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2010 Mike Bliss Auto Club 500 NSCS Race Preview
Press Release
Race: Auto Club 500, February 21, 2010
Location: Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, California
Team: No. 36 Chevrolet Impala
Owner: Tommy Baldwin
Crew Chief: Kevin Buskirk
Chassis: TBR – 802
Bliss’s NSCS Career Record at Auto Club Speedway:
Date Event S F Laps Led Status Winnings
4/30/00 NAPA Auto Parts 500 43 35 247/250 0 Running $35,975
2/27/05 Auto Club 500 10 12 250/250 0 Running $94,500
9/04/05 Sony HD 500 38 27 254/254 0 Running $85,760
10/11/09 Pepsi 500 23 43 11/250 0 Engine $88,180
Bliss’s NNS Career Record at Auto Club Speedway:
Races Wins Top-5s Top-10s Poles Led Winnings
9 0 0 0 0 3 $243,987
Bliss’s NCWTS Career Record at Auto Club Speedway:
Races Wins Top-5s Top-10s Poles Led Winnings
8 1 2 6 1 117 $157,565
Cumulative:
Races Wins Top-5s Top-10s Poles Led Winnings
21 1 2 6 1 120 $705,967
Johnny Sauter – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Advance – Auto Club Speedway
Race: Auto Club 500, February 21, 2010
Location: Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, California
Team: No. 35 Chevrolet Impala
Owner: Beth Baldwin
Chassis: TBR – 93
Sauter’s NSCS Career Record at Auto Club Speedway:
Date Event S F Laps Led Status Winnings
5/02/04 Auto Club 500 37 21 249/250 0 Running $84,175
2/25/07 Auto Club 500 31 18 249/250 0 Running $87,450
9/02/07 Sharp Aquos 500 41 30 248/250 2 Running $89,850
8/31/08 Pepsi 500 43 42 161/250 0 Overheating $86,740
Sauter’s NNS Career Record at Auto Club Speedway:
Races Wins Top-5s Top-10s Poles Led Winnings
10 0 1 1 0 13 $282,070
Sauter’s NCWTS Career Record at Auto Club Speedway:
Races Wins Top-5s Top-10s Poles Led Winnings
1 0 0 0 0 0 $13,879
Cumulative:
Races Wins Top-5s Top-10s Poles Led Winnings
15 0 1 1 0 13 $644,164
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Bliss on racing this week at Fontana:
“I’m looking forward to getting back out to Fontana. It’s a track that I’ve had success with in the past and I’m ready to move forward after last weekend in Daytona. Hopefully we can get the car good and ready for qualifying on Friday.”
Baldwin on the Auto Club 500:
“We’re looking forward to the trip out to California this week. We had some good things happen in Daytona and we are hoping to carry some momentum over to Fontana. This will be the first time we will bring two cars to the track and we are excited about qualifying with Mike and Johnny.”
Sauter on racing this week at Fontana:
“I’m excited about getting another opportunity in the Sprint Cup Series. I’m looking forward to trying to get the #35 Chevy ready to go and qualified for the race.”
Fast Facts/Race Notes:
- Bliss won The No Fear Challenge in 1997, his first Camping World Truck Series race at Auto Club Speedway
- Sunday’s Auto Club 500 will be Mike Bliss’s 97th career start in the Sprint Cup Series
- The #36 TBR car driven by Scott Riggs finished 36th the 2009 Auto Club 500
- The Auto Club 500 marks the first Sprint Cup Series race for Johnny Sauter in 2010
- Wave Energy Drink Racing/Tommy Baldwin Racing, Press Release
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