Auto Club 400

The **Auto Club 400** is a 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.

## Past winners

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

### Multiple winners (teams)

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

### Manufacturer wins

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

## Television broadcasters

|Year|Network|Lap-by-lap|Color commentator(s)||||
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|1997|rowspan=4|ABC|rowspan=4|Bob Jenkins|rowspan=4|Benny Parsons Ned Jarrett|
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|2001|rowspan=18|Fox|rowspan=18|Mike Joy|rowspan=15|Darrell Waltrip Larry McReynolds|
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## Infobox (motor race)

- **race title**: Auto Club 400
- **track map**: Auto Club Speedway (formerly California Speedway) - Speedway.svg
- **series long**: NASCAR Cup Series
- **venue**: Auto Club Speedway
- **location**: Fontana, California, United States
- **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)
- **previous names**: **California 500 presented by NAPA (1997-1999)
**NAPA Auto Parts 500** (2000-2002)
**Auto Club 500''' (2003-2010)
- **most wins driver**: Jimmie Johnson
Jeff Gordon
Matt Kenseth (3)
- **most wins team**: Roush Fenway Racing (7)
- **most wins manufacturer**: Ford Motor Company, Ford (10)
- **surface**: Asphalt
- **length mi**: 2
- **turns**: 4