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Auto Club 400 Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, Calif. When: Sunday, 3 p.m. TV/Radio: Fox/WNPV (1440-AM) Race course: 2-mile oval Race distance: 200 laps/400 miles

Auto Club 400

Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, Calif.

When: Sunday, 3 p.m.

TV/Radio: Fox/WNPV (1440-AM)

Race course: 2-mile oval

Race distance: 200 laps/400 miles

Race forecast: partly cloudy, low 60s

Last year's winner: Kevin Harvick

Last year's pole winner: Juan Pablo Montoya, 184.653 mph

Track qualifying record: Kyle Busch, 188.245 mph (February 2005)

Track facts: Kevin Harvick passed Jimmie Johnson on the final lap to win last year's race. It was the only lap Harvick led all day. Kyle Busch finished third after leading the most laps (151) . . . Johnson is a five-time winner at Fontana. Jeff Gordon and Matt Kenseth have three W's each . . . Michael Waltrip Racing drivers finished in the top five Sunday at Bristol: Martin Truex Jr. was third, Clint Bowyer fourth and Brian Vickers fifth in his season debut in the No. 55 Toyota. Mark Martin returns to the No. 55 at California . . . Brad Keselowski's victory at Bristol in the No. 22 Dodge marks the fourth different manufacturer to win this year. It's the first time since 1986 that four brands have won the season's first four races. In '86 drivers won in a Chevrolet, Ford, Oldsmobile and Buick . . . Dale Earnhardt Jr. has no top-10 finishes in seven Fontana starts in his Hendrick Motorsports Chevy . . . Carl Edwards' involvement in an early crash at Bristol doomed him to a 39th-place finish, dropping him nine spots to 15th in points.

STANDINGS

1. Greg Biffle 157

2. Kevin Harvick 148

3. Matt Kenseth 145

4. Martin Truex Jr. 139

5. Denny Hamlin 137

6. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 137

7. Tony Stewart 130

8. Clint Bowyer 126

9. Joey Logano 126

10. Paul Menard 123

11. Jeff Burton 120

12. Ryan Newman 118

Up next: Goody's Fast Relief 500, April 1, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Va., 1 p.m.; TV: Fox; last year's winner: Kevin Harvick.