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Auto Club Speedway
Races held at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. 2001: Race started late because of rain and was shortened because of darkness.

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Section Title: Auto Club Speedway
Table Section Text: Races held at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. 2001: Race started late because of rain and was shortened because of darkness.

Season	Date	Driver	Team	Chassis	Engine	Race Distance	Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report

Laps	Miles (km)

PPG CART World Series/FedEx Championship

1997	September 28	United Kingdom Mark Blundell	PacWest Racing	Reynard	Mercedes-Benz	250	500 (804.672)	3:02:42	166.575	Report

1998	November 1	United States Jimmy Vasser	Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard	Honda	250	500 (804.672)	3:17:54	153.785	Report

1999	October 31	Mexico Adrián Fernández	Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford-Cosworth	250	500 (804.672)	2:57:17	171.666	Report

2000	October 30	Brazil Christian Fittipaldi	Newman-Haas Racing	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	250	500 (804.672)	3:38:04	139.563	Report

2001	November 4	Brazil Cristiano da Matta	Newman-Haas Racing	Lola	Toyota	220*	440 (708.111)	2:59:39	149.073	Report

2002	November 3	United States Jimmy Vasser	Team Rahal	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	250	500 (804.672)	2:33:42	197.995	Report

2003	November 9	Cancelled due to wildfires in the San Bernardino Mountains.	Report

Indy Racing League/Verizon IndyCar Series

2002	March 24	United States Sam Hornish Jr.	Panther Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	200	400 (643.737)	2:13:49	179.345	Report

2003	September 21	United States Sam Hornish Jr.	Panther Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	200	400 (643.737)	1:55:51	207.151	Report

2004	October 3	Mexico Adrian Fernández	Aguri-Fernández Racing	G-Force	Honda	200	400 (643.737)	2:14:13	178.826	Report

2005	October 16	United Kingdom Dario Franchitti	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara	Honda	200	400 (643.737)	2:22:23	168.567	Report

2006 – 2011	Not held

2012	September 15	United States Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	250	500 (804.672)	2:57:34	168.939	Report

2013	October 19	Australia Will Power	Penske Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	250	500 (804.672)	3:13:43	154.867	Report

2014	August 30	Brazil Tony Kanaan	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	250	500 (804.672)	2:32:58	196.111	Report

2015	June 27	United States Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Dallara	Honda	250	500 (804.672)	2:57:41	168.846	Report

Sentence(s)

In 2002, the 500-mile CART series race averaged 197.995 mph.

final_sentence: In 2002, the 500-mile CART series race averaged 197.995 mph.