It was built as California Speedway by Penske Speedways because it was felt there was a strong audience for racing in Southern California.
Auto Club Speedway has a seating capacity of 92,000.
Nascar has two tracks located in California. Auto Club Speedway is in Fontana and Infineon Raceway is in Sonoma.
2 miles long.
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In 2011, Auto Club Speedway (California) lost one of its race dates, which opened a spot for Kansas Speedway.
In 2011, Auto Club Speedway, formerly known as California Speedway, began running only one Sprint Cup Series race per season.
Kyle Busch's last Nascar Cup Series win was on March 23, 2014. It was the Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway.
The California Speedway is now known as Auto Club Speedway. The average track speed reaches over 200 miles per hour while the fastest lap is 241.428 miles per hour.
Yes. Due to adding or losing sponsors, the names of certain Nascar race tracks have been changed. A couple of amendments over the years would be (Lowe's Motor Speedway to Charlotte Motor Speedway, and California Speedway becoming Auto Club Speedway).
NASCAR itself was founded after the Daytona Speedway was built. Bill France's coterie of auto racers raced on the sands of Daytona Beach before moving to the speedway.
Auto Club Speedway - Fontana, CAChicagoland Speedway - Joliet, ILDarlington Raceway - Darlington, SCDaytona International Speedway - Daytona Beach, FLHomestead-Miami Speedway - Homestead, FLKansas Speedway - Kansas City, KSMartinsville Speedway - Ridgeway, VAMichigan International Speedway - Brooklyn, MIPhoenix International Raceway - Avondale, AZRichmond International Raceway- Richmond, VATalladega Superspeedway - Talladega, ALWatkins Glen International - Watkins Glen, NY
Daytona Motor Speedway, but at that time the track was on the beach and was 3 miles long, 1.5 of the miles were on a national highway (the highway was roped off).