The 2007 Auto Club 500 is the second race in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup season. The race takes place on February 25, 2007 at the California Speedway in Fontana, California. The Auto Club 500 is a NASCAR Nextel Cup stock car race held at the California Speedway in Fontana, California. ... The 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season began on February 10 at Daytona International Speedway with the Budweiser Shootout and will end with the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. ... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... The California Speedway is a two-mile, low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California, similar to that of sister track Michigan International Speedway. ... Fontana is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. ...
This race will be the first run in NEXTEL Cup series history with unleaded gasoline. All cars will run on Sunoco 260 GT Plus, an 112-octane racing fuel starting with this race. Gasoline, as it is known in North America, or petrol, in many Commonwealth countries (sometimes also called motor spirit) is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting primarily of hydrocarbons, used as fuel in internal combustion engines. ... Sunoco NYSE: SUN is an American petroleum and petrochemical manufacturer headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formerly known as Sun Company Inc. ...
Starting grid
A field of 43 cars will start the race. This is the starting lineup by row.