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Jimmie Johnson drives the #48 Lowe's/Jimmie Johnson Foundation Chevrolet as smoke flies from it during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway on March 25, 2012 in Fontana, California. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images for NASCAR)

Johnson gets a gift

March 26, 2012 Greg Engle 0

FONTANA, Calif. — Forget the 25 points Jimmie Johnson regained on appeal of the No. 48 team’s Daytona penalty early this season. Johnson was equally […]

Tony Stewart, driver of the #14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway on March 25, 2012 in Fontana, California. The red flag was waved at lap 129 due to rain which shortened the Auto Club 400. (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images for NASCAR)

Tony Stewart wins rain-shortened Cup race at Fontana

March 25, 2012 Greg Engle 0

FONTANA, Calif. — Tony Stewart made all the right moves Sunday at Auto Club Speedway, and the last one proved decisive in taking the three-time […]

Joey Logano, driver of the #18 Trans-Lux Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series Royal Purple 300 at Auto Club Speedway on March 24, 2012 in Fontana, California. (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images for NASCAR)

Logano cruises to 8th straight JGR Nationwide win at Fontana

March 25, 2012 Greg Engle 0

Joey Logano kept the Joe Gibbs Racing streak alive.

Fighting off challenges from a succession of rivals, Logano gave JGR its eighth straight Nationwide Series victory at Auto Club Speedway in winning the Royal Purple 300 by 1.066 seconds over runner-up Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Penske engine statement is good news for Dodge

March 25, 2012 Greg Engle 0

FONTANA, Calif.—- Roger Penske assertion that he will keep his engine shop open and production is good news for more than just the 70 employees […]

Brad Keselowski, driver of the #2 Miller Lite Dodge, races during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 18, 2012 in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

Tires — not reinventing speedway — might be Bristol’s answer

March 25, 2012 Greg Engle 0

FONTANA, Calif.—- Dale Earnhardt Jr. had some advice for Bruton Smith: talk to the drivers before firming up plans to reinvent Bristol Motor Speedway. It […]

Coors Light Pole Award winner Denny Hamlin, driver of the No. 11 FedEx Express Toyota, poses after qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway on March 23, 2012, in Fontana, Calif.

Denny Hamlin knocks JGR teammate Busch off California pole

March 24, 2012 Greg Engle 0

FONTANA, Calif. — Kyle Busch had the pole for Sunday’s Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway — until Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin […]

Appeal over, but dispute over Jimmie Johnson’s “C” posts still rages

March 24, 2012 Greg Engle 0

FONTANA, Calif. — In the aftermath of Hendrick Motorsports’ successful appeal of penalties imposed on the No. 48 team for a Daytona rules infraction, Jimmie […]

New Bristol or old Bristol?

March 24, 2012 Greg Engle 0

FONTANA, Calif. — Should Bristol Motor Speedway be returned to its pre-2007 configuration to satisfy race fans’ apparent hunger for beating and banging?