Carl Edwards and his No. 60 Copart team finished fourth in the Stater Bros. 300 at Auto Club Speedway Saturday. After starting fourth, the team struggled throughout the afternoon with some handling issues as well as dealing with the repercussions from two pit road penalties. Twice today, Edwards was penalized for speeding off of pit road as a result from what was believed to be a miss collaborated... more.

Michael Annett and Germain Racing’s No. 15 Pilot Travel Centers team leave the second NASCAR Nationwide Series race of the 2010 season holding steady to 12th in championship point standings, just 17 points away from the top-10. The No. 15 team finished 17th in Saturday’s Nationwide Series Stater Bros. 300 at Auto Club Speedway following a 12th place finish in the season opener at Dayto... more.

In just the second race of the 2010 season Eric McClure posted his career best lap time at Auto Club Speedway during Saturday’s time trials, placing him 24th on the starting grid for the Stater Bros. 300.  As a result of the great qualifying effort, the team was anxious for the event to get underway in hopes of building on the momentum started at Daytona.  Unfortunately, handling issues plague... more.

With high hopes of securing his first Nationwide Series win at Auto Club Speedway, Kevin Harvick started the Stater Bros. 300 from the eight position and ran the majority of the race in the top five before an engine failure late in the race relegated the No. 33 Rheem Tankelss Water Heaters team to a 38th-place finish. “It’s been a long time since that’s happened,” said Harvick as he cli... more.

Mike Wallace driving the Monster Diesel #01 Chevy finished 12th in the Stater Brothers 300 at Auto Club Speedway.  This was his first race for new primary sponsor Monster Diesel fuel additive for diesel trucks RV's and other diesel applications.  Mike passed 7 very good cars on the last lap to get his best finish in his short career driving for the J-D Motor sports Chevy team.   The Monster D... more.

Kyle Busch led only twice for four laps in Saturday’s Stater Bros. 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race, but among those laps was the most important one – the one to the checkered flag. The driver of the No. 18 Z-Line Designs/Staples Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) won round 2 of 35 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., after a wild two-lap sprint to the finish where he beat out Gr... more.

Joey Logano and the No. 20 GameStop Toyota dominated Saturday’s Stater Brothers 300 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., leading 130 (of 152) laps after starting from the pole position. It was a sparkling and near-perfect ride for the first 150 laps, as Logano led with apparent ease, assisted by very fast pit work by the Joe Gibbs Racing crew. However, on the final restart on lap 150, Logan... more.

“It’s all in the numbers,” according to Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe’s/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet), winner of Sunday’s Auto Club 500 at Auto Club Speedway.   Johnson was able to hold off a charging Kevin Harvick (No. 29 Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet) during the final laps to claim his 48th career win, matching the number on the side of his car. Johnson is no stranger to entering Gatorade Vict... more.

Pos/Owner/Car#/Pts/Ldr/Nxt/PPos/G or L 1 Jack Roush 60 335 0 2 1 2 Joe Gibbs 20 311 -24 -24 7 5 3 Joe Gibbs 18 304 -31 -7 18 15 4 Roger Penske 12 303 -32 -1 4 0 5 Jodi Geschickter 22 299 -36 -4 12 7 6 Todd Braun 32 297 -38 -2 5 -1 7 Rusty Wallace 66 289 -46 -8 9 2 8 James Finch 1 271 -64 -18 8 0 9 Mike Curb 27 265 -70 -6 25 16 10 Ralph Braun 38 259 -76 -6 10 0 11 J... more.

Here's how the points stand after California. Even with his trouble, Edwards still stands on top with Logano second and Busch third. Next week it's off to Las Vegas. Pos/Driver/BPts/Pts/Ldr/Nxt/S/P/W/T5/T10/DNF/Ppos/G or L 1 Carl Edwards 5 335 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 $124,450 2 1 2 Joey Logano 10 311 -24 -24 2 1 0 1 2 0 $93,510 7 5 3 Kyle Busch 10 304 -31 -7 2 0 1 1 1 0 $117,830 18 15 4 Jus... more.

Car#/ Lap/ Infraction/Flag/Penalty/Lap assessed/Notes 40 Pre-Race to the rear W Tail End Adjustments Outside Impound 56 Pre-Race to the rear W Tail End Adjustments Outside Impound 83 2 Excessive speed ENTERING pits G Pass Thru Garage 7 35 Excessive speed EXITING the pits Y Tail End 70 35 Excessive speed EXITING the pits Y Tail End 35 77 Excessive speed EXITING the pits G Pa... more.

1 2 18 Kyle Busch Z-Line Designs Toyota 152 190 5 Running 2 4 2 5 27 Greg Biffle Red Man Moist Snuff Ford 152 175 5 Running 2 12 3 13 22 Brad Keselowski Discount Tire Dodge 152 170 5 Running 1 1 4 4 60 Carl Edwards Copart Ford 152 160 Running 5 1 20 Joey Logano GameStop/Mario Kart Toyota 152 165 10 Running 5 130 6 12 66 Steve Wallace 5 hour Energy Toyota 152 150 Running 7 32 88 K... more.

Here are the post-race quotes from Greg Biffle and Joey Logano on the final restart-#20 Logano-" Go figure, huh? I don't know what (Biffle's) deal is with me but for some reason in California he feels like putting me in the fence or hitting me towards the end. I know we were racing hard there at the end, but I don't know, I think he could have done it a little cleaner than that. Oh well, it was a ... more.

Busch squeaks by Biffle to take the win!! Today’s Stater Bros. 300 got underway at Auto Cub Speedway with Joey Logano on the pole, and JGR teammate, Kyle Busch, starting alongside.  Logano would break out with the early lead, but within 9 laps, Busch laid claim to the top spot.  Logano reclaimed it two laps later, extending the gap between the frontrunners to 3 seconds by lap 17. Lap 20 of t... more.

Fifty-one NASCAR Nationwide Series entries have been filed for the Feb. 27 Sam’s 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The roster contains a mix of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers (Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick and 2009 winner Greg Biffle, to name a few), series veterans and rookies who never before have turned a lap on LVMS’ 1.5-mile superspeedway. Indy car racer and NASCAR rookie Danica Patrick w... more.