Nascar races on all sorts of tracks, from short to long, oval to road course, concrete to asphalt. Here’s a bi-weekly look at all the tracks of Nascar’s National Touring Series.
AUTO CLUB SPEEDWAY
2 mile asphalt D-shaped oval (for now)
Opened 1997
Lights? Yes
Series: Cup, Xfinity
Nicknames: California Speedway, The Track Nobody Wants
THREE FUN FACTS:
1. Since 2008 the former California Speedway has been known as Auto Club Speedway as the result of a naming rights agreement. And if you’re curious, “Auto Club” refers to the Auto Club of Southern California, a branch of AAA with an incredibly generic name.
2. Auto Club Speedway is just a few miles away from the former site of Ontario Motor Speedway, a track which aimed to be the “Indianapolis of the West”. I mean, it succeeded in the sense that there were a bunch of crummy races.
3. Auto Club Speedway has been earmarked for a major redesign that would turn it into a short-track, combining the high banks of Bristol with the long straightaways of Martinsville. However, this renovation has been delayed more than my attempts to go on a diet.
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