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by Dwight Drum at Racetake.com

NASCAR’s fifth race of 36, the Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway, will roar to life with the green flag on March 24. Action on the 2-mile D-shaped oval track with 14 degree banking in Fontana, California can be experienced from one of 90,988 seats in the stands or viewed on FOX at 3 p.m. Sunday.

The California facility built on 568 acres is one of NASCAR’s longest at two miles. The wide track is favored by some of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers as it facilitates passing high and low with average race speeds of 145 mph plus.

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FYI WIRZ: NASCAR’s top drivers rock and drop going into lucky 13 at Dover

by Dwight Drum at Racetake.com

After two weeks of racing the home track, Charlotte Motor Speedway, it’s time again to analyze 12 of the top 24 drivers in Sprint Cup points. NASCAR now heads to Dover, Delaware for the halfway point of 26 regular season events before 10 playoff races—the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

The select 12 drivers some movers, some sliders aren’t considered a dirty dozen even though racing 600 miles in one day and night during the Coke 600 will cause copious sweat.

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by Dwight Drum at Racetake.com

Bristol Motor Speedway is one of the shortest tracks on the NASCAR circuit, but it’s also one of the most demanding events, physically and mentally. It might even be the most exhausting race—despite its length.

The coliseum atmosphere is special at Bristol for fans and drivers, as all are close to action.

The inevitable rubbing of sheet metal caused some destructive crashes Sunday that collected the cars of Jeff Gordon, Kasey Kahne, Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch. All dropped in the points as a result of damage.

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By Dwight Drum

The Daytona 500, ‘The Great American Race’ at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida didn’t disappoint those with patience or a hefty tolerance for crashing and bizarre incidents. The race was scheduled for Sunday at 1 p.m. but owing to rain and crashes, it was delayed to an exciting finish at about 1 a.m. Tuesday morning.

Five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson was prophetic the day before the scheduled start of the race when he said, “Everybody always told me to be patient and it drove me crazy hearing that, but they were right.”

The 500-mile, 202-lap race doesn’t need a 36-hour time frame to complete. But the 2012 race, the first to be postponed in 54 years, needed all of that. Most of that time was devoted to dodging rain drops, but a few hours were consumed by crashes.

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The Wonderful Pistachios 400 at Richmond International Raceway promised bumping and grinding on the 0.75-mile track as drivers raced for their last chance for a berth in Chase for the Sprint Cup championship Saturday night.

Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch, Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards, Jeff Gordon, Ryan Newman, Matt Kenseth, Kurt Busch and Brad Keselowski were locked into the Chase before the green flag. The final three spots were secured by Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin. Earnhardt and Hamlin overcame wrecks to get in.

Author: Dwight Drum racetake.com

Wild-card spots were secured by Keselowski and Hamlin, but the real wildness seemed to be between Kurt Busch and Jimmie Johnson.

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