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Auto Club Race Notes & Facts:

Auto Club Race Notes & Facts:

March 21, 2016
-There have been 26 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Auto Club Speedway, the track hosted one NSCS race a season from 1997

Auto Club Pole Notes & Facts:

Auto Club Pole Notes & Facts:

March 18, 2016
-Jimmie Johnson leads the series in average starting position at Auto Club Speedway with a 9.476. -Joe Nemechek won the inaugural Coors Light pole (1997) with a speed of 183.015 mph (39.341 secs.). -16 drivers have poles at Auto Club Speedway, led by Kurt Busch with
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Auto Club Pole Notes & Facts:

Auto Club Pole Notes & Facts:

March 18, 2016
-Jimmie Johnson leads the series in average starting position at Auto Club Speedway with a 9.476. -Joe Nemechek won the

Auto Club Driver Notes & Facts:

Auto Club Driver Notes & Facts:

March 15, 2016
-141 drivers have competed in at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club; 116 in more than one. -Jeff Gordon leads the series in starts at Auto Club Speedway with 26. -Dale Earnhardt Jr and Matt Kenseth lead all active drivers in start at Auto Club Speedway
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Auto Club Driver Notes & Facts:

Auto Club Driver Notes & Facts:

March 15, 2016
-141 drivers have competed in at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club; 116 in more than one. -Jeff Gordon
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Closest Sprint Cup Race Finishes:

Closest Sprint Cup Race Finishes:

March 14, 2016
Margin Winner Runner-up Track Date .002 Ricky Craven, Kurt Busch, Darlington, March 16, 2003 .002 Jimmie Johnson, Clint
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Pit road penalties up this year:

Pit road penalties up this year:

March 9, 2016
Just three races into the 2016 Sprint Cup Series season and there seems to be a trend developing: a growing number of pit
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Phoenix Goodyear Tire Notes:

Phoenix Goodyear Tire Notes:

March 5, 2016
NASCAR Sprint Cup and Xfinity Series teams will run the same combination of left- and right-side tires at Phoenix this weekend
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Qualifying Fast Facts – Las Vegas:

Qualifying Fast Facts – Las Vegas:

March 4, 2016
Kurt Busch won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 19th Annual Kobalt 400 with a lap of 27.505 seconds, 196.328 mph. This

Las Vegas Pole Notes & Facts:

Las Vegas Pole Notes & Facts:

March 4, 2016
-Dale Jarrett won the inaugural pole with a speed of 168.224 mph (32.773 secs.). -11 drivers have poles at LVMS, led by Kasey Kahne with three (2004, 2007 and 2012). -Kyle Busch is the only driver to win consecutive poles at LVMS from (2008-'09). -Kyle Busch leads
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Las Vegas Pole Notes & Facts:

Las Vegas Pole Notes & Facts:

March 4, 2016
-Dale Jarrett won the inaugural pole with a speed of 168.224 mph (32.773 secs.). -11 drivers have poles at LVMS, led by
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Thursday AM Test Session:

Thursday AM Test Session:

March 3, 2016
Sprint Cup teams tested for 120 minutes Thursday morning at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The fastest: #48-Johnson, 192.981 #
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Top 10 Driver Ratings at Las Vegas:

Top 10 Driver Ratings at Las Vegas:

March 1, 2016
#48-Jimmie Johnson, 111.9 #18-Kyle Busch, 103.4 #4-Kevin Harvick, 98.8 #20-Matt Kenseth, 96.7 #16-Greg Biffle, 97.9 #19-
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Markham spotting for Kenseth:

Markham spotting for Kenseth:

February 24, 2016
Former NASCAR driver, and current Joe Gibbs Racing employee, Curtis Markham will serve as #20-Matt Kenseth's spotter this
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Truex misses Daytona 500 glory by inches:

Truex misses Daytona 500 glory by inches:

February 22, 2016
There is a new sponsor and a bright, glitzy new paint job for #78-Martin Truex Jr., whose 2015 car was black as a funeral