Kurt Busch Recovers from Pit Road Miscue to Run Third on Sunday

Kurt Busch finishes third in NASCAR Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway. March 1, 2020
FONTANA, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 01: Kurt Busch, driver of the #1 Monster Energy Chevrolet, races in the NASCAR Cup Series Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway on March 01, 2020, in Fontana, California. Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images

The pit stop during the break between the first and second stages of Sunday’s Auto Club 400 certainly didn’t go the way Kurt Busch or his No. 1 Chip Ganassi Racing team had planned it.

Under caution on lap 63, Busch missed his pit stall, failed to get service and had to return to pit road to correct the mistake a lap later. From fifth at the end of the stage, Busch dropped to the back of the lead-lap cars for the subsequent restart on lap 67.

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Alex Bowman Scores Dominating NASCAR Cup Victory at Fontana

Alex Bowman wins the NASCAR Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway on March 1, 2020
FONTANA, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 01: Alex Bowman, driver of the #88 Cincinnati Chevrolet, applies the winner’s sticker after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway on March 01, 2020, in Fontana, California. Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images

FONTANA, Calif. – Alex Bowman had a new nose for the finish line Sunday at Auto Club Speedway.

Driving the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet—a sleeker version of the Camaro with a new front fascia—Bowman ran away with the final stage of the Auto Club 400 at the two-mile track in the Inland Empire.

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Fan4Racing Race Day Chat: NASCAR Cup Series at Auto Club Speedway

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Fan4Racing Race Day Chat for NASCAR Cup Series at Auto Club Speedway - March 1, 2020

Fan4Racing Race Day Chat is with our Fan4Racing crew during the NASCAR Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway. We’ll open the chat room at least 30 minutes before the green flag and close the door at 30 minutes after the checkered flag.

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Nineteen-Year-Old Harrison Burton gets Breakthrough NASCAR Xfinity Win at Fontana

Harrison Burton gets first NASCAR Xfinity Series win at Auto Club Speedway on Saturday, February 29, 2020.
FONTANA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 29: Harrison Burton, driver of the #20 Dex Imaging Toyota, applies the winner’s sticker after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Production Alliance Group 300 at Auto Club Speedway on February 29, 2020, in Fontana, California. Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images

FONTANA, Calif. – Holding off teammate Riley Herbst with a determined run over the final 19 laps, 19-year old rookie Harrison Burton charged to his first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory in Saturday’s Production Alliance Group 300 at Auto Club Speedway.

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Clint Bowyer Edges Local Favorite Jimmie Johnson for Fontana Pole

Clint Bowyer on the Pole for the NASCAR Cup Series Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway on February 29, 2020
FONTANA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 29: Clint Bowyer, driver of the #14 Rush\HAAS CNC, points to his autograph after qualifying for the pole position for the NASCAR Cup Series Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway on February 29, 2020, in Fontana, California. Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images

FONTANA, Calif. – It’s far too early to be thinking about Christmas, but Clint Bowyer was the Grinch whole stole the thunder from local favorite Jimmie Johnson during Saturday’s time trials at Auto Club Speedway.

With a stronger run off turn four on his qualifying lap, Bowyer edged Johnson by 0.007 seconds to earn the pole position for Sunday’s Auto Club 400 (3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

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