{"id":50001,"date":"2018-03-19T09:40:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T16:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=50001"},"modified":"2018-03-20T07:18:50","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T14:18:50","slug":"california-speedway-delivers-exciting-nascar-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/california-speedway-delivers-exciting-nascar-action\/","title":{"rendered":"California Speedway Delivers Exciting NASCAR Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-50001-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/1-min.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;50002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;California Speedway Delivers Exciting NASCAR Action&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;California Speedway Delivers Exciting NASCAR Action&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Click Here to Begin Slideshow\\nAll images from video screenshots\\n\\n(Updated at 4:30 pm to include penalties from last week\\u0026#8217;s races)\\n\\nNASCAR\\u2019s two top touring series visited California\\u2019s Auto Club Speedway in Fontana this weekend and fans were treated to two exciting races, although both races had a dominant driver. Joey Logano cruised to an easy victory in the XFINTITY Series race on Saturday while Martin Truex, Jr. dominated on Sunday.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/2-min-1.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;50003&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Logano Leads 139 Laps for Easy Win in Roseanne 300&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;California Speedway Delivers Exciting NASCAR Action&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The Number 22 Penske Racing Ford of Joey Logano was in a class of his own on Saturday, sweeping all three stages of the XFINITY race handily. Logano made it interesting by pitting during a caution with 30 to go. Within four laps Joey had worked his way from around 20th back to third. Two more laps saw him comfortably in first place once again, and he never looked back.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/3-min.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;50004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;JR Motorsports Doing Well&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;California Speedway Delivers Exciting NASCAR Action&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;JR Motorsports filled out the top three, with the Number 7 car of Justin Allgaier taking second and the Number 1 car of Elliot Sadler coming in third. These two gave the crowd an exciting show for the last few laps of the race, trading first and second back and forth. Logano\\u2019s win marks the first win at the California Speedway for Penske Racing and, unbelievably, the first California win ever for Ford.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/4-min.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;50005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Harvick Loses Bid for Four in a Row&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;California Speedway Delivers Exciting NASCAR Action&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Kevin Harvick in the Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Number 4 inexplicably turned left into the Chip Ganassi Racing Number 42 of Kyle Larson, bouncing him hard into the outside wall and ending his quest for four in a row in NASCAR\\u2019s top series. Martin Truex, Jr. drove his Number 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota to a boring victory, sweeping all three stages and winning each by several seconds. Truex was in a different time zone when he finished, only leaving 10 cars on the lead lap.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/5-min.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;50006&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Action in the Back of the Pack&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;California Speedway Delivers Exciting NASCAR Action&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The racing in the pack behind Truex was where the action was. As mentioned, Harvick and Larson provided some excitement early on while even those laps down kept battling for position throughout the race. Larson and co. were able to work on his car throughout the race and bring it back for a second place finish in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Auto Club 400. Kyle Busch drove his Number 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota to a third place finish, which he whined about not being good enough after the race.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/6-min.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;50007&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;A Fun-Filled Field&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;California Speedway Delivers Exciting NASCAR Action&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Although it was fairly obvious from early in both races that the victor was never in doubt, the rest of the field in both races made up for it with passing, side-drafting and \\u201ctradin\\u2019 paint\\u201d galore throughout both races. Saturday\\u2019s race had seven cautions, while Sunday\\u2019s race surprised the broadcast team by not ending in NASCAR overtime.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/Cup-Gallery-1-min.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;50008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Team Penalized for Infraction Found after Phoenix Races&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;California Speedway Delivers Exciting NASCAR Action&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;NASCAR leveled a few penalties at some of the drivers after Phoenix. NASCAR found that the Hendrick Number 9 team of Chase Elliot violated Section 20.14.2 of the Rule Book, which deals with the rear suspension. The infraction dealt with problems that were found after the race in the car\\u2019s trailing arm angles and pinion angle shims. The report states: \\u201cTruck trailing arm spacer\\\/pinion angle shim surfaces must be in complete contact at all points, at all times.\\u201d Additional sideforce can be created when these are out of tolerance\\\/spec.\\n\\nElliot\\u2019s team has been penalized 25 driver and owner points for the infraction. Similar to infractions for other drivers who have been previously reported, NASCAR chose to fine Elliot\\u2019s crew chief Allen Gustafson $50,000 and suspend his car chief Josh Kirk for two races.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/Cup-Gallery-2-min.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;50009&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Multiple Loose Lug Nuts Found After Phoenix Race&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;California Speedway Delivers Exciting NASCAR Action&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Seven teams in all were penalized with fines after the Phoenix weekend for loose lug nuts. On the XFINTIY side, Joey Logano and Kyle Busch each had loose lug nuts, which resulted in $5000 fines for their crew chiefs, Brian Wilson for Logano and Eric Phillips for Busch. On the Cup side, the fine was bumped up to $10,000 for the guilty crew chiefs. These were:\\n\\n\\u2022\\tMike Wheeler-Hamlin\\u2019s crew chief\\n\\u2022\\tJeremy Bullins-Ryan Blaney\\u2019s crew chief\\n\\u2022\\tBrian Pattie-crew chief for #17 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.\\n\\u2022\\tTodd Gord-Joey Logano\\u2019s crew chief\\n\\u2022\\tCole Pearn-crew chief for the #78\\n\\nAdditionally, Brandon J. Lee and Wayne F. 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