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FONTANA, Calif. – Three-time defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson was the only driver to eclipse 179 mph in final practice Saturday at Auto Club Speedway.
Matt Kenseth will try to become the first driver since Jeff Gordon in 1997 to win the first two races of the year when he competes at the Auto Club 500 in Fontana, Calif.
The Daytona 500 is the official start to the Sprint Cup schedule, but the majority of the drivers are pointing at this weekend as the point where the “real season” begins. And that seems to be the prevailing sentiment, whether they left Daytona with momentum, or a lack of it.
FONTANA, Calif. – Polesitter Brian Vickers said an engine issue similar to the one that caused Michael Waltrip’s engine to fail during qualifying Friday resulted in his team changing its engine for the race Sunday at Auto Club Speedway in California.
FONTANA, Calif. – Some of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s fans might have wanted just a warning for their driver when he was inches outside his pit box last week in the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway.
FONTANA, Calif. – A new Formula One team based in the United States will announce its plans Tuesday, but no Sprint Cup drivers with connections to the series expect to be involved.
by Holly Cain
Filed under: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Sprint Cup
This is what Dale Earnhardt Jr. means to NASCAR.
On a weekend which could be considered the most irrelevant on the schedule, Earnhardt has given us something to talk about beyond the doom-and-gloom economy, the empty seats expected at Sunday’s stop in Fontana, Calif., or the questionable late-day West Coast time slot that pits the Auto Club 500 directly up against the Academy Awards ceremony … in the one town that cares most about the Academy Awards ceremony.
Junior Gives NASCAR Needed Surge originally appeared on Motorsports FanHouse on Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:25:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.