This weekend the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to the west coast for Sunday's Auto Club 500 at Auto Club Speedway. To help you make your fantasy racing picks, Motor Racing Network brings you our weekly detailed look at some of the field for the 250-lap event.
Who's HOT at Auto Club
• Four-time winner Jimmie Johnson has the best driver rating at 122.3.
• Three-time winner Jeff Gordon finished second in both races in 2009.
• 2008 event winner Carl Edwards has a 5.0 average finish in the four races with the COT.
• Matt Kenseth has finished seventh or better in eight of his last nine starts.
• Kyle Busch is the only other driver with an average finish of 10.0 or better in the four races with the COT.
• Kurt Busch and Tony Stewart each posted average finishes of 6.5 in both races in 2009.
• 2005 event winner Greg Biffle has a 10.2 average finish in the four races with the COT.
Keep an Eye on at Auto Club
• Kasey Kahne, Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski and Jeff Burton participated in the Goodyear Tire Test at Auto Club.
• Juan Pablo Montoya is coming off his first top 10 at Auto Club after leading 78 laps.
• Mark Martin will be driving the same car that won at Michigan last June.
• Auto Club is David Ragan's best track based on his 13.2 average finish.
• Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer have finished in the top 10 in two of the last three races at Auto Club.
• Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s only points win with Hendrick Motorsports came on a 2-mile speedway (Michigan).
• Daytona 500 winner Jamie McMurray saw his best Auto Club results come with Ganassi early in his career.
• Besides an accident that took him out of contention last fall, Denny Hamlin has performed well in his last three Auto Club starts.
• Brian Vickers posted one win and an average finish of 12.3 on the 2-mile speedways in 2009.
• Elliott Sadler will make his first track start with Ford since 2006, a manufacturer he won with at ACS in 2004.
2009 Track Performers
Jeff Gordon led all drivers in 2009 on the 2-mile speedways of Auto Club and Michigan with an average finish of 2.0. Other drivers that had a strong average last season are Carl Edwards (5.3), Tony Stewart (9.3), Juan Pablo Montoya (9.8) and Clint Bowyer (11.5). Fall Auto Club winner Jimmie Johnson led a total of 479 laps in the four races.
