Auto Club Speedway announced that former WWF wrestling superstar Steve Austin will serve as Honorary Starter for the Auto Club 500 on Sunday, Feb. 21. Austin, starring in the upcoming 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment film ‘Damage’Â, which will be released on DVD on March 23, will get NASCARs West Coast Premiere underway at 12noon/pt on Sunday. “Having been a NASCAR fan for years, it is a real honor to be chosen to waive the Green Flag at Sunday’s race. I can think of no better place to introduce my upcoming FOX film DAMAGE than at the Auto Club Speedway in front of tens of thousands of screaming race fans!” For more information or to purchase tickets to the West Coast Premiere of NASCAR at Auto Club Speedway call 1-800-944-RACE (7223) or visit www.autoclubspeedway.com.(ACS)(2-18-2010)
