Auto Club Speedway: Difference between revisions

 

'''Auto Club Speedway''' (known as '''California Speedway''' before and after 2008–2023 corporate sponsorship from [[Automobile Club of Southern California|Auto Club]]<ref name="sponsor">{{cite web|title=California Speedway to change name UPDATE|url=http://www.jayski.com/pages/tracks/past/california-past.htm|publisher=jayski.com|access-date=September 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102100446/http://jayski.com/pages/tracks/past/california-past.htm|archive-date=January 2, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>) was a {{cvt|2.000|mi|km|abbr=on}}, D-shaped oval [[superspeedway]] in unincorporated [[San Bernardino County, California]], near [[Fontana, California|Fontana]]. It hosted [[NASCAR]] racing annually from 1997 until 2023. It was also previously used for [[open wheel racing]] events. The racetrack is located {{cvt|47|mi|km|adj=on}} east of [[Los Angeles]] and is near the former locations of [[Ontario Motor Speedway]] and [[Riverside International Raceway]]. The track is owned and operated by NASCAR. The speedway is served by the nearby Interstates [[Interstate 10 in California|10]] and [[Interstate 15 in California|15]] freeways as well as a [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] station located behind the backstretch.

 

Construction of the track, on the site of the former [[Kaiser Steel]] Mill, began in 1995 and was completed in late 1996. The speedway's main grandstand has a capacity of 68,000, additionally it features 28 skyboxes and has a grand total capacity of 122,000. In 2006, a fanzone was added behind the main grandstand. Lights were added to the speedway in 2004 with the addition of a second annual NASCAR weekend. Since 2011, the track has hosted only one NASCAR weekend each year.