BRISTOL, TN - MARCH 27:  Martin Truex Jr. (R) celebrates with his team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. (L) on winning the NASCAR Busch Series Sharpie 250 March 27, 2004 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.  (Photo by Darrell Ingham/Getty Images) | Getty Images
BRISTOL, TN - MARCH 27: Martin Truex Jr. (R) celebrates with his team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. (L) on winning the NASCAR Busch Series Sharpie 250 March 27, 2004 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by Darrell Ingham/Getty Images) | Getty Images

March 27 – Today in Jayski’s NASCAR history

March 27, 2017

  • NASCAR will examine wall Kenseth hit at Auto Club Speedway : A NASCAR executive said series officials will work with Auto Club Speedway officials to see if there is a way to alter the angle of the inside wall Matt Kenseth hit in Sunday’s Cup race. Kenseth hit a portion of the wall that was angled toward the track. Safety equipment was stationed behind that wall.[More](3-27-2017)
  • Auto Club 400 overnight TV ratings: Fox earned a 2.9 overnight for Sunday’s NASCAR race in Fontana, CA.[More](3-27-2017)
  • Cautions by LaJoie and Gaulding impact Auto Club race: BK Racing is hitting the wall for a high average so far in 2017. After #23-Gray Gaulding and #83-Corey LaJoie each caused caution flags in Sunday’s race at Auto Club Speedway, the team kept up its proficiency at slowing down Cup Series races.[More](3-27-2017)
  • Bowyer gets first top five in 52 races: Clint Bowyer captured his first top five in 52 races when he came home third in Sunday’s Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway. Bowyer started 17th and was able to make his way to the front quickly driving the #14 Ford, posting a 5.7 average running position through-out the race en route to the checkered flag.[More](3-27-2017)
  • Sunday Auto Club Notebook: Even though he had just posted his best Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series finish since 2015, Clint Bowyer didn’t expect effusive praise from the driver he succeeded in the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford. So when Bowyer pulled onto pit road at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday after running third behind race winner Kyle Larson and runner-up Brad Keselowski in the Auto Club 400, Stewart’s reaction, as a car owner, was predictably restrained.[More](3-27-2017)
  • Auto Club Race and Commercial Breakdown: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.[More](3-27-2017)
  • Truck Series entry list: There are 32 trucks entered for Saturday’s Alpha Energy Solutions 200 at Martinsville Speedway. See the complete list on the Martinsville entry list page (pdf).(3-27-2017)
  • Edsel Ford to serve as honorary pace car driver at Martinsville: A Ford will lead the field to green in more than one way Sunday at Martinsville Speedway. Track President Clay Campbell announced today that Edsel Ford, the great-grandson of Henry Ford, will be the Honorary Pace Car Driver for the STP 500. Ford, who also serves as a board member for the Ford Motor Company, will drive the Ford Shelby 350GT pace car at the start of the race.[Martinsville Speedway](3-27-2017)
  • Automobile Club of Southern California renews Auto Club race sponsorship: Officials from Auto Club Speedway and the Automobile Club of Southern California today announced a multi-year race entitlement extension for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series AUTO CLUB 400 at Auto Club Speedway. The three-year deal marks 14 years of race sponsorship from Auto Club and the 20th year as a marketing partner. Auto Club has been a partner with the Speedway in Fontana since it opened in 1997, then sponsoring the Winston West Series. [More](3-27-2017)

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