NASCAR at Fontana, California: How to watch, trends heading toward Sunday’s Cup race

Race: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Auto Club 400.

Distance: 200 laps, or 400 miles.

Where: Auto Club Speedway, a 2-mile, low-banked, D-shaped oval in Fontana, Calif.

When: 3:30 p.m. Sunday.

TV: FOX.

Radio: MRN.

Last year’s winner: Kyle Larson.

Also this week: NASCAR Xfinity Series Race at Auto Club, Xfinity Series, Auto Club Speedway, 5 p.m., Saturday, FS1.

Worth mentioning: Race length was cut from 500 miles to 400 miles back in 2011.

Who’s Hot/ Who’s Not

HOT

Kevin Harvick: Three consecutive wins and not slowing down, Harvick is starting to distance himself from the rest of the pack.

Kyle Busch: Last season’s runner-up is still more than capable of competing for race wins, and at second place in the standings, he should collect his first victory of the season soon.

NOT

Jimmie Johnson: A 14th-place finish is better for the seven-time Cup champion, but he’s still not at the playoff pace he wants.

Bubba Wallace: The shine from his second-place finish in the Daytona 500 is starting to fade, as Wallace has dipped to 19th in the standings.

Brendan Marks

This story was originally published March 15, 2018 at 12:01 AM with the headline "NASCAR at Fontana, California: How to watch, trends heading toward Sunday’s Cup race."