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NASCAR Cup Series News & Notes – Auto Club Speedway

Mike

With the announcement that this weekend’s Pala Casino 400 (Feb. 26 at 3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) will be the last NASCAR Cup Series race on the 2-mile configuration, the anticipation for a spectacular final event is steadily growing. Planning continues for a proposed half-mile short track located on a portion of the speedway’s current property, but timing for commencement of that project remains uncertain making this weekend that much more special.

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NASCAR Xfinity Series News & Notes – Auto Club Speedway

Mike

It seems that Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Hill has made himself very comfortable in Victory Lane at Daytona International Speedway as he just won his second consecutive season opener in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in a dramatic overtime finish.

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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series News & Notes – Off Weekend

Mike

Front Row Motorsports’ Zane Smith appears to still have his momentum from last season. After winning the season opener in Daytona in 2022 and eventually becoming the 2022 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series champion, he found Victory Lane once again at Daytona to kick off his 2023 season.

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American Hartford Gold Joins Live Fast Motorsports at Auto Club Speedway Sponsoring #78 at the Pala Casino 400

Mike

[Los Angeles, CA, February 20, 2023] — American Hartford Gold (AHG), who first sponsored NASCAR in 2018 at Sonoma Raceway, will be returning this season to sponsor #78 of Live Fast Motorsports on February 26th at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California.

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Corey Lajoie, Spire Motorsports Partner With Jessie Rees Foundation For Six Races In 2023

Lou Modestino

CONCORD, N.C. (December 20, 2022) – One of the most powerful and inspirational speeches across the American sports landscape was given at the inaugural ESPY Awards on March 4, 1993, when Jim Valvano was presented the Arthur Ashe Courage Award. There, he addressed an audience filled with his friends, family and contemporaries. Of course, Valvano had been diagnosed with terminal cancer – the award an acknowledgement of his condition – and passed away less than two months later.

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Carroll Shelby Foundation Announces Team Shelby Club Members Raise $70,000+ To Help Kids Win The Race For Life

Mike

GARDENA, CALIF – August 2, 2022 – Donations by members of the international car club Team Shelby over the past four months have raised $72,830 for the Carroll Shelby Foundation.™ The funds will be used by the charity founded by icon Carroll Shelby to provide medical support for children with life-threatening disease and automotive educational opportunities for young people.

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Penske Entertainment And NBC Sports Announce ‘Pennzoil Presents The Club’

Mike

INDIANAPOLIS (Thursday, March 17, 2022) – Television coverage of the Month of May at Indianapolis Motor Speedway will shift into high gear Saturday, May 14 when NBC debuts “Pennzoil presents The Club,” a documentary featuring an exclusive conversation among one of the most elite groups in global motorsports — the four drivers to win the Indianapolis 500 four times.

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How NASCAR New Englanders Competed at Fontana, CA

Lou Modestino

In Saturday’s Xfinity race at Fontana International Speedway Cole Custer won that one.  Anthony Alfredo of Ridgefield, CT, was also a winning contender, and cracked the top five, in one of Chris Our’s team cars.

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Gutsy Gamble Nearly Pays Off for Anthony Alfredo

Lou Modestino

FONTANA, Calif: Anthony Alfredo of Ridgefield, CT and his Our Motorsports team threw a “Hail Mary” late in Saturday afternoon’s Production Alliance Group 300 at Auto Club (Calif.) Speedway and it nearly led to an upset victory in the second NASCAR Xfinity Series race of the season.

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