AUTO RACING PACKAGE: Auto Racing Glance

Posted March 17, 2015 11:00 pm

By The Associated Press

All Times EDT

NASCAR

SPRINT CUP

AUTO CLUB 400

Site: Fontana, California.

Schedule: Friday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 3-4:30 p.m.), qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 7:30-9 p.m.); Saturday, practice (Fox Sports 2, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Fox Sports 1, 2:30-3:30 p.m.); Sunday, race, 3:30 p.m. (Fox, 3-7 p.m.).

Track: Auto Club Speedway (oval, 2.0 miles).

Race distance: 400 miles, 200 laps.

Last year: Kyle Busch won at the track for the second straight year.

Last week: Kevin Harvick raced to his fourth straight Phoenix victory, fifth in the last six races and record seventh at the track. The defending series champion also won the previous week at Las Vegas and has four victories and three second-place finishes in his last seven races.

Fast facts: Harvick is from Bakersfield. ... Six-time series champion Jimmie Johnson has a series-high five victories at the track. ... Busch is sidelined after breaking his right leg and left foot in a wreck in the Xfinity race at Daytona. ... The track had two Cup races a year from 2004-10.

Next race: STP 500, March 29, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Virginia.

Online: http://www.nascar.com

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XFINITY

DRIVE4CLOTS.COM 300

Site: Fontana, California.

Schedule: Friday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 4:30-5:30 p.m., 6-7:30 p.m.); Saturday, qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 12:30-2:30 p.m.), race, 4 p.m. (3:30-6:30 p.m.).

Track: Auto Club Speedway (oval, 2.0 miles).

Race distance: 300 miles, 150 laps.

Last year: Kyle Larson raced to his first series victory, holding off Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch.

Last week: Daytona 500 winner Joey Logano won at Phoenix for his first series victory since 2013.

Fast facts: Busch is sidelined after breaking his right leg and left foot in a wreck in the series race at Daytona. Denny Hamlin is driving in place of Busch in Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 54 Toyota. ... Harvick and Brad Keselowski are racing. Harvick won the series race in Atlanta.

Next race: O'Reilly Auto Parts 300, April 10, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas.

Online: http://www.nascar.com

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CAMPING WORLD TRUCK

Next race: Kroger 250, March 28, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Virginia.

Last event: Two-time defending series champion Matt Crafton won at Atlanta on Feb. 28.

Online: http://www.nascar.com

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FORMULA ONE

Next race: Malaysian Grand Prix, March 29, Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Last week: Defending series champion Lewis Hamilton won the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg was second.

Online: http://www.formula1.com

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NHRA MELLO YELLO DRAG RACING

Next event: NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, March 27-29, zMAX Dragway, Concord, North Carolina.

Last week: Spencer Massey won the Top Fuel division in the Gatornationals, and Don Schumacher Racing teammate Ron Capps topped the Funny Car field. Greg Anderson won in Pro Stock, and Karen Stoffer in Pro Stock Motorcycle.

Online: http://www.nhra.com

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OTHER RACES

TUDOR UNITED SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP: Twelve Hours of Sebring, Saturday (Fox Sports 1, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Fox Sports 2, 12:30-7 p.m., 10-11 p.m.), Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida. Online: http://www.imsa.com

WORLD OF OUTLAWS: Sprint Car: FVP Western Spring Shootout, Saturday-Sunday, Stockton Dirt Track, Stockton, California. Late Model: Friday, Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway, Calvert City, Kentucky; Saturday, I-30 Speedway, Little Rock, Arkansas. Online: http://www.worldofoutlaws.com

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