Auto Club Speedway

**Auto Club Speedway**
*1997–2007: California Speedway*
	Fontana (California) , USA
Route type:	permanent race track
Owner:	International Speedway Corporation
Operator:	International Speedway Corporation
Architect:	Paxton Waters Architecture ; Penske Motorsports, Inc.
Building-costs:	100 million US dollars
Start of building:	1995
Opening:	1997
Speedway oval
	D oval
	Route data
Important ; events:	Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series ; Auto Club 400 NASCAR Xfinity Series; California 300
Route length:	3.265 km (2.03 mi )
Curves:	4th
Curve superelevation:	Curves: 14 ° ; start-finish straight: 11 ° back ; straight: 3 °
Audience capacity:	122,000
	Sportscars Course
	Route data
Route length:	4,500 km (2.8 mi )
Curves:	21st

34.08858 -117.5Coordinates: 34 ° 5 ′ 18.9 ″ N , 117 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ W.

The Auto Club Speedway (formerly California Speedway ) is a race track in Fontana, California , 65 km east of Los Angeles .

history

The line was put into operation in 1997.

The Canadian Greg Moore died in a racing accident in 1999, which resulted in an increase in safety precautions and modifications.

Data

The route offers 122,000 spectators space. The Superspeedway , as a 2-mile tri-oval with slightly elevated curves, is the second fastest race track in the world after the Pista di Nardò . There is also a street course, a test track and a track for drag racing on the site .

Racing series

Justin Labontes pit stop at the Auto Club Speedway

In addition to the NASCAR, which drives here with the Cup Series , the Xfinity Series and the Camping World Truck Series , monoposto racing series such as the Champ Car and the IndyCar Series also featured on the circuit. The road course in the infield was used by the Grand American Road Racing Association and the Japanese Touring Car Championship .

Records

Gil de Ferran holds the lap record in training with 241.428 mph (388.5 km / h) from 2000. During the 2000 race, speeds of over 400 km / h were sometimes achieved through slipstream trips. The highest average speed in a race was recorded by Sam Hornish Jr. at 207.151 mph (333.4 km / h) in the 2003 400-mile race. Both numbers are well above the Indianapolis Motor Speedway records .

Web links

Commons : Auto Club Speedway - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Official website (English).
Auto Club Speedway on nascar.com (Engl.)