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Auto Club 500 Complete As of 3:30 EST; Click Here To See The Winner
Thomas Bowles · Monday February 25, 2008
After the warm weather and fantastic finish that got NASCAR off to a solid start at Daytona, the sport was expecting to continue building momentum out West.
Instead, its endured a three-day debacle of a marathon that has its reputation taking a hit, and its teams ready to leave as soon as humanly possible.
After a weekend filled with cold weather and bizarre circumstances, the Cup Series attempted to race Sunday — but couldn’t finish the job. Rain and dangerous track conditions caused by seeping water on the track through “weeper” areas in the turns forced the postponement of the event until 1:00 EST (10:00 AM PST) Monday afternoon. 87 laps have been completed; right now, Jimmie Johnson is the leader with Travis Kvapil in second place, having taken two tries on his most recent pit stop. Kyle Busch, Greg Biffle, and Kasey Kahne round out the current Top 5 finishers.
Understandably, your favorite Frontstretch columns have been pushed back due to the weather; keep it right here for updates on the event, and a full slate of news and commentary to follow what’s been one of the weirdest NASCAR scenarios in recent memory.
UPDATE: As of 3:30 EST, the Auto Club 500 has been completed. In a race led in huge chunks by Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon, it looked like it was the same old Hendrick story in terms of dominating Car of Tomorrow events.
But as the race wound down to the final laps, someone finally found a way to crash their party.
Carl Edwards ran down both Hendrick cars over the final 25 laps Sunday, finally pushing his way by Johnson for good with 13 laps to go en route to snagging the victory at California. The fourth consecutive win at the Spring Race for Roush Fenway Racing, Edwards’ No. 99 Ford was a contender throughout before putting their best foot forward in the final 150 miles of the event.
“It feels really good to be in Victory Lane,” said Edwards after the race before dedicating the win to an ailing crew member, gas man Joe Karasinski.
Behind Edwards, Johnson came home second, followed by Gordon, who was able to nurse a blown engine home after being saved by a caution flag with half a lap to go in the race. That yellow, for Dale Jarrett’s wreck in turn one, locked Kyle Busch in 4th and Matt Kenseth in 5th. Martin Truex, Jr., Tony Stewart, Kevin Harvick, Kasey Kahne, and Ryan Newman rounded out the Top 10 finishers.
Stay with Frontstretch throughout the night for more post-race information, news, and commentary on the second race of the Cup season.
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