No 83, Brian Vickers in action in the Sprint Cup

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Nov 17, 2011

Red Bull's NASCAR team set for final run Nov 17, 2011

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When the chequered flag flies on the 2011 Sprint Cup season at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday, the finish line of the Ford 400 will also signal the end of Red Bull's NASCAR team...

Aug 26, 2011

NASCAR driver Brian Vickers goes swimming with sharks Aug 26, 2011

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series veteran Brian Vickers is known for his daredevil antics, but he had never swum with sharks, at least not until his arrival in Atlanta, Georgia, ahead of the Labour Day race...

May 19, 2011

Then and Now: NASCAR Dream Machines May 19, 2011

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Stock car racing is the ultimate American expression of motorsport. Cars in NASCAR have always been spectacularly fast... but they were once even speedier than they are now

Apr 7, 2011

The Little Questions: Kasey Kahne Apr 7, 2011

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So far in NASCAR 2011, Red Bull Racing driver Kasey Kahne has a top 10 finish and a Daytona 500 wall prang to his name. The Red Bulletin asked Kasey some tasty little questions...

Event Details

Location
Auto Club Speedway Fontana, California, USA (Map this address )
Start
MAR 27, 2011 at 12:00 AM
End
MAR 27, 2011 at 11:00 PM
About
Auto Club Speedway of Southern California has a history that you might expect a track just 50 miles from Hollywood to have. The speedway, formerly known as California Speedway, sits on a 568-acre site that once hosted the first steel mill located west of the Rocky Mountains, Kaiser Steel Mill. The mill produced the steel that helped build the Liberty ships used by the Allies to win World War II. Kaiser Steel went out of business in 1983. Following that, the site fell into such disrepair that it was used in the movie The Terminator to portray a post-Apocalyptic world where men and machines battled each other for supremacy and survival. Penske Motorsports Inc. purchased the land and completed the track in 1997. The first race held on the track was a Winston West Series race won by Ken Schrader on June 21, 1997. Later that day, Mark Martin won an International Race of Champions event at the new facility. Jeff Gordon won the track's first Cup race the following day. Auto Club Speedway has also hosted races in the Nationwide and Truck series, as well as events in the IndyCar Series and what is now the Champ Car World Series on its oval and road racing and motorcycle events on its road courses. In 1999, Penske Motorsports Inc. merged with International Speedway Corporation, bringing California Speedway into the ISC family of tracks. Beginning in 2004, California Speedway's 2-mile oval became the host of two Cup Series races each year, adding a Labor Day weekend event to its roster of activities. The track was renamed in February 2008.