Auto Club 400

The Auto Club 400 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held annually at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, It is held as the fifth race of the NASCAR season, held in conjunction with the NASCAR Xfinity Series the previous day, From 1997-2010, the race distance was 500 miles in distance, For the 2011 season onward, the race distance reduced to 400 miles in length.

Auto Club 400

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Venue	Auto Club Speedway
Location	Fontana, California, United States
Corporate sponsor	Automobile Club of Southern California
First race	1997
Distance	400 miles (643.737 km)
Laps	200 (Stage 1: 60 Stage 2: 60 Stage 3: 80)
Most wins (driver)	Jimmie Johnson Jeff Gordon Matt Kenseth (3)
Most wins (team)	Roush Fenway Racing (7)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Ford (10)
Circuit information
Surface	Asphalt
Length	2 mi (3.2 km)
Turns	4

Past winners

Year	Date	Driver	Manufacturer	No.	Team	Laps	Miles
1997	June 22	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	24	Hendrick Motorsports	250	500
1998	May 3	Mark Martin	Ford	6	Roush Racing	250	500
1999	May 2	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	24	Hendrick Motorsports	250	500
2000	April 30	Jeremy Mayfield	Ford	12	Penske Racing	250	500
2001	April 29	Rusty Wallace	Ford	2	Penske Racing	250	500
2002	April 28	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	48	Hendrick Motorsports	250	500
2003	April 27	Kurt Busch	Ford	97	Roush Racing	250	500
2004	May 2	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	24	Hendrick Motorsports	250	500
2005	February 27	Greg Biffle	Ford	16	Roush Racing	250	500
2006	February 26	Matt Kenseth	Ford	17	Roush Racing	251*	502
2007	February 25	Matt Kenseth	Ford	17	Roush Fenway Racing	250	500
2008	February 24/25*	Carl Edwards	Ford	99	Roush Fenway Racing	250	500
2009	February 22	Matt Kenseth	Ford	17	Roush Fenway Racing	250	500
2010	February 21	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	48	Hendrick Motorsports	250	500
2011	March 27	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	29	Richard Childress Racing	200	400
2012	March 25	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	14	Stewart-Haas Racing	129*	258
2013	March 24	Kyle Busch	Toyota	18	Joe Gibbs Racing	200	400
2014	March 23	Kyle Busch	Toyota	18	Joe Gibbs Racing	206*	412
2015	March 22	Brad Keselowski	Ford	2	Team Penske	209*	418
2016	March 20	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	48	Hendrick Motorsports	205*	410
2017	March 26	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	42	Chip Ganassi Racing	202*	404
2018	March 18	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	78	Furniture Row Racing	200	400

• 2006, and 2014–2017: Race extended due to a NASCAR Overtime finish.. The 2015 race took two attempts.
• 2008: Race started on Sunday but was finished on Monday due to rain.
• 2011: Race distance changed from 500 miles to 400. Kevin Harvick passed Jimmie Johnson on the last lap to win, the first last lap pass in ACS history.
• 2012: Race shortened due to rain.

Multiple winners (drivers)

Wins	Driver	Years won
3	Jeff Gordon	1997, 1999, 2004
	Matt Kenseth	2006, 2007, 2009
	Jimmie Johnson	2002, 2010, 2016
2	Kyle Busch	2013, 2014

Multiple winners (teams)

Wins	Team	Years won
7	Roush Fenway Racing	1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
6	Hendrick Motorsports	1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2016
3	Team Penske	2000, 2001, 2015
2	Joe Gibbs Racing	2013, 2014

Manufacturer wins

Wins	Manufacturer	Years won
10	Ford	1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015
9	Chevrolet	1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017
3	Toyota	2013, 2014, 2018

Television broadcasters

Year	Network	Lap-by-lap	Color commentator(s)
1997	ABC	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons Ned Jarrett
1998
1999
2000
2001	Fox	Mike Joy	Darrell Waltrip Larry McReynolds
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016			Darrell Waltrip Jeff Gordon
2017
2018

References

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