern)
Nascar
Countdown: Allen Bestwick,
Rusty Wallace, Brad Daugherty
Announcers:
Jerry Punch, Dale Jarrett, Andy
Petree
Pit
Reporters: Dave Burns, Mike Massaro,
Jamie Little, Shannon Spake
Posted
Awards - $1,795,210; First Place -
$98,635
2008 Pole Winner: Jeff Burton - Finished 8th
2008 Race Winner: Tony Stewart, Started 2nd
Race
Length:
150 Laps 300 miles
Nationwide
Series Past Race Winners and Pole Sitters
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DATE |
RACE |
POLE |
WINNER |
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Oct.
19, 1997 |
Kenwood
Home 300 |
Steve
Park |
Todd
Bodine |
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July
19, 1998 |
Kenwood
Home 300 |
Robert
Pressley |
Dale
Earnhardt Jr |
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May
1, 1999 |
Auto
Club 300 |
Dale
Earnhardt Jr |
Matt
Kenseth |
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April
29, 2000 |
Auto
Club 300 |
Jeff
Green |
Matt
Kenseth |
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April
28, 2001 |
Auto
Club 300 |
Bobby
Hamilton Jr |
Hank
Parker Jr |
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April
27, 2002 |
Auto
Club 300 |
Jack
Sprague |
Scott
Riggs |
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April
26, 2003 |
California
300 |
Kevin
Harvick |
Matt
Kenseth |
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May
1, 2004 |
Stater
Bros. 300 |
Jason
Leffler |
Greg
Biffle |
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Sept.
4, 2004 |
Target
House 300 |
Casey
Mears |
Greg
Biffle |
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Feb
26, 2005 |
Stater
Brothers 300 |
Tony Stewart |
Mark Martin |
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Sept
3, 2005 |
Ameriquest
300 |
Clint Bowyer |
Carl Edwards |
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Feb
25, 2006 |
Stater
Brothers 300 |
Carl Edwards |
Greg Biffle |
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Sept
2nd, 2006 |
Ameriquest
300 |
Clint Bowyer |
Kasey Kahne |
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Feb
24, 2007 |
Stater
Brothers 300 |
Dave Blaney |
Matt Kenseth |
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Sept
1, 2007 |
Camping
World 300 |
Denny
Hamlin |
Jeff
Burton |
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Feb
25, 2008 |
Stater
Brothers 300 |
Jeff
Burton |
Tony Stewart |
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Aug 30, 2008 |
Camping
World 300 |
Kyle Busch |
Kyle Busch |
NATIONWIDE SERIES
RACE RECORDS
| Event |
Name |
Speed |
Date |
| Race |
Hank Parker
Jr |
155.957 |
April 2001 |
| Qualifying |
Tony
Stewart |
185.941 |
February
2005 |
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auto club 500
stater bros 300
Event
Weekend Schedule
February 20th -
February 22nd, 2009
Friday,
February 20th
9:45 AM 11:50
AM – Nationwide Series Practice
12:00 PM 1:30
PM – Sprint Cup Series Practice
3:40 PM –
Sprint Cup Series Qualifying ( Two Laps, All Positions )
5:45 PM 6:45 PM
– Nationwide Series Final Practice
Saturday,
February 21st
9:35 AM –
Nationwide Series Qualifying ( Two Laps, All Positions )
2:15 PM 4:00 PM
- Sprint Cup Series Final Practice
4:15 PM –
Nationwide Series Driver Introductions
4:45 PM –
Nationwide Series Race – Stater Bros 300 (150 Laps, 300 Miles )
Sunday,
February 22nd
2:30 PM –
Sprint Cup Series Driver Introductions
3:00 PM -
Sprint Cup Series Race – Auto Club 500 - ( 250 Laps, 500 Miles )
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