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| Location | 9300 Cherry Avenue, Fontana, California, United States | |
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| Time zone | UTC-8 | |
| Capacity | 122,200 | |
| Owner | International Speedway Corporation | |
| Operator | International Speedway Corporation | |
| Broke ground | 1995 | |
| Opened | 1997 | |
| Construction Cost | $100 million | |
| Architect | Paxton Walters Architecture Penske Motorsports, Inc. | |
| Former Names | California Speedway (1997-2007) | |
| Major Events | Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series NASCAR Xfinity Series AMA Superbike | |
| D-shaped oval | ||
| Surface | Asphalt | |
| Circuit Length | 2 mi (3.2 km) | |
| Turns | 4 | |
| Banking | Turns: 14° Frontstrech: 11° Backstretch: 3° | |
| Lap Record | 241.428 miles per hour (Gil de Ferran, Team Penske, October 28, 2000, CART) | |
| Interior Test Circuit | ||
| Surface | Asphalt | |
| Circuit Length | 1.45 mi (2.3 km) | |
| Turns | 13 | |
| Sports Car Course | ||
| Surface | Asphalt | |
| Circuit Length | 2.8 mi (4.5 km) | |
| Turns | 21 | |
| Motorcycle course | ||
| Surface | Asphalt | |
| Circuit Length | 3.79 mi (2.736 km) | |
| Turns | 21 | |
| Drag strip | ||
| Surface | Asphalt | |
| Circuit Length | 1/4 mi (0.40 km) | |
Auto Club Speedway (formerly called California Speedway[1]) is a 2-mile (3.219 km), low-banked D-shaped oval superspeedway which had hosted NASCAR races since 1997, It was also used for open wheel racing events, The speedway is located near the former locations of Ontario Motor Speedway and Riverside International Raceway, The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. The speedway is served by the nearby Interstate 10 and Interstate 15 freeways as well as Metrolink station located by the backstretch.
Construction of the track, on the site of the former Kaiser Steel Mill, began in 1995 and was completed in late 1996, The speedway has a capacity of 68,000 and 28 skyboxes and a total of 28,000, In 2006, a fan zone was added behind the main grandstand, Lights were added to the speedway in 2004 with the addition of a second annual NASCAR race weekend. Since 2011, Auto Club Speedway has hosted only one NASCAR race weekend.
IndyCar hosted events since 2012 with its season finale (a 500-mile night race), the series previously ran a 400-mile race from 2002 to 2005.
- ↑ Cook, Zachary (March 5, 2016). "Jayski's® NASCAR Sprint Cup News - Track News Archive". www.jayski.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2016.