NASCAR 2019 Race 5: Fontana Auto Cub 400 Race and Contest Thread - DIECAST RACE

THIS IS A DIECAST CONTEST RACE.
The highest score for the race (top three picks of four per entrant) will get his choice of a diecast model. I'll post the available list later this week. If there is a tie, the highest score of the 4th pick will win, and if there is a tie after that, the earliest entry of the ties will win. There is no restriction on new entrants for this race, so if you are brand new (or at least new this season), you are qualified for the diecast.


Schedule:

Friday, March 15

1 p.m. ET Cup Series First Practice NASCAR.com
2:05 p.m. ET Xfinity Series First Practice NASCAR.com
4:35 p.m. ET Xfinity Series Final Practice FS1/fuboTV
6:30 p.m. ET Cup Series qualifying FS1/fuboTV

Saturday, March 16
12:05 p.m. ET Cup Series Second Practice FS1/fuboTV
1:10 p.m. ET Xfinity Series qualifying FS1/fuboTV
3:30 p.m. Cup Series Final Practice FS1/fuboTV
5 p.m. Production Alliance Group 300 FS1/fuboTV

Sunday, March 17
3:30 p.m. Auto Club 400 Fox/fuboTV



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Distance 400 miles (643.737 km)
Laps 200 (Stage 1: 60; Stage 2: 60; Stage 3: 80)

Track Facts:

Track Specs:
Track/Race Length: 2.0 mile D-shaped oval, 200 laps, 400 miles
Superspeedway: 2.0-mile oval 75 feet wide with a 15 foot apron
Banking: turns: 14°; front stretch 11°; backstretch 3°
Front Stretch: 3,100feet
Back Stretch: 2,500feet
Pit Road: 2,200 feet long with 44 individual pit stalls
Garages: Three garages with 100 spaces
Pit Road Speed: 55mph
Pace Car Speed: 60mph
Approx: 1,800 Infield RV spaces
Grandstand seating capacity: 68,000 [was 81,000 and 92,000]
Opened: 1997

Pit Stalls:
Length: 42 feet
Width: 20 feet


Track Records & Stats

March 2018 Race Winner: #78-Martin Truex, Jr, 147.526mph, started 1st
The Final October 2010 Race Winner: #14-Tony Stewart, 131.953, started 22nd
Track Race Record: #14-Tony Stewart, 3/25/2012, 160.166mph
Slowest Race Record: #38-Elliott Sadler, Sept 2004, 128.324mph
Oldest Winner: #2-Rusty Wallace, 44 years, 8 months, 15 days, 4/29/2001
Youngest Winner: #5-Kyle Busch, 20 years, 4 months, 2 days, 9/4/2005
Worst Starting Spot to Win: #17-Matt Kenseth, 2/26/2006, started 31st

March 2018 Pole Winner: #78-Martin Truex, Jr 186.567, finished 1st
The Final October 2010 Pole Winner: #1-Jamie McMurray, 185.285, finished 17th
Track Qualifying Record: Denny Hamlin, March 2016, 188.511mph
Oldest Pole Winner: Mike Skinner, 42 years, 10 months, 2 days, 4/30/2000
Youngest Pole Winner: Kyle Busch, 19 years, 9 months, 25 days, 2/27/2005

Most Races: 26 - Jeff Gordon
Most Wins: 6 - Jimmie Johnson
Most Poles: 4 - Kurt Busch; 3 - Denny Hamlin
Most Top 5s: 13 - Jimmie Johnson
Most Top 10s: 17 - Jimmie Johnson; 15 - Carl Edwards & Matt Kenseth

Race statistics

Lead changes: 7 among different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 5 for 21
Red flags: 0
Time of race: 2 hours, 42 minutes and 41 seconds
Average speed: 147.526 miles per hour (237.420 km/h)

Race will use the smaller spacers for reduced horsepower (500) and modified brake scoops for more downforce.

1) Kevin Harvick
2) Martin Truex Jr.
3) Kyle Busch
4) Joey Logano

Happy St. Patty's Day

Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch ***
Kurt Busch
Martin Truex Jr

Martin Truex Jr.*****
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch
Joey Logano

Kevin Harvick***
Kyle Busch
Martin Truex Jr.
Joey Logano

Kevin Harvick @*@*
Kyle Busch
Brad Keselowski
Joey Logano

Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch
Joey Logano*
Martin Truex Jr

Starting Order:

No. 1 Austin Dillon 3
No. 2 Kevin Harvick 4
No. 3 Aric Almirola 10
No. 4 Kyle Busch 18
No. 5 Joey Logano 22
No. 6 Denny Hamlin 11
No. 7 Ryan Newman 6
No. 8 Chase Elliott 9
No. 9 Clint Bowyer 14
No. 10 Ryan Blaney 12
No. 11 Jimmie Johnson 48
No. 12 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 17
No. 13 Brad Keselowski 2
No. 14 Chris Buescher 37
No. 15 Kyle Larson 42
No. 16 Ty Dillon 13
No. 17 Daniel Hemric 8
No. 18 Erik Jones 20
No. 19 David Ragan 38
No. 20 Daniel Suarez 41
No. 21 Kurt Busch 1
No. 22 William Byron 24
No. 23 Alex Bowman 88
No. 24 Matt DiBenedetto 95
No. 25 Paul Menard 21
No. 26 Ryan Preece 47
No. 27 Martin Truex Jr. 19
No. 28 Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr. 43
No. 29 Michael McDowell 34
No. 30 Corey Lajoie 32
No. 31 Ross Chastain 15
No. 32 Matt Tifft 36
No. 33 Landon Cassill 00
No. 34 Cody Ware 51
No. 35 Reed Sorenson 27
No. 36 BJ McLeod 52
No. 37 Garrett Smithley 77
No. 38 Joey Gase 66

In possibly the most bizarre qualifying run ever seen, Austin Dillon won the pole for the Auto Club 400 on Friday without running a lap.

All the drivers were waiting to run their final lap in the third round of qualifying and no one wanted to be the first off the line. With the new system of qualifying, drivers can be on the track in close proximity, and they like to use that to their advantage to gain a draft.

But in hopes of getting a draft, no one wanted to get off the line, and by the time they started to try to make their runs with less than a minute on the clock, they were too late.

No one made it to the line to start an official run and Dillon won by virtue of the fact he posted the fastest time in the second round.

Kevin Harvick will start second and Aric Almirola will be third.

Brad Keselowski (13th) and Kyle Larson (15th) failed to make it to the final round of qualifying.

Defending champion Martin Truex Jr. struggled and will start 27th.

The Auto Club 400 can be seen at 3:30 p.m. ET Sunday on Fox.

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Harvick***
Almirola
Kyle Busch
Logano

Aric Amirola*
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch
Chase Elliot