NASCAR Pre-Race: Fox - 2:30pm/et

Television Race Coverage: FoxSports, 3:00pm/et

In the Booth: Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds

Pit Reporters: Steve Byrnes, Matt Yocum, Krista Voda

Hollywood Hotel: Chris Myers and Michael Waltrip

Virtual Garage: Jeff Hammond

SPEED's NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 12:30 pm/et with John Roberts, Kyle Petty, Kenny Wallace

Scheduled Race Re-Air Dates/Times:
Wednesday, March 27 at 12:00pm/et on SPEED

TV Listings, Links and Info:
Jayski's TV Listings Page
ESPN Network Schedules
SPEED TV Schedule
TV Racer
Armed Forces Network - Search NASCAR

Motor Racing Network (MRN) and SiriusXM Satellite NASCAR Channel 90

motorracingnetwork.com

MRN Live Streaming

Practices:
Friday, March 22, 2:30 - 3:30 pm/et, TV-SPEED
Saturday, March 23, 12:30 - 1:25 pm/et, TV-SPEED

Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Saturday, March 23, 3:30 - 4:20pm/et, TV-SPEED

Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-2, Friday, March 22 at 7:10 pm/et, TV-SPEED, re-air scheduled at 11:00pm/et.

Track Specifications:
Track/Race Length: 2.0 mile D-shaped oval, 200 laps, 400 miles
Superspeedway: 2.0-mile oval 75 feet wide with a 15 foot apron
Banking: turns: 14°; front stretch 11°; backstretch 3°
Front Stretch: 3,100feet
Back Stretch: 2,500feet
Pit Road: 2,200 feet long with 44 individual pit stalls
Pit Road Speed: 55mph
Pace Car Speed: 60mph
Approx: 1,800 Infield RV spaces
Grandstand seating capacity: 92,000
Seating Chart
Opened: 1997

Race Festivities/Officials:
Grand Marshal: G.I. Joe actors D.J. Cotrona and Adrianne Palicki
Command to start engines: D.J. Cotrona and Adrianne Palicki
Honorary Starter/Wave Green Flag: Mexican actresses, Kate del Castillo
Invocation: MRO's Jeff Hamilton
National Anthem: The Tenors
Military Flyover: none

Track Websites:
Auto Club Speedway
ISC Motorsports
Auto Club Speedway - Twitter
Auto Club Speedway - Facebook
Auto Club Speedway - MySpace

March 2012: see my Auto Club Race Info page

March 2012 Race Winner: #14-Tony Stewart, 160.166, started 9th

March 2012 Pole Sitter: #11-Denny Hamlin, 186.403, finished 11th

Auto Club Speedway Notes & Facts:
• Groundbreaking for California Speedway, as Auto Club Speedway was originally known, took place in November 1995.
• The first race at Auto Club Speedway was a NASCAR K&N Pro Series, West race won by Ken Schrader on June 21, 1997.
• The first NASCAR Sprint Cup race was held on June 22, 1997 and won by Jeff Gordon.
• September 2004 was the first night race at Auto Club Speedway and that also was the first year both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series ran two races in a season there.
• The track name was changed to Auto Club Speedway (ACS) in February 2008.
• There have been 23 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Auto Club Speedway, the track hosted one NSCS race a season from 1997-2003, then two races per season from 2004-2010. In 2011 Auto Club Speedway returned to a single race season.
• 125 drivers have competed in at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club; 105 in more than one.
• Three drivers have participated in all 23 races: Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon and Bobby Labonte.
• Joe Nemechek won the inaugural pole with a speed of 183.015 mph (39.341 secs.)
• 15 drivers have poles at ACS, led by Kurt Busch with three.
• Kurt Busch (2006) and Jamie McMurray (2010) are the only two drivers to win consecutive poles at Auto Club Speedway.
• Youngest ACS pole winner: Kyle Busch (2/27/2005  19 years, 9 months, 25 days).
• Oldest ACS pole winner: Mike Skinner (4/30/2000  42 years, 10 months, 2 days).
• 14 different drivers have won at ACS, led by Jimmie Johnson (five). Three other drivers have multiple wins at Auto Club Speedway: Jeff Gordon and 2012 Daytona 500 champion Matt Kenseth each have three wins, Tony Stewart has two.
• Hendrick Motorsports leads the series in wins at Auto Club Speedway with nine, followed by Roush Fenway Racing with seven.
• California-native Jimmie Johnson became the first and only driver to win from the pole at Auto Club Speedway in 2008.
• Only two ACS races have been won from the front row both by five-time series champion Jimmie Johnson, fall of 2008 (pole); and the fall of 2007 (second-place).
• 12 of the 23 NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Auto Club Speedway have been won from a top-10 starting position.
• Seven of the 23 races have been won from a starting position outside the top 20.
• The deepest in the field that a race winner has started was 31st, by Matt Kenseth in the spring of 2006.
• Youngest ACS winner: Kyle Busch (09/04/2005  20 years, 4 months, 2 days).
• Oldest ACS winner: Rusty Wallace (04/29/2001  44 years, 8 months, 15 days).
• Jimmie Johnson leads the series in runner-up finishes at Auto Club Speedway with five; followed by his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon with four.
• Jimmie Johnson lead the series in top-five finishes at Auto club Speedway with 12; followed by Jeff Gordon (10) and Matt Kenseth (eight).
• Jimmie Johnson leads the series in top-10 finishes with 14; followed by Matt Kenseth (13), Carl Edwards (12) and Tony Stewart (12).
• Jimmie Johnson leads the series in average finish at ACS with a 5.389.
• Jimmie Johnson (5.3) and Carl Edwards (8.7) are the only two active drivers with an average finish in the top 10 at Auto Club Speedway.
• There have been two green-white-checkered finishes at Auto Club Speedway: 2005 (250/254) and 2006 (250/251).
• Kyle Busch won his first pole (2/27/05) and first series win (9/4/05) at Auto Club Speedway. Jimmie Johnson also posted his first series career win at ACS in (4/28/02).
• Greg Biffle (4/28/02) and J.J. Yeley (9/5/04) made their first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career starts at Auto Club Speedway.
• Jimmie Johnson is the only driver to win consecutive races at Auto Club Speedway (fall of 2009  spring of 2010).
• 12 of the 14 NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers who have won at Auto Club Speedway participated in at least two or more races before visiting Victory Lane. Jeff Gordon (1997  inaugural event) and Jimmie Johnson (2002) are the only drivers to win at ACS in their first appearance.
• Tony Stewart competed at Auto Club Speedway 18 times before winning in the fall of 2010; the longest span of any the 14 winners. Only Stewart (18) and Kevin Harvick (17) have made 10 or more attempts before their first win at Auto Club Speedway.
• Jeff Burton and Bobby Labonte lead the series with the most NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Auto Club Speedway without visiting Victory Lane at 23.
• Since the advent of electronic scoring, the closest margin of victory in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Auto Club Speedway was the March 27, 2011 race won by Kevin Harvick with an MOV of 0.144 second.
• Three reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions have gone on to win at Auto Club Speedway the following season: Jeff Gordon (1999), Jimmie Johnson, who is the only one to do it multiple times, (2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010) and Tony Stewart (2012).
• Two drivers have won at Auto Club Speedway and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship in the same season: Jeff Gordon (1997) and Jimmie Johnson (2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010).
• This weekend will be Danica Patrick's first attempt at Auto Club Speedway in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Shawna Robinson is the only female driver to have made a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start at Auto Club Speedway to date. She did so on April 28, 2002 starting 43rd and finishing 42nd.
• Only three car numbers have produced three or more Auto Club Speedway NSCS wins: #48  Jimmie Johnson (2002, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010); #17  Matt Kenseth (2006, 2007 and 2009); #24  Jeff Gordon (1997, 1999 and 2004)
(NASCAR)(3-19-2013)

For news, stats, records and more about this race track, see: Jayski's Auto Club Speedway Track News/Rumors/Links page

Kyle Busch wins at Auto Club: #18-Kyle Busch won the Auto Club 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway for his 1st win of 2013, 2nd win at ACS and 25th career win. It is the first Sprint Cup Series win for Joe Gibbs Racing at ACS. Busch had a streak of 31 races since his last win. In a wild finish, #22-Logano was leading at the white flag and #11-Hamlin was next to hm a few feet behind the #22. The two drivers raced hard and got into each other on the backstretch, sending Logano into the outside wall and #11-Hamlin hard into the inside wall, which has no SAFER (for some reason). After climbing from the car under his own power, Hamlin laid down and was put on a stretcher and then an ambulance and taken to the infield care center. Hamlin was them taken by helicopter to a local hospital. #18 crew chew chief Dave Rogers was interviewed by SPEED's Kenny Wallace and said that he talked to team owner J.D. Gibbs and supposedly Hamlin has some back pain and was taken to the hospital as a precaution.
#88-Earnhardt Jr finished 2nd followed by #22-Logano, #99-Edwards, #78-Busch, #16-Biffle, #20-Kenseth, #27-Menard, #5-Kahne and #39-Newman.
#11-Hamlin, the pole sitter and involved in the last lap wreck, finished 25th.
There were 17 lead changes among 8 drivers and 9 cautions for 35 yellow flag laps. The average speed was 135.351mph.
Starting this season, NASCAR doesn't release the track attendance.
See race results, awards, money won, laps led, cautions and more on the Auto Club Race Results page (pdf) and check out the Auto Club Penalty Resport (pdf)
And see the Official Race and Points on the Auto Club 400 Official Race and Points Report page (pdf)

Race Fast Facts - Auto Club:
#18-Kyle Busch won the 17th Annual Auto Club 400, his 25th victory in 298 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. He ties Matt Kenseth, Jim Paschal and Joe Weatherly for 24th in all-time victories.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in 2013. His last win came at Richmond on April 28, 2012. He breaks a 31-race winless streak.
This is his second victory and 11th top-10 finish in 16 races at Auto Club Speedway. This is Kyle Busch's 9th weekend sweep, having also won Saturday's Royal Purple 300.
#88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. (second) posted his sixth top-10 finish in 21 races at Auto Club Speedway. It is his fifth top-10 finish in 2013.
#17-Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (19th) was the highest finishing rookie.
#88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads the point standings by 11 points over #2-Brad Keselowski.(NASCAR Integrated Sports Marketing)(3-24-2013)

2013 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:
[after Auto Club, race 5 of 36]
1) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 199
2) #2-Brad Keselowski, 187, -12
3) #48-Jimmie Johnson [1 win], 183, -16
4) #99-Carl Edwards [1 win], 164, -35
5) #16-Greg Biffle, 164, -35
6) #18-Kyle Busch [1 win], 163, -36
7) #5-Kasey Kahne [1 win], 159, -40
8) #27-Paul Menard, 154, -45
9) #22-Joey Logano, 146, -53
10) #11-Denny Hamlin, 145, -54
11) #20-Matt Kenseth [1 win], 141, -58
12) #17-Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 139, -60
2012 Chase drivers out of top 12
#15-Clint Bowyer, 14th in points
#29-Kevin Harvick, 15th
#24-Jeff Gordon, 18th
#56-Martin Truex Jr., 19th
#14-Tony Stewart, 22nd
(ties broken by 1sts, 2nds, 3rd, etc)
See drivers championship points standings on the Drivers Points Standings (pdf) and the owner points standings on the Owners Points Standings page (pdf).

Lucky Dogs - Who got a lap back on each caution at Auto Club: (and their finish)
Caution 1: #35-Wise, 40th DNF
Caution 2: #36-Yeley, 27th
Caution 3: #83-Reutimann, 33rd
Caution 4: #20-Kenseth, 7th
Caution 5: #78-Busch, 4th
Caution 6: #83-Reutimann(2), 83rd
Caution 7: #55-Martin was the first eligible but caused the caution
Caution 8: #7-Blaney,
Caution 9: none awarded, last lap
(3-24-2013)

Race Coverage of the Auto Club 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway is scheduled for Sunday, March 24, 2013.
Television (TV): FOX at 3:00 pm/et; Pre-Race show at 2:30 pm/et; green flag approx 3:16pm/et
Radio: Motor Racing Network (MRN) and Sirius XM Satellite NASCAR Radio 90
Scheduled Race Re-Airs: SPEED, Wednesday, March 27 at 12:00pm/et

Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the Auto Club 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway have been made.
Pole sitter #11-Marlin chose pit stall 1 [as do most pole sitters].
Outside pole sitter #16-Biffle took pit stall 12A, the first pitstall in front of it.
#2-Keselowski, who starts 3rd took the 2nd pit stall, right behind the poll sitter.
The 43rd and final pit stall was taken by #20-Kenseth, who starts 5th.
To see where the drivers/teams pit stall is, see the pit selection chart on the Pit Stall Selection chart.(3-23-2013)

Links to results, practices, qualifying PDF's:
Official Race Report
Race Results
Drivers Points
Owners Points
Penalty Report
Happy Hour Practice Speeds
Pitstall Selections
Practice 2 Speeds
Starting Lineup
Qualifying Results
Practice 1 Speeds
Qualifying Order
Entry List

NASCAR Green-White-Checkered Race Procedure: NASCAR allows a maximum of three restart attempts prior to the White Flag under NASCAR's Green-White-Checkered flag finish. If the leader has taken the White Flag and the caution flag is displayed, the field is frozen and the race will not be restarted. Previously, there was only one restart attempt. The procedure applies to all three national series. See rule and notes on the Green-White-Checker rule page.

Wave-around rule: The wave-around rule dictates that cars under penalty at the time of the caution are ineligible for the wave around.

See Jayski's - 2013 Sprint Cup Race Results Page for pole winner, race winner with speed and starting/finishing position, links to race results, drivers & owners points, pit stall selections, qualifying results/starting lineup, practice speeds and chase stats as well as link to race track and race information page for each race

Happy Hour practice for the Auto Club 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway is over, after 50 scheduled minutes, the top five, slowest and notes:
#55-Martin 183.351
#15-Bowyer 182.945
#20-Kenseth 182.839
#48-Johnson 182.417
#2-Keselowski 182.375
slowest: #44-Riggs 173.426 & #19-Bliss 174.187
no speed listed: #98-McDowell
See fastest speeds, laps run and more on the Auto Club 400 Happy Hour Practice Speeds page (pdf).(3-23-2013)

Saturday first practice for the Auto Club 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway is over, after 55 scheduled minutes, the top five, slowest and notes:
#16-Biffle 186.253
#51-Allmendinger 186.191
#18-Busch 185.342
#11-Hamlin 185.276
#78-Busch 185.261
slowest: #19-Bliss 175.301 & #32-Hill 177.550
no speed listed: #87-Nemechek & #44-Riggs
See fastest speeds, laps run and more on the Auto Club 400 Practice 2 Speeds page (pdf).(3-23-2013)

Hamlin wins Auto Club pole: #11-Denny Hamlin won the pole for the Auto Club 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway with speed of 187.451mph for his 1st pole of 2013, 3rd at Auto Club Speedway and 13th of his career. #16-Biffle is on the outside pole, followed by #2-Keselowski, #18-Busch, #20-Kenseth, #22-Logano, #56-Truex Jr., #14-Stewart, #55-Martin and #78-Busch. Both #16-Biffle and #2-Keselowski had engines changes before qualifying and will have to fall to the rear of the field before the start of the race on Sunday, but will get to chose good pit stalls. No cars / drivers missed the race as there were 43 cars entered for 43 spots.
See the starting lineup, qualifying results, qualifying order and pdf links on the Auto Club Qualifying Page.(3-22-2013)

Qualifying Fast Facts - Auto Club:
#11-Denny Hamlin won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 17th Annual Auto Club 400 with a lap of 38.410 seconds, 187.451 mph.
This is his 13th pole in 264 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his first pole and fourth top-10 start in 2013.
This is his third pole in 13 races at Auto Club Speedway. Hamlin won the pole for last year's Auto Club Speedway event.
#16-Greg Biffle (second) posted his third top-10 start of 2013 and his 10th in 19 races at Auto Club Speedway.
#2-Brad Keselowski (third) posted his first top-10 start at Auto Club Speedway. It is his third in five races this season.
#17-Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (31st) was the fastest qualifying rookie.(NASCAR Statistics)(3-22-2013)

Coverage of Qualifying for the Auto Club 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway is scheduled for Friday, March 22, 2013 at 7:10pm/et.
Television (TV): SPEED, 7:00pm/et
Radio: Motor Racing Network, 7:00pm/et
Scheduled Qualifying Re-Air: on SPEED at 11:00pm/et

Qualifying Order for the Auto Club 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway is posted. 43 cars/drivers are listed.
The first of the drivers scheduled to go out is #48-Johnson.
The final driver scheduled to go out is #83-Reutimann.
Qualifying order is set by a random draw, held about an hour before the first practice.
See the full qualifying order on the Auto Club Qualifying Page.(3-22-2013)

Friday practice for the Auto Club 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway is over, after 120 scheduled minutes, the top five, slowest and notes:
#15-Bowyer 185.414
#11-Hamlin 184.824
#51-Allmendinger 184.611
#18-Busch 184.554
#22-Logano 184.403
slowest: #87-Nemechek 174.834 & #38-Gilliland 175.859
notes: #16-Biffle lost an engine about 13 minutes into practice an the team is putting in a fresh powerplant in the hopes of getting a few practice laps on the engine before qualifying, scheduled for 7:10pm/et tonight. #16-Biffle did get on the track late in practice and ran 6th fastest with the new engine. #2-Kesekowski's team will change an engine before qualifying. So both #16-Biffle and #2-Keselowski will have to start the race on Sunday at the rear of the field. They will be qualifying for their pit position.
See fastest speeds, laps run and more on the Auto Club 400 Practice 1 Speeds page (pdf).(3-22-2013)

Entry List for the Auto Club 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway is posted, 43 teams/drivers [for 43 spots] are listed, including: #19-Mike Bliss, #30-David Stremme, #32-Timmy Hill, #44-Scott Riggs, #55-Mark Martin.
See the full entry list at my Jayski's Auto Club Entry List

For the new 2013 qualifying rules and format, see my Qualifying Rules page

How to Calculate Track Speeds: use the formula Speed = Distance divided by Time. Distance is Track Length, and Lap Time into Hours. Once hour is 3600 seconds, so the calculation for a 48 second lap at Daytona(2.5 miles) would be: Speed = 2.5 x (3600/48), = 2.5 x 75 = 187.500mph. For a 19 second lap at Bristol(.533 miles): Speed = .533 x (3600/19), = .533 x 189.474 = a speed of 100.990mph

2013 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:
[after Bristol, race 4 of 36]
1) #2-Brad Keselowski, 166
2) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 157, -9
3) #48-Jimmie Johnson [1 win], 151, -15
4) #15-Clint Bowyer, 128, -38
5) #16-Greg Biffle, 126, -40
6) #11-Denny Hamlin, 125, -41
7) #5-Kasey Kahne [1 win], 124, -42
8) #99-Carl Edwards [1 win], 124, -42
9) #27-Paul Menard, 118, -48
10) #18-Kyle Busch, 115, -51
11) #17-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., 115, -51
12) #22-Joey Logano, 104, -62
2012 Chase drivers out of top 12
#20-Matt Kenseth [1 win], 13th in points
#29-Kevin Harvick, 17th
#56-Martin Truex Jr., 18th
#24-Jeff Gordon, 21st
#14-Tony Stewart, 24th
(ties broken by 1sts, 2nds, 3rd, etc)
See drivers championship points standings on the Drivers Points Standings (pdf) and the owner points standings on the Owners Points Standings page (pdf).

Chassis selections for Auto Club: see the list of many teams and what chassis were selected by the team to run at Auto Club Speedway:
MISSING? why are some teams missing? some teams do not report what chassis in the race previews, press releases of websites.
#1-Jamie McMurray: chassis not reported on race preview.
#2-Brad Keselowski: and the #2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion team will race chassis PRS-843 at Auto Club Speedway, a brand new chassis for 2013. The backup chassis is PRS-847, also a brand new chassis for 2013.
#5-Kasey Kahne: Crew chief Kenny Francis and the #5 team will unload Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 5-763 for Sunday's event at Fontana. Kahne last raced this car at the Charlotte test session in January. In 16 Cup starts at Fontana, Kahne has recorded one win, four top-five finishes and nine top-10s. He lined up from the pole position in 2004 for his first Cup start at the two-mile track and has gone on to earn nine more top-10 starting spots. Kahne enters Sunday's race with an average start of 10.2 and an average finish of 14.9 at the two-mile track.
#7-Dave Blaney chassis not reported on race preview.
#9-Marcos Ambrose: chassis not reported on race preview.
#10-Danica Patrick will pilot chassis No. 10-781, a new car that has only seen testing in a wind tunnel. The Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway, will mark Danica Patrick¡¦s 15th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and her first at Fontana.
#11-Denny Hamlin: chassis not reported on race preview.
#14-Tony Stewart: Chassis No. 14-708 debuted in May 2012 in the Southern 500 at Darlington where Stewart rallied Chassis No. 14-708 from its 17th-place starting spot to finish third. Its second start came in June at Dover. It endured a much different outing, qualifying 29th and finishing 25th, 69 laps down after getting caught up in a 12-car accident on lap 10. With new sheetmetal all around, Chassis No. 14-708 returned to the concrete for its third career start in August for the night race at Bristol. There, the car rallied from being a lap down in 34th place early in the race to vying for the lead with Matt Kenseth on lap 333. Stewart and Kenseth banged fenders and crashed, whereupon Stewart threw his helmet with pinpoint accuracy at Kenseth's car. The resulting 27th-place finish was at least offset by the "10" Stewart received from the Bristol crowd. Chassis No. 14-708 made its fourth career start and second at Dover in September. Its struggles on concrete persisted, as it qualified 24th and finished three laps down in 20th. With 2013 Chevrolet SS bodywork covering it, Chassis No. 14-708 returns to racing this weekend at Auto Club Speedway.
#15-Clint Bowyer: Primary chassis No. 758 is new. It's the first new 2013 Gen6 specific chassis to be raced by MWR. The backup chassis (No. 724) raced to top-five finishes at Bristol (fourth) in March and Dover (fifth) in June. It also finished seventh at Bristol in August, tested at Charlotte in January 2013 and served as backup in Las Vegas.
#16-Greg Biffle: and the Matt Puccia led #16 3M Window Film Ford Fusion team will bring Primary Chassis RK-817, which was slated to run the 2012 season finale at Homestead, but an accident in practice took the winning chassis out of the race. RK-817 made its debut in 2012 at Indy with a third-place finish. After that 817 went on to win Michigan, then a 13th-place finish at Chicago, followed by a fourth-place run at Charlotte. The backup Chassis RK-809 last ran at Texas and finished 10th.
#17-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: and the #17 NOS Racing team will be using RK-815 at Auto Club Speedway and last ran at Martinsville in 2012 and finished 18th as the #99 car. Chassis RK-815 is a chassis that the #99 team ran various times in 2012. It is the same chassis that Stenhouse and the #17 team tested with in Las Vegas. The backup Chassis RK-811 raced various times in 2012 by the #99 team, it's last race ay Phoenix in 2012, finishing 11th.
#18-Kyle Busch: chassis not reported on race preview.
#20-Matt Kenseth: chassis not reported on race preview.
#22-Joey Logano: and the #22 Auto Club of Southern California Ford Fusion team will race chassis PRS-846 at Auto Club Speedway, a brand new chassis for 2013. The backup chassis is PRS-844, also a brand new chassis for 2013.
#24-Jeff Gordon: chassis not reported on race preview.
#27-Paul Menard will pilot chassis No. 414 at Auto Club Speedway. This #27 CertainTeed/Menards Chevy SS is a new addition to the Richard Childress Racing stable this season. Menard has 10 starts at Auto Club Speedway. His best start of 15th and best finish of 16th both came in 2011. The Wisconsin native has completed 2,241 of 2,279 laps attempted (98.3%) at the two-mile oval, leading three of them.
#29-Kevin Harvick: will pilot chassis No. 378 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable in the Auto Club 400. Harvick last ran this Jimmy John's RCR machine to an eighth-place finish during the 2012 season-finale event at Homestead. Harvick will make his 20th-career Sprint Cup Series start at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday afternoon in front of a hometown crowd. The California native went to Victory Lane in 2011 and has earned four top-five and nine top-10 finishes. Throughout the years, Harvick has completed 98.4% (4,463 of 4,534) of the laps contested, with 60 laps led.
#31-Jeff Burton will race chassis No. 416 this weekend at Auto Club Speedway. This is a brand new #31 Caterpillar Chevy that will see its first on-track action during Friday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice session. Burton has 23 starts at Auto Club Speedway with one pole award (1999), six top-five finishes, seven top-10 finishes and led 127 laps. Johnson Machinery will be featured on the deck lid of the #31 Caterpillar Chevy this weekend at Auto Club Speedway.
#34-David Regan chassis not reported on race preview.
#35-Josh Wise chassis not reported on race preview.
#36-J.J. Yeley chassis not reported on race preview.
#38-David Gilliland chassis not reported on race preview.
#39-Ryan Newman will pilot Chassis No. 39-748 at Auto Club Speedway. This chassis debuted at Texas last November, where Newman was able to overcome his starting position of 36th and a loose right-front wheel that dropped him from the top-10 to 25th with just 110 laps remaining to record a 12th-place finish. Since then, Chassis No. 39-748 has been outfitted with a new front clip and a Chevrolet SS body and will see its first laps of the season this weekend at Fontana.
#42-Juan Pablo Montoya: chassis not reported on race preview.
#43-Aric Almirola:: The #43 Farmland team has prepared chassis No. 839 for California. The team built the chassis in the off-season and used it at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway test.
#47-Bobby Labonte chassis not reported on race preview.
#48-Jimmie Johnson: will drive a new chassis, No. 784, at Auto Club Speedway. Chassis No. 720 serves as the backup, a car that won twice in 2012.
. #55-Mark Martin: will drive MWR chassis 759 at Auto Club Speedway and the backup will be chassis 720.
#56-Martin Truex Jr.: chassis not reported on race preview.
#78-Kurt Busch chassis not reported on race preview.
#88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.:crew chief Steve Letarte and the #88 crew will unload Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 88-716 for this weekend's 400-mile event at Auto Club Speedway. Earnhardt most recently raced this chassis to a 10th-place finish last year at Homestead-Miami Speedway. In 20 Sprint Cup starts at Auto Club Speedway, Earnhardt has scored four top-five finishes and five top-10s. He recorded a career-best runner-up finish at the Fontana, Calif., racetrack in September 2006. Last year, he notched a third-place result, his best in a Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.
#99-Carl Edwards the #99 Subway team will roll out RK-821 which last ran at Texas Motor Speedway in the Fall and finished 4th. The backup chassis is RK-831, a new chassis  brought to Las Vegas as backup. Subway returns to the spotlight for the first time since the victory in Phoenix. This will be the second of Subway's six paint schemes for the 2013 season.
(from team PR's/sites if reported)(3-20-2013)

Tire: Goodyear Eagle Speedway Radials:

Set limits:
Sprint Cup: 6 sets for practice/qualifying, and 11 sets for the race;
Nationwide: 7 sets for the event

Number of Tires:
Sprint Cup: Left-side -- 1,175, Right-side -- 1,175;
Nationwide: Left-side  475, Right-side -- 475

Tire Codes: Left-side -- D-4522; Right-side -- D-4408

Tire Circumference: Left-side -- 87.5 in. (2,224 mm); Right-side -- 88.4 in. (2,245 mm)

Technical Inspection Inflation:
Left Front -- 30 psi; Left Rear -- 30 psi
Right Front -- 48 psi; Right Rear -- 45 psi

Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front -- 22 psi; Left Rear -- 20 psi;
Right Front -- 45 psi; Right Rear -- 42 psi

Notes: Teams in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series will run the same tire codes at Fontana this weekend . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires that these teams ran at this track last season . . . this right-side tire code (D-4408) has been run at Fontana since 2011, while this left-side tire code (D-4522) was introduced at this track in 2012 . . . as on all NASCAR ovals greater than one mile in length, teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at Fontana . . . air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.