The fifth race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season will take place on Sunday at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA. Denny Hamlin is on the pole for the Auto Club 400, he will lead a field of 43 cars to the green flag. Thus far the first four races of the season has seen four different winners.
The race is 200 laps, 400 miles around the 2.0 mile track.
Pre-race coverage of the race will be begin on FOX at 2:30 pm EST. G.I. Joe actors D.J. Cotrona and Adrianne Palicki will give the command to fire engines and the green flag is scheduled to drop at 3:16 pm EST.
The usual FOX crew will be on hand with Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds in the booth. Chris Myers and Michael Waltrip will operate from the Hollywood Hotel while Steve Byrnes, Matt Yocum, and Krista Voda are all on pit road. Jeff Hammond will be in the virtual garage for the race.
GREG BIFFLE: 3M Window Film car
Fans who will be listening to the race on the radio can tune into Motor Racing Network (MRN) or Sirius XM Satellite NASCAR Radio 90.
Tony Stewart was the 2012 winner of this event.
Starting Lineup for the Auto Club 400
The full qualifying results are below:
- Denny Hamlin
- Greg Biffle
- Brad Keselowski
- Kyle Busch
- Matt Kenseth
- Joey Logano
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Tony Stewart
- Mark Martin
- Kurt Busch
- Casey Mears
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Clint Bowyer
- Kevin Harvick
- Dale Earnhardt Jr
- Kasey Kahne
- Jamie McMurray
- Jimmie Johnson
- Jeff Gordon
- Ryan Newman
- Marcos Ambrose
- Jeff Burton
- Aric Almirola
- Carl Edwards
- Bobby Labonte
- A.J. Allmendinger
- Paul Menard
- David Reutimann
- Dave Blaney
- Josh Wise
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- David Stremme
- Travis Kvapil
- David Gilliland
- Michael McDowell
- Landon Cassill
- JJ Yeley
- Scott Riggs
- Timmy Hill
- Danica Patrick
- Mike Bliss
- David Ragan
- Joe Nemechek
Keselowski and Biffle will both go to the back of the field for engine swaps. There were only 43 cars on the entry list so no teams failed to qualify.
