NASCAR - Fontana - Auto Club 500

Fontana California - Auto Club 500 - The last 80 laps were exciting, with 3 caution flags and 3 restarts kept you guessing on what the outcome would be. Joey Lagano and Denny Hamlin went at it again, watching them bump and bang each other, you just wondered when they would put each other out. Kyle Busch just waited until the end, knowing there was a good chance they would turn each other. Taking the sweep in Fontana. Denny Hamlin went hard into the inside wall and is hospitalized, but it was said he is fine.There were 24 cars that finished the race on the lead lap.

Congratulations Kyle Busch!!! You had the car to beat all day today. Even if Lagano and Hamlin hadn't wreck they would have had their hands full the last half lap trying to keep you behind them. Dale Earnhardt Jr. had to have passed the most cars today. Having a bad pit stop, rendering him back in 24th on the restart he flew that car to the 9th position before the next two cautions and the next 2 set of tires, that made him loose. The last pit stop, his restart volted him into the top 10, finishing the race in second, giving him the points lead.

Top Ten Recap:
1. Kyle Busch - started 4 - up 4 positions to 6th
2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. - started 15 - up 1 position to 1st
3. Joey Lagano - started 6 - up 3 positions to 9th
4. Carl Edwards - started 24 - up 1 position to 4th
5. Kurt Busch - started 10 - up 3 positions to13th
6. Greg Biffle - started 2 - down 1 position to 5th
7. Matt Kenseth - started 5 - up 2 positions to 11th
8. Paul Menard - started 27 - up 1 position to 8th
9. Kasey Kahne - started 16 - remains in 7th
10. Ryan Newman - started 20 - up 3 positions to 20th

Race for the Chase:
1. Dale Earnhardt Jr. - finished 2nd - up 1 position
2. Brad Keslowski - finished 23rd - down 1 position
3. Jimmie Johnson - finished 12th
4. Carl Edwards - finished 4th - up 1 position
5. Greg Biffle - finished 6th - down 1 position
6. Kyle Busch - WINNER - up 4 positions
7. Kasey Kahne - finished 9th
8. Paul Menard - finished 8th - up 1 position
9. Joey Lagano - finished 3rd - up 3 positions
10. Denny Hamlin - finished 25th - down 4 positions
11. Matt Kenseth - finished 7th - up 2 positions
12. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. - finished 20th - down 1 position

Kyle Busch was the biggest mover gaining 4 positions to 6th after Winning the Auto Club 500.
Clint Bowyer finished 35th after blowing his engine dropping him 10 positions to 14th.

Next race - Martinsville Speedway - STP Gas Booster 500 - Sunday April 7, 2013 - 1 pm est.

Week off next week for Easter.
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