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The Pala Casino 400 is a NASCAR Cup Series race held annually at the Auto Club Speedway in the spring. It has been run since 1997 and is held in conjunction with an Xfinity Series race the preceding day. The race has been sponsored by the Automobile Club of Southern California, which also owns naming rights to the track, since 2003. For the 2011 season, the race was reduced from 500 miles to 400 miles. It is the second race of the Cup Series (after the Daytona 500) and has been since 2022 as well as from 2005 to 2010.

Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Sponsor Race distance Race time Average speed
(mph)
Report
Laps Miles (km)
1997 June 22 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont 250 500 (804.672) 3:13:32 155.012 Report
1998 May 3 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Valvoline/Cummins 250 500 (804.672) 3:33:57 140.22 Report
1999 May 2 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont 250 500 (804.672) 3:19:38 150.276 Report
2000 April 30 12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford Mobil 1 250 500 (804.672) 3:20:50 149.378 Report
2001 April 29 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing Ford Miller Lite 250 500 (804.672) 3:29:37 143.118 Report
2002 April 28 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Lowe's 250 500 (804.672) 3:19:53 150.088 Report
2003 April 27 97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Ford Rubbermaid 250 500 (804.672) 3:34:07 140.111 Report
2004 May 2 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont 250 500 (804.672) 3:38:33 137.268 Report
2005 February 27 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford Post-It/National Guard 250 500 (804.672) 3:34:45 139.697 Report
2006 February 26 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford DeWalt 251* 502 (807.89) 3:23:43 147.852 Report
2007 February 25 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford Carhartt/DeWalt 250 500 (804.672) 3:36:41 138.451 Report
2008 Feb 24/25* 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford Dish Network 250 500 (804.672) 3:46:04 132.704 Report
2009 February 22 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford Carhartt 250 500 (804.672) 3:40:51 135.839 Report
2010 February 21 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Lowe's/Kobalt Tools 250 500 (804.672) 3:31:24 141.911 Report
2011* March 27 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Jimmy John's 200 400 (643.737) 2:39:06 150.849 Report
2012 March 25 14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet Office Depot/Mobil 1 129* 258 (415.21) 1:36:39 160.166 Report
2013 March 24 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Interstate Batteries 200 400 (643.737) 2:57:19 135.351 Report
2014 March 23 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Interstate Batteries 206* 412 (663.05) 3:05:53 132.987 Report
2015 March 22 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford Wurth 209* 418 (672.706) 2:58:18 140.662 Report
2016 March 20 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Lowe's/Superman 205* 410 (659.831) 2:59:17 137.213 Report
2017 March 26 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Target/Cottonelle 202* 404 (650.175) 2:57:46 136.359 Report
2018 March 18 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota Bass Pro Shops/5-Hour Energy 200 400 (643.737) 2:42:41 147.526 Report
2019 March 17 18 Kyle Busch* Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Interstate Batteries 200 400 (643.737) 2:47:42 143.113 Report
2020 March 1 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Cincinnati 200 400 (643.737) 2:37:07 152.753 Report
2021* Race moved to the Daytona road course (O'Reilly Auto Parts 253) due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022 February 27 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet HendrickCars.com 200 400 (643.737) 3:03:07 114.222 Report
2023 February 26 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Lucas Oil 200 400 (643.737) 3:08:05 127.603 Report

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